Hey guys,
While I don't think this is possible (yet?), I still think it's worth discussing:
It'd be great if you could define variables on a page that could be included in the
text and which would then be expanded when displaying the output.
Here's an example of what I mean (syntax arbitrary):
<!-- variable definitions -->
@status_done = <span style="color: green;">canceled</span>
@status_inProgress = <span style="color: blue;">canceled</span>
@status_canceled = <span style="color: red;">canceled</span>
@document_manualEN = ''User Manual and Usage Notes''
@document_manualDE = ''Benutzerhandbuch und Anwendungshinweise''
<!-- text body -->
This is an overview of current tasks:
* Install MediaWiki %status_done%
* Create Help pages %status_inProgress%
* Go on vacation %status_canceled%
* Create manuals:
** %document_manualEN%
** %document_manualDE%
** ensure consistency between %document_manualEN% and %document_manualDE%
(sorry for the lack of creativity in this example, but it should suffice to get my point
across)
I believe this could enhance consistency within structured pages, and would probably be
easy to implement - and learn - as well (too bad I'm not very experienced with PHP).
While I guess the same could be achieved with regular templates, it can be quite
bothersome having to create a new template page for each tiny element - not to mention the
issue of coming up with unique names for a large number of templates that are each only
used on one particular page...
Any thoughts?
-- Frederik
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