With this patch each topic can have its own template. wiki::readTemplate() has been modified to search for the following templates (in this order):

1. $templateDir/$webName/$name.$topic.tmpl
2. $templateDir/$webName/$name.tmpl
3. $templateDir/$name.$topic.tmpl
4. $templateDir/$name.tmpl

$name is the name of the script, for example view . The current TWiki version uses steps 2 and 4.

This enhancement gives you lots of flexibility to use 'normal' topics for special (systems) functions, especially with the new & improved inline search. Another example is a separate page for creating new topics; bin/edit/Test?topic=new uses edit.new.tmp which has an entryfield for the new topicname in addition to the textbox.

I'm using this feature for the edit and view scripts, so the relevant wiki::readTemplate() call in those files has been changed (additional argument). It's perfectly fine to keep calling wiki::readTemplate() with only one argument since the new argument defaults to an empty string, thus behaving just like before (only step 2 and 4, see above).

This patch is almost a necessity if one plans to use the also proposed TopicDropdownbox.

related links: InterfaceClutter

-- PeterFokkinga - 15 May 2000

Commited to cvs on 22 May 2000 NZST.

-- NicholasLee - 21 May 2000

Modified status to "done" -- this feature is in the Dec 2000 release, and it really works well.

-- StanleyKnutson - 26 Jan 2002