[Mediawiki-l] intra-page templates

[Fernando Correia]

Semantic MediaWiki could be used to do this.

2006/12/4, FDG001 at gmx.net <FDG001 at gmx.net>:
>
> 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?
>
>
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