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diff --git a/doc/bugs/listdirectives_doesn__39__t_register_a_link.mdwn b/doc/bugs/listdirectives_doesn__39__t_register_a_link.mdwn index 03eacd03a..aa7a590df 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/listdirectives_doesn__39__t_register_a_link.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/listdirectives_doesn__39__t_register_a_link.mdwn @@ -97,3 +97,16 @@ The [[ikiwiki/directive/listdirectives]]` directive doesn't register a link betw >>>> >>>> (I'll interpet Joeys silence as a good sign ;-). Is there a difference between "link to it" and "path to it"? If we assume autoindex produces bonafide "first class" links there shouldn't be one!? >>>> So far your idea sounds great, says me without any knowledge of the source. I'll try to grok it. Is there a medium for silly questions, a wiki seems not the right fit for that? -- [[holger]] + +>>>>> Yes, there *has* to be a difference between a first class wikilink +>>>>> and the thing to which `map` and `inline` can contribute. +>>>>> `map` and `inline` use a pagespec to decide what they include, +>>>>> and pagespecs can't be evaluated and get a correct answer until the +>>>>> set of links has been collected, because their results often depend +>>>>> on the set of links. Otherwise, suppose you had a page `foo` whose only +>>>>> contents were this: +>>>>> +>>>>> \[[!inline pages="!backlink(foo)"]] +>>>>> +>>>>> If `inline` generated links, it would inline exactly those pages that +>>>>> it doesn't inline. That's never going to end well :-) --[[smcv]] |