diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/todo/Set_arbitrary_date_to_be_used_by_calendar_plugin/discussion.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/Set_arbitrary_date_to_be_used_by_calendar_plugin/discussion.mdwn | 44 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/todo/Set_arbitrary_date_to_be_used_by_calendar_plugin/discussion.mdwn b/doc/todo/Set_arbitrary_date_to_be_used_by_calendar_plugin/discussion.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b5334b73d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Set_arbitrary_date_to_be_used_by_calendar_plugin/discussion.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +> Thanks for coming up with a patch.. Let me make sure I understand its +> rationalle. +> +> The meta plugin already allows modifying the page creation time, +> which is what the calendar plugin uses. +> +> So, it seems to me that the use of this patch is for recording events in +> the future. You'd not want a page for a future event to claim it was +> created in the future. I suppose you could also use it for events in the +> past, if you didn't want to change the creation time for some reason. +> (Perhaps you're doing a calendar of historical events, for example.) +> +> Accurate? --[[Joey]] + +>> Thanks for the feedback. Thinking about what you said ... I suspect my patch +>> doesn't belong in the calendar plugin, which does a very specific thing +>> (create a calendar to show when blog posts were created). I'm really angling +>> toward an event calendar (as mentioned on [[todo/plugin]]). I'd like to preserve +>> the page creation time - which is useful and important information in its own right +>> - and be able to generate a calendar with links to particular posts that will show +>> up on the calendar based on an arbitrary date. Perhaps this should be re-considered +>> as a separate plugin? --[[Jamie]] + +>>> I think it makes sense to have only one calendar, if possible. +>>> I think your event stuff is fine, the only thing we might want to add +>>> is a config option for the calendar, to control whether it looks at the +>>> event date, or the creation date. --[[Joey]] + +>>>> Ok - I can work on that. One question - the existing calendar module has it's own +>>>> functions for building an html display of a calendar. HTML::CalendarMonth seems to +>>>> provide that functionality. My instincts are to rip out the code in the calendar plugin +>>>> and use the existing module. On the other hand, that creates added dependencies. +>>>> Suggestions anyone? --[[Jamie]] + +>>>>> I'm all for ripping code out of ikiwiki where CPAN can be used, as +>>>>> long as the resulting code and html are good. --[[Joey]] + +>>>>>> Sounds good. I'll work on HTML::CalendarMonth for the next version. In the current version I +>>>>>> did the event date vs. creation date option as a parameter to the calendar +>>>>>> preprocessor rather than as a config variable so you could do it differently on +>>>>>> different calendars in the same wiki. I also opted for values of auto vs. event +>>>>>> rather than creation time vs. event since if you want to use creation time you +>>>>>> can simply not include the event preprocessor directive. auto seems to give you that +>>>>>> plus more flexibility. Feedback welcome :). --[[Jamie]] |