Question

I was wondering, wether there is a way two split a WikiWord to circumvent the Wiki:WikiNamePluralProblem? On the MasterWikiSite it is mentionend to use Wiki:SixSingleQuotes. I haven't found any explanation for this on the TWiki site. Is there any similar in TWiki?

Thanks, in adnvance.

-- DirkLuetjens - 25 Jul 2002

Answer

IIUC, question is: how to make plural names link to singular page names.

Original Wiki does it by putting SixSingleQuotes in between the name and the s.

TWiki is smarter and by default removes 's' when trying to hyperlink: see that WikiWords links to page WikiWord.

This is one of the reasons why TWiki is the best!

-- PeterMasiar - 26 Jul 2002

Thanks for the answer, but what about foreign languages, that form the plural different than appending an s like like in german "Signal" vs. "Signale", or even more difficult like "Haus" (house) and "Häuser"? Ok the last one is to difficult. The only solution to this is a translation table. But what about the first one?

-- DirkLuetjens - 29 Jul 2002

Good point - this should be addressed as part of internationalising TWiki. Ideally the plural/singular translation rules could be done as part of a plugin or similar, one for each language. The same plugin could also handle other details specific to a language, e.g. setting a suitable character set in the HTTP headers.

Some related pages are InternationalizationSupport, LocalizationIsNeeded, and RefByDoesntFindPluralLinks (another area where plural support is desirable is the Ref-By).

-- RichardDonkin - 29 Jul 2002