FreeLists / dokuwiki / [dokuwiki] Re: Requiring summaries

[Redeeman <redeeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 08:03 -0500, Joe Lapp wrote:
> >From: Redeeman <redeeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > i dislike this, instead you should just write what is required, so if
> > its either minor edit, or summary, it will write that with small read
> > text - or perhaps..
> 
> I can imagine that your approach would be better for some scenarios.  It 
> doesn't apply to mine, though, as I am the only editor of my site and I don't 
> need to see summaries for minor edits.
> 
> I do wonder whether always requiring summaries, even for minor edits, would 
> make requiresums so painful that no one would turn it on.  And if it were on, 
> I'd probably just put 'x' in for minor edit, or some such -- just so I didn't 
> have to say "changed spelling of 'teh' to 'the'" or even just "fixed 
> spelling."
> 
> > what if the submit button just wasnt active untill either requirements
> > were met? isnt this possible through javascript?
> 
> That is FANTASTIC idea.  The button should be de-highlighted until pressed.  
> Form buttons do have a 'disabled' property that we should be able to take 
> advantage of.  This certainly beats a dialog box.
> 
> It appears that there are three levels of minor edit button on the table:
> 
> - No minor edit button
> - Either minor edit or summary required
> - Summary always required

to come back to a proposal i sent earlier, which i do believe to be the
best solution allaround.

----
minor edit button only comes to logged in users.

if $conf['requiresums'] == 0:
sums are never required, but optional (for both minor and normal edits)

if $conf['requiresums'] == 1:
sums are required for normal edits

if $conf['requiresums'] == 2:
sums are required for minor and normal edits.
----

and then in "corrospondance" to the requiresums option, with javascript,
the submit button will only be enabled if the condititions requiresums
specifies are met.

> 
> Should this be a level configuration variable of some sort?  Or is this 
> getting out of hand?
> 
> ~joe

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