RedirectFromLikeEmbedTopicPlugin

RedirectPlugin is cool. However, I find it annoying to maintain such redirects.

Why do I want redirects? Well, I am trying to use TWiki to create and maintain a hardware manual - and I might want aliases like PageTableEntries or PtE to both send me to the same page, PageTableEntry.

It's not just aliases. Often I find that I want to define several terms, e.g. AddressAx, AddressAy, AddressAz, but it is easier to define a single page that discusses them all - ComparisonOfAdressesAxAyAz - than it is to define the terms all separately.

Taking a leaf out of EmbedTopicPlugin, something like the following might be nice:

    In page ComparisonOfTopic1and2and3
    %RedirectFrom{Topic1,Topic2,Topic3}%

Idea: when the Compar* topic is saved, it creates the Topic1, etc., redirecting.

Actually, one can actually use EmbedTopicPlugin

    In page ComparisonOfTopic1and2and3
    %BeginTopic{Topic1}% %REDIRECT{ComparisonOfTopic1and2and3}%%End{Topic1}%

although (1) I trust you can see how clunky and repetitive this is, and (2) it looks even worse when rendered.

-- AndyGlew - 31 Mar 2006

-- AndyGlew - 31 Mar 2006

Ooops - I can't seem to set the TopicClassification.

-- AndyGlew - 31 Mar 2006

is AliasPlugin more like what you want?

-- SvenDowideit - 31 Mar 2006

I don't think so, if I understand what AliasPlugin does.

I want to create URLs that get redirected, not aliases that apply only within my TWiki documents.

Why? Well, I have a bad habit of typing URLs in directly. I find that often saves a lot of time compared to conventional navigation, clicking through the network; even compared to searching or looking at TREEVIEW or my recent TopicTree stuff.

I don't thionk that AliasPlugin helps me with this, does it?

Q: does AliasPlugin help when you type something into the "Jump" box I see on my browser?

-- AndyGlew - 31 Mar 2006

RedirectPlugin is cool. However, I find it annoying to maintain such redirects.

One thing that's lacking in TWiki is a mechanism that cause (configurable) automatic behaviours (see TopicDisplayName for another example of this). In some cases -- quite possibly yours -- it can be done via a plugin. Your example

%RedirectFrom{Topic1,Topic2,Topic3}%

overwrite="on"

I might give a try and write this plugin once I'm back from breakfast.

-- MeredithLesly - 31 Mar 2006