Module:Aside - Revision history

Andrybak: Reverted to revision 742986357 by Wnt (talk): Revert addition of stray spaces

2021-01-23T09:45:04Z

Reverted to revision 742986357 by Wnt (talk): Revert addition of stray spaces

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	-- This module is an experiment in an altered discussion dynamic for Wikipedia forums.		-- This module is an experiment in an altered discussion dynamic for Wikipedia forums.
	-- It presents a brief digest of the referenced discussion on a user's talk subpage.		-- It presents a brief digest of the referenced discussion on a user's talk subpage.
	-- The full conversation remains available via V-D-E buttons (V = view the talk subpage,		-- The full conversation remains available via V-D-E buttons (V = view the talk subpage,
	-- D = file a comment to the user's MAIN talk page like if there's something you want him to 'admin' or to request an invite as applicable		-- D = file a comment to the user's MAIN talk page like if there's something you want him to 'admin' or to request an invite as applicable

Cupper52: Test

2021-01-22T21:43:29Z

Test

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	-- This module is an experiment in an altered discussion dynamic for Wikipedia forums.		-- This module is an experiment in an altered discussion dynamic for Wikipedia forums.
	-- It presents a brief digest of the referenced discussion on a user's talk subpage.		-- It presents a brief digest of the referenced discussion on a user's talk subpage.
	-- The full conversation remains available via V-D-E buttons (V = view the talk subpage,		-- The full conversation remains available via V-D-E buttons (V = view the talk subpage,
	-- D = file a comment to the user's MAIN talk page like if there's something you want him to 'admin' or to request an invite as applicable		-- D = file a comment to the user's MAIN talk page like if there's something you want him to 'admin' or to request an invite as applicable

Cupper52: Test

2021-01-14T19:49:15Z

Test

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	-- This module is an experiment in an altered discussion dynamic for Wikipedia forums.		-- This module is an experiment in an altered discussion dynamic for Wikipedia forums.
	-- It presents a brief digest of the referenced discussion on a user's talk subpage.		-- It presents a brief digest of the referenced discussion on a user's talk subpage.
	-- The full conversation remains available via V-D-E buttons (V = view the talk subpage,		-- The full conversation remains available via V-D-E buttons (V = view the talk subpage,

Wnt: trying to put an end to the section taken. But I'm not yet trying to match the heading level of the section found

2016-10-07T02:21:10Z

trying to put an end to the section taken. But I'm not yet trying to match the heading level of the section found

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	if (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i-1], "==%s$")) and (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i], "^%s==")) then		if (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i-1], "==%s$")) and (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i], "^%s==")) then
	text = mw.ustring.gsub(table.concat(textbits, "", i), "%s==", "", 1)		text = mw.ustring.gsub(table.concat(textbits, "", i), "%s==", "", 1)
			text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, "\n%s==.*", "", 1) -- this kills everything after ANY section header, even a subsection
	break -- use the first section that matches this section heading, I suppose - omitting this would use the last		break -- use the first section that matches this section heading, I suppose - omitting this would use the last
	end		end

Wnt: That works, but any text usage of the heading would truncate everything. Let's put the whole end of the split table back into text to start...

2016-10-07T02:17:26Z

That works, but any text usage of the heading would truncate everything. Let's put the whole end of the split table back into text to start...

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	repeat		repeat
	if (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i-1], "==%s$")) and (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i], "^%s==")) then		if (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i-1], "==%s$")) and (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i], "^%s==")) then
	text = mw.ustring.gsub(textbits[i], "%s==", "", 1)		text = mw.ustring.gsub(table.concat(textbits, "", i), "%s==", "", 1)
	break -- use the first section that matches this section heading, I suppose - omitting this would use the last		break -- use the first section that matches this section heading, I suppose - omitting this would use the last
	end		end

Wnt: Think this rejected even when a section was found

2016-10-07T02:07:21Z

Think this rejected even when a section was found

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	if section then		if section then
	local textbits = mw.text.split(text, section, true) -- this is one of the few functions that takes a plain text...		local textbits = mw.text.split(text, section, true) -- this is one of the few functions that takes a plain text...
	if #textbits > 2 then		if #textbits > 1 then
	local i = 1		local i = 2
	repeat		repeat
⚫	i = i + 1
	if (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i-1], "==%s$")) and (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i], "^%s==")) then		if (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i-1], "==%s$")) and (mw.ustring.match(textbits[i], "^%s==")) then
	text = mw.ustring.gsub(textbits[i], "%s==", "", 1)		text = mw.ustring.gsub(textbits[i], "%s==", "", 1)
	break -- use the first section that matches this section heading, I suppose - omitting this would use the last		break -- use the first section that matches this section heading, I suppose - omitting this would use the last
	end		end
		⚫	i = i + 1
	until (i > #textbits)		until (i > #textbits)
	else		else

