Question

Quick Question (Details follow): My question: is there some way to modify text from the TOPIC variable inside of a formatted search?

I am creating a master document that is nested with several subtopics. My topics look like:

HowToDoItManual

=%SEARCH{ "^%TOPIC%\d\z"...format="---++ $web.$topic...%=

HowToDoItManualPhase1

=%SEARCH{ "^%TOPIC%\d\z"...format="---+++ $web.$topic...%=

HowToDoItManualPhase1Objectives

The goal of the first phase is...

This was the best way I could come up with to make the document "roll up" into the master but still allow a transparent, loose structure.

HowToDoItManual becomes

HowToDoItManual

HowToDoItManualPhase1

HowToDoItManualPhase1Objectives

HowToDoItManualPhase1TaskList

• Create plan...

My question is, is there some way to modify text from the

%TOPIC%

I'd like to cut out the text of the current TOPIC so that the master document page looks like

HowToDoItManual

Phase1

Objectives

TaskList

• Create plan...

I think I need something like

%REPLACE{ %TOPIC%, "HowToDoItManual","" }%

I searched in vain for several hours to find a way to modify variable text, I haven't found any except for the SPACEOUTvariable.

If there is a much smarter way to collate documents for master documents that the one I'm using, that is an option as well.

Environment

-- DanielHelsten - 07 Jun 2006

Answer

TWiki supports transclusion using variables VarSTARTSECTION and VarINCLUDE.

Other than that TocPlugin can be very useful when doing master documents.

-- SteffenPoulsen - 16 Jun 2006

Thanks. I'm exploring the TocPlugin and trying to get a handle on its full functionality. I think it will do the job. Can anyone point me to an example of transclusion using the above variables? Not being a programmer, I lack an understanding about which parameters to pass to the variable and how to structure the topic.

-- DanielHelsten - 20 Jun 2006