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please don't make use of [[!meta title]] in parentlinks mandatory...

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http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/ 2009-02-02 14:31:27 -05:00 committed by Joey Hess
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@ -185,3 +185,20 @@ So, looking at your meta branch: --[[Joey]]
`pagetemplate` hook. (Although this would eliminate handling of `pagetemplate` hook. (Although this would eliminate handling of
`title_overridden` -- but that is little used and would not catch `title_overridden` -- but that is little used and would not catch
all the other ways titles can be overridden with this patch anyway.) all the other ways titles can be overridden with this patch anyway.)
> I'm not a reviewer or anything, but can I chime in on changes to pagetitle?
> I don't think having meta-titles in wikilinks and the parentlinks path by
> default is necessarily a good thing. I don't consider the meta-title of a page
> as used in `<title>` to be the same thing as the short title you
> want in those contexts - IMO, the meta-title is the "formal" title of the page,
> enough to identify it with no other context, and frequently too long to be used
> as a link title or a parentlink, whereas the parentlinks title in particular
> should be some abbreviated form that's enough to identify it in context.
> [tbm](http://www.cyrius.com/) expressed a similar opinion when I was discussing
> ikiwiki with him at the weekend.
>
> Having a `\[[!meta abbrev="..."]]` that took precedence over title
> in such contexts might be a good way to fix this? Or if your preference goes
> the other way, perhaps a `\[[!meta longtitle=""]]` could take precedence
> when generating the `<title>` and the title that comes after the parentlinks.
> --[[smcv]]