NAME

Kwiki::ShortcutLinks - WAFL-phrase shortcuts for arbitrary web links

SYNOPSIS

 $ cpan Kwiki::ShortcutLinks
 $ cd /path/to/kwiki
 $ echo "Kwiki::ShortcutLinks" >> plugins
 $ kwiki -update
 $ vi shortcuts.yaml
 $ kwiki -update

DESCRIPTION

This plugin allows the Kwiki maintainer to define a series of short-cut wafl phrases via a simple config file.

When the plugin is installed and added to Kwiki via kwiki -update, a default shortcuts.yaml file is created. This can be edited and added to as necessary. kwiki -update must be run again after adding, renaming or deleting shortcuts.

The example entry:

  google:   http://www.google.com/search?q=

adds support for the wafl phrase {google:...}, for example:

  Search Google for: {google:Kwiki}

will render as:

  Search Google for: <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Kwiki">Kwiki</a>

If the short-cut definition contains extra words, these will be prepended to the rendered link. For example:

  rt:       http://ticket-serv/Ticket/Display.html?id= RT Ticket

will render {rt:1234} as:

  <a href="http://ticket-serv/Ticket/Display.html?id=1234">RT Ticket 1234</a>

The shortcut can contain the string %s, which will be replaced by the wafl phrase arguments. (If there is no %s, the arguments are appended to the shortcut expansion, as in the examples above.) So the config entry:

  wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=%s&go=Go

and the shortcut {wikipedia:Cambridge} will render as

  <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search=Cambridge&go=Go">Cambridge</a>

AUTHORS

Michael Gray <mjg17@eng.cam.ac.uk>

Thanks to Alexander Goller for the %s suggestion, extra_shortcuts.yaml and his general support!

SEE ALSO

Kwiki

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2004 by Michael Gray

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.