Feature Proposals » VIEW_TEMPLATE and EDIT_TEMPLATE variables to be made dynamic

Motivation

It's handy if VIEW_TEMPLATE value can be determined dynamically.

Description and Documentation

If VIEW_TEMPLATE value has variables, they are expanded. By the same token, EDIT_TEMPLATE value has its variables expanded. This is for consistency as well as convenience.

Examples

   * Set VIEW_TEMPLATE = %IF{"'%CALCULATE{$SUBSTRING(%TOPIC%, 1, 4)}%' = 'Item'" then="ItemViewTmpl"}%
   * Set EDIT_TEMPLATE = %IF{"'%CALCULATE{$SUBSTRING(%TOPIC%, 1, 4)}%' = 'Item'" then="editform"}%

Impact

Implementation

-- Contributors: Hideyo Imazu - 2016-02-16

Discussion

Proposal looks good. For performance I recommend testing for %[A-Z] before calling TWiki::handleCommonTags().

-- Peter Thoeny - 2016-02-17

I take your advice, Peter.

-- Hideyo Imazu - 2016-02-18

This proposal is accepted by KampalaReleaseMeeting2016x02x18

-- Peter Thoeny - 2016-02-21

I've realized that EDIT_TEMPLATE needs to be treated in the same manner as VIEW_TEMPLATE for consistency, which is now reflected on the Description and Examples above.

-- Hideyo Imazu - 2016-02-29