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[[!tag wishlist]]
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[[!tag patch]]
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for postforms in inlines of pages which follow a certain scheme, it might not
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be required to set the title for each individual post, but to automatically set
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the title and show no input box prompting for it.
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this can either be based on timestamp formatting, or use the already existing
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munging mechanism, which appends numbers to page titles in case that page
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already exists.
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two patches ([1], [2]) set inline up for that, adding an additional `autotitle`
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parameter. if that is given, the regular input of the inline postform will be
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replaced with a hidden input of that text. in addition, the empty title is
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permitted (both for autotitle and regular titles, as they go in the same GET
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parameter, `title`). as the empty page title is illegal, munging is used,
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resulting in ascending numeric page titles to be created.
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the second patch is actually a one-liner, filtering the title through strftime.
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### potential user interaction issues
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this has two side effects which have to be considered: first, the empty page
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title is accepted also in normal postforms (previously, this resulted in a "bad
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page name" error); second, entering a percent sign in that field might result
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in unexpexted strftime substitution (strftime might not even substitute for
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common uses of percent as in "reach 10% market share", but might in others as
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in "the 10%-rule").
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both can be circumvented by using another GET parameter for autotexts, as
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implemented in [3].
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> this patch still does not work perfectly; especially, it should make a
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> distinction between "autotitle is set but equal ''" (in which case it
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> should create a page named `1.mdwn`, and "autotitle is not set, and title is
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> equal ''" (in which case it should display the old error message) --[[chrysn]]
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### potential security issues
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* the autotitle's value is directly output through the template (but that's
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done in other places as well, so i assume it's safe)
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* i don't know if anything bad can happen if unfiltered content is passed to
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POSIX::strftime.
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### further extension
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having a pre-filled input field instead of an unchangable hidden input might be
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cool (eg for creating an entry with yesterday's date), but would be a bit of a
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problem with static pages. javascript could help with the date part, but name
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munging would be yet another thing.
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[1]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/b568eb257a3ef5ff49a84ac00a3a7465b643c1e1
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[2]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/34bc82f232be141edf036d35e8ef5aa289415072
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[3]: http://github.com/github076986099/ikiwiki/commit/40dc10a4ec7809e401b4497c2abccfba30f7a2af
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