diff --git a/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn index 816e95c..edf056e 100644 --- a/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/transient_in-memory_pages.mdwn @@ -46,3 +46,21 @@ Refinements that could be made if this approach seems reasonable: >> The `.ikiwiki/transient` would suit this, but instead of saying "tag_underlay" or "autoindex_underlay" have "use_transient_underlay" or something like that? >> Or to make it more flexible, have just one option "transient_underlay" which is set to an absolute path, and if it is set, then one is using a transient-underlay. >> --[[KathrynAndersen]] + +>>> What I had in mind was more like `tag_autocreate_transient => 1` or +>>> `autoindex_transient => 1`; you might conceivably want tags to be +>>> checked in but autoindices to be transient, and it's fine for each +>>> plugin to make its own decision. Going from that to one boolean +>>> (or just always-transient if people don't think that's too +>>> astonishing) would be trivial, though. +>>> +>>> I don't think relocating the transient underlay really makes sense, +>>> except for prototyping: you only want one, and `.ikiwiki` is as good +>>> a place as any (ikiwiki already needs to be able to write there). +>>> +>>> For [[plugins/contrib/album]] I think I'd just make the photo viewer +>>> pages always-transient - you can always make a transient page +>>> permanent by editing it, after all. +>>> +>>> Do you think this approach has enough potential that I should +>>> continue to hack on it? Any thoughts on the implementation? --[[smcv]]