list pages for ThisNS in a generic format

[GitWonder]

Is there a way to compile a list of pages for this namespace in a generic way, i.e.
<nspages .:> or <nspages @currentNS>
rather than explicitly name the namespace? This would enable me to more freely move and rename pages and namespaces and also template the format.

[gturri]

If I understand correctly what you say, I think that just <nspages> should be what you are looking for.
Does that answer you qyestion? If it does not, please let me know what I misunderstood.

[GitWonder]

I am building a wiki for handover to a client. All the plugins I am using need to be as generic in their execution as possible. does a lot of what is needed but I can't see a generic method of displaying pages/namespaces within namespaces

If I have docs namespace containing process namespace containing process 1 page and hr processes namespace
`[docs]
docs.txt

|- [processes]

|- process.txt

|--- [hr_processes]

|--- hr_processes.txt

|----- hr_process_1.txt`

(GitHub code blocks are not the best diagramming method sorry)

What I need is if I were to place the code in the top level docs it would correctly show the index of everything from root down, but if I were to paste the same code to [hr_processes] it would show the index for everything in hr_processes only.

All the other plug-ins I've looked at require the namespace to be specifically declared which is causing me a lot of pain while structure is being finalised - movePage doesn't properly interact and the second issue is that I can't just place the code in a template and let the user create their page within a scaffold of genericised statements.

[gturri]

If I understand correctly your example, just putting <nspages> on your page should do what you want:

• if you put <nspages> on a top levels docs it would show the index of everything in the root
• if you put the same code (i.e.: still <nspages>, without option) on hr_processes it would show pages in in the hr_processes namespace only (because when no namespace is provided, this plugin consider we're interested in the current one)

Does that fit your needs?

[GitWonder]

Yes that is exactly what I am looking for.

EDIT I think I misunderstand where the start page for a namespace is meant to reside. Should the start page be IN the namespace our outside the namespace? END EDIT

I think there is something wrong with my Dokuwiki setup then because if I place at the top of my hierarchy and use the same in hr_processes.txt it does not show just the pages in [hr_processes] (ie just hr_processes_1.txt), it shows the entire hierarchy from [docs] down

[gturri]

I'm not sure I understand the behavior you describe. Could you reproduce the issue on a public instance of dokuwiki and send me the url so I could see it for myself?

[gturri]

I'm noticing that I missed your edition, and it's possible that this is the explanation of this behavior. My understanding is that:

• Dokuwiki considers that there are 2 possible options for the location of the main page of a namespace. Namely, the main page of the namespace :hr_processes may be either:

  • :hr_processes:start
  • or :hr_processes

• However nspages does not implement the exact same logic: it considers that:

  • :hr_processes:start is part of the namespace :hr_processes:
  • but that :hr_processes is not part of it (it considers that it is part of the parent namespace)

I'm not too sure if that's a bug in nspages or if it's a bug in a Dokuwiki API used by ns pages (and I'm not sure I'll have time to figure it out any time soon, so I guess I'll leave this bug report open for now). Anyway, it seems that in your wiki you have :hr_processes, and a solution would be to move this page to :hr_processes:start instead.