Using templates within extension tags is next-to-impossible due to the order of operations during a page parse. If you want to be able to use template parameters, you should implement a Parser Function [1]. Good luck!
[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Parser_functions
-- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Paul Wehr sf_mediawiki@informationsoftworks.com wrote:
I was excited to leverage the template facility to map a complex process using the graphviz (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GraphViz) extension, which would then be included as a template on each page created for a node in the process, then use {{SUBPAGENAMEE}} in the template to automatically highlight where in the process graph this page documents, a sort of "You are here".
But alas, it appears that parameters (e.g. {{SUBPAGENAME}}), Templates, and ParserFunctions ({{#ifeq:...}}) are not interpreted within the <graphviz> tags. I get a graphviz nodes named, literally, "Test", "ifeq", and "SUBPAGENAMEE", using:
<graphviz> digraph g { Test {{ #ifeq: {{SUBPAGENAMEE}} | Test | [color="yellow"] }}; } </graphviz>
Is there a way to get the template/extentions parser to mangle the graphviz content before graphviz sees it? Is there an easier way to achieve the goal above? I don't mind modifying the extension scripts, or mediawiki, but with otherwise no experience in the code base, anyone who could even point me in the right direction would be helpful.
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