Wnt: Adding a section extractor so that you can (I wish) extract just one section from a large talk page

2016-10-07T02:00:05Z

Adding a section extractor so that you can (I wish) extract just one section from a large talk page

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     assert (text,"error: failed to get text from ".. page)
     -- the first set of <banner> and <banner> puts arbitrary text at the beginning.
     local output=mw.ustring.match(text, "<!%-%-+banner%-%-+>(.-)<!%-%-+/banner%-%-+>") or ""

Wnt: This was replaced with the previous line

2016-10-07T01:40:26Z

This was replaced with the previous line

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	local pagepointer=mw.title.new(page)		local pagepointer=mw.title.new(page)
	if not(pagepointer) then return "''[[Module:Aside]]: The page " .. '"' .. page .. '"' .. " could not be accessed.''" end		if not(pagepointer) then return "''[[Module:Aside]]: The page " .. '"' .. page .. '"' .. " could not be accessed.''" end
	-- this needs to be revised to fail gracefully if the aside is deleted/not started
	assert(pagepointer,"failed to access mw.title.new("..tostring(page)..")")
	---- get the text of the aside		---- get the text of the aside
	local text=pagepointer.getContent(pagepointer)		local text=pagepointer.getContent(pagepointer)

Wnt: Adding a section functionality within page (using #)

2016-10-07T01:37:41Z

Adding a section functionality within page (using #)

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	---- args in the #invoke itself trump args in the parent frame - not sure if I should even access these but leaving them for now.		---- args in the #invoke itself trump args in the parent frame - not sure if I should even access these but leaving them for now.
	user = frame.args.user or parent.args.user -- the location for discussion with whoever admins the aside, usually user talk:(x). "D" defaults to (user)		user = frame.args.user or parent.args.user -- the location for discussion with whoever admins the aside, usually user talk:(x). "D" defaults to (user)
	page = frame.args.page or parent.args.page -- the location of the page for the aside. "V/E" ~~defaults~~ to (page), usually user talk:(x)/subpage		page = frame.args.page or parent.args.page -- the location of the page for the aside.
			-- In the template, "V/E" links to (page), usually user talk:(x)/subpage
			-- Here page is the talk page on which these operations are done
			-- page can contain a section using the # character. Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(technical_restrictions)#Forbidden_characters
			-- there can be no # in a page name, so this imposes no restrictions. If a section is indicated then ONLY that section should be processed.
			local basepage, section = mw.ustring.match(page, "(.-)#(.*)")
			if section then page = basepage end
	comments = frame.args.comments or parent.args.comments -- the last N comments are returned		comments = frame.args.comments or parent.args.comments -- the last N comments are returned
	length = frame.args.length or parent.args.length -- return at most N characters of text per comment		length = frame.args.length or parent.args.length -- return at most N characters of text per comment

Wnt: Optional parameter to NOT order by date, which I'm starting to fear may be too confusing in many cases...

2016-10-05T11:27:46Z

Optional parameter to NOT order by date, which I'm starting to fear may be too confusing in many cases...

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	comments = frame.args.comments or parent.args.comments -- the last N comments are returned		comments = frame.args.comments or parent.args.comments -- the last N comments are returned
	length = frame.args.length or parent.args.length -- return at most N characters of text per comment		length = frame.args.length or parent.args.length -- return at most N characters of text per comment
			order = frame.args.order or parent.args.order or "new" -- provides an option to sort the comments various ways
			-- order = "new" (default) : latest comments shown; order = "page" (or whatever) : just show the lowest ones on the page
			if (order == "") then order = "new" end -- I don't think I need this but I'm suspicious
	-- "position" (left, right, plain) is a template parameter that can be handled in the template, so will not be used here.		-- "position" (left, right, plain) is a template parameter that can be handled in the template, so will not be used here.
	---- args in the parent frame come next		---- args in the parent frame come next
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	-- sort keys from earliest to latest; maybe the opposite would be better but I'm not feeling creative.		-- sort keys from earliest to latest; maybe the opposite would be better but I'm not feeling creative.
	table.sort(keys)		if (order == "new") then table.sort(keys) end

	-- pick the last N keys		-- pick the last N keys