[dokuwiki] Re: Purple Numbers

Andreas Gohr wrote:

Hmm yes maybe we should move it to a plugin.

If we do that, could we keep the $node array please?
Because that could be of use to other things as well (e.g. the numberedheadings plugin). 


Purple numbers are not meant to be human readable. They are designed
to be as stable as possible even when the content changes slightly.
I can definitely see the benefit of speaking granular IDs. Yes, real purple numbers are less likely to change. The question is: Which benefits weighs more? 
And using speaking IDs takes the 'numbers' out of 'purple numbers'. ;-)


What I don't like is that they are still too long.
Really? The longest HID on the wiki:syntax page is #HID1.2.2:12. There's hardly any way to make it much shorter ... The only shorter ways I can think of are either #HID1b2:12 or #X1.2.2:12 (or combined: #X1b2:12). 

Anika
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