[dokuwiki] Re: media file reference checker complete

Yes this kind of thing is a lot of work and I do wish I knew more about PHP. :)

I would agree with the approach too.  Its possible that the format of
the config files would need to change quite a bit as well.  lots of
planning on this one it seems.


On 6/18/05, Matthias Grimm <matthiasgrimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:33:30 +0000
> Matt Pascoe <hornet136@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Probably not a new idea but I would think it could help in the
> > usability over all and hopefully help with an ever growing config file
> > option list.  I believe that having a very flexible config file with
> > lots of options is a good thing (within reason).
> > 
> > Anyway, just something I was thinking of while reading what you two
> > were talking about.  Wish I had more time and skill to help with
> > patches for that. :)
> 
> Me too :-)
> 
> Your idea sounds interesting but also sounds for a lot of work too.
> To get an up-to-date configuration dialog
> 1. the script must read DokuWiki.php
> 2. then read local.php
> 3. Interprete both and create a configuration dialog
> 4. collect changes from the user
> 5. check the input and at last
> 6. write a new local.php
> 
> This will guarantee that changes in DokuWiki.php (for example new option)
> will automatically appear in the configuration dialog. But to be able to
> this
> DokuWiki.php must contain information about the datatype and the possible
> choices or value ranges of each configuration option too. And last but not
> least
> to keep the display clear, options must be grouped in sections.
> 
> You might open an feature request at bugs.splitbrain.org but I think the
> priority
> of this request will be very low due to other more urgent tasks to do (like
> an
> user editor). Nevertheless you are allowed to quote my mail in your feature
> request ;-)
> 
>  Best Regards
>    Matthias
> 
> PS: If you nevertheless want to contribute to DokuWiki please have a look at
> the
>       new "DokuWiki Manual" project at
> http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:dokuwiki .
> 
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