Re: [Wikitech-l] Section numbering

Hi Platonides, many thanks for the suggestions. I can see how {{unitnumber}}.{{sectionnumber}}.{{subsectionnumber}} would be easily implemented with Variables/Parserfunctions. I am not sure how one would implement this just using {{thenumber}} - somehow that template would need to be able to tell which section / subsection it's in. How would you do that? Also, how would you implement {{sectionnumberprefix|...}} as an extension? Many thanks, Bjoern On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/08/12 15:48, Bjoern Hassler wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to customise the section numbers displayed by the wiki >> (with the magic word __NUMBEREDHEADINGS__, or through the user >> preference)? >> >> We are developing an open educational resource for African teachers, >> consisting of several units, e.g. >> http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/OER4Schools/3.2_Supporting_reasoning_and_m… >> >> We'd like to prefix each section within the wiki page with the unit >> number (3.2 in this case), i.e. change the numbering from 1, 2, 3, ... >> to 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, etc. >> >> One solution would be to implement numbering manually (turning wiki >> numbering off with __NONUMBEREDHEADINGS__; then using parser functions >> and Variables extension to reinsert custom numbering), e.g. as >> >> = {{unitnumber}}.{{sectionnumber}} My section = >> == {{unitnumber}}.{{sectionnumber}}.{{subsectionnumber}} My subsection == >> >> However, that's obviously cumbersome. More elegant would be something like >> >> = {{thenumber}} My section = >> == {{thenumber}} My sub section == >> >> where the {{thenumber}} template works out which (sub)section it's in >> and generates the number accordingly. Even more elegant would be >> something like >> >> {{sectionnumberprefix|3.2}} >> = My section = >> == My sub section == >> >> Any thoughts on how one might implement that? >> >> Many thanks! >> Bjoern > > It can probably be implemented with ParserFunctions[1] and Variables > extensions [2]. Although an extension providing the > {{sectionnumberprefix}} you want should be easy to make. > > Best regards > > 1- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions > 2- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Variables > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l