Render List Plugin

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Render bullet lists in a variety of formats

Syntax Rules

RENDERLIST Variable

Place a %RENDERLIST{ <parameters> }% above any bullet list
- The list can be handcrafted, generated by another plugin, a %TOC%, or the result of a FormattedSearch

Supported parameters:

`"name"` or `theme="name"`	Select a rendering theme
`focus="any text"`	Focus list on a bullet with specified text
`depth="2"`	Remove bullets with an indent greater then the depth. The depth is relative to the highlighted bullet in case `focus` is specified

Rendering themes can be defined by <name>_THEME plugin settings
- Each theme is defined by a comma separated list containing the render type and parameters required by that render type
- There are different render types; this initial plugin version has tree and icon render types
Format of the tree render type:
- Set <name>_THEME = tree, <0/1 flag to suppress/show lines of first level>
Format of the icon render type:
- Set <name>_THEME = icon, <0/1 flag to suppress/show lines of first level>, <icon width>, <icon height>, <spacer graph>, <T-line graph>, <I-line graph>, <L-line graph>, <icon image>
- To define new Icon themes, attach images to this plugin topic and set the parameters accordingly
Focus bullet list:
- Search bullet list for text. If a bullet is found:
  1. Highlight text and remove [[][]] links on bullet where text is found
  2. Reduce bullet list to show only its parents and children
- This is useful to maintain one large bullet list with links to team pages, representing the organization of a company. Each team page can INCLUDE the bullet list with focus set to itself.

Bullets

Use regular * bullets
Start with level one
- Increase indentation only by one level at a time
  - Like this
It's OK to decrease more than one indentation levels at a time
Wrap long text, e.g. split it up into continuation lines - the plugin does not do that for you
Align continuation lines with leading spaces like this
You can specify an icon for a bullet of render type tree or icon:
- Attach the icon to this plugin topic, e.g. myicon.gif, or
- Use one of the existing icons: globe.gif, home.gif, virtualhome.gif, group.gif, persons.gif, virtualpersons.gif, person.gif, virtualperson.gif, email.gif, trend.gif, folder.gif, folders.gif, file.gif, files.gif, doc.gif, image.gif, pdf.gif, ppt.gif, sound.gif, xls.gif, zip.gif, see.gif
- Refer to an attached icon at the beginning of the bullet with:
  - icon:myicon Followed by normal bullet text
- Any TWikiDocGraphics icon can be used as well:
  - %ICON{name}% Followed by normal bullet text

Examples

You type:

You get: (simulated)

You get: (if installed)

%RENDERLIST{"thread"}%
   * one
      * one.a
         * one.a.x
      * one.b
         * one.b.x
           continue
         * one.b.y
            * icon:person Tim
            * icon:person Mico
   * two
   * three

one

one.a

one.a.x

one.b

one.b.x

continue

one.b.y

Tim

Mico

two

three

%RENDERLIST{"thread"}%

one
- one.a
  - one.a.x
- one.b
  - one.b.x continue
  - one.b.y
    - Tim
    - Mico
two
three

%RENDERLIST{"org"}%
   * one
      * one.a
         * one.a.x
      * one.b
         * one.b.x
           continue
         * one.b.y
            * icon:person Tim
            * icon:person Mico
   * two
   * three

one

one.a

one.a.x

one.b

one.b.x

continue

one.b.y

Tim

Mico

two

three

%RENDERLIST{"org"}%

one
- one.a
  - one.a.x
- one.b
  - one.b.x continue
  - one.b.y
    - Tim
    - Mico
two
three

%RENDERLIST{ "org" focus="one.b" }%
   * one
      * one.a
         * one.a.x
      * one.b
         * one.b.x
           continue
         * one.b.y
            * icon:person Tim
            * icon:person Mico
   * two
   * three

one

one.b

one.b.x

continue

one.b.y

Tim

Mico

%RENDERLIST{ "org" focus="one.b" }%

one
- one.a
  - one.a.x
- one.b
  - one.b.x continue
  - one.b.y
    - Tim
    - Mico
two
three

RenderListPlugin Settings

Plugin settings are stored as preferences variables. To reference a plugin setting write %<plugin>_<setting>%, i.e. %RENDERPLUGIN_SHORTDESCRIPTION%

One line description, is shown in the TextFormattingRules topic:
- Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Render bullet lists in a variety of formats

Debug plugin: (See output in data/debug.txt)
- Set DEBUG = 0

Themes are named <SOMETHING>_THEME and contain a comma delimited list of render type with parameters:
- Set THREAD_THEME = tree, 1
- Set HOME_THEME = icon, 1, 16, 16, , , , ,
- Set ORG_THEME = icon, 0, 16, 16, , , , ,
- Set GROUP_THEME = icon, 0, 16, 16, , , , ,
- Set EMAIL_THEME = icon, 0, 16, 16, , , , ,
- Set TREND_THEME = icon, 0, 16, 16, , , , ,
- Set FILE_THEME = icon, 0, 16, 16, , , , ,

Plugin Installation Instructions

This plugin is pre-installed. TWiki administrators can upgrade the plugin as needed on the TWiki server.

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For an automated installation, run the configure script and follow "Find More Extensions" in the in the Extensions section.

Or, follow these manual installation steps:

Download the ZIP file from the Plugins home (see below).

Unzip RenderListPlugin.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

File:	Description:
`data/TWiki/RenderListPlugin.txt`	Plugin topic
`data/TWiki/VarRENDERLIST.txt`	Documentation of the RENDERLIST variable
`pub/TWiki/RenderListPlugin/*.gif`	Image files for themes
`lib/TWiki/Plugins/RenderListPlugin.pm`	Plugin Perl module

Set the ownership of the extracted directories and files to the webserver user.

Plugin configuration and testing:
- Run the configure script and enable the plugin in the Plugins section.
- Test if the installation was successful: See example above.

Plugin Info

Plugin Author:	TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny
Copyright:	© 2003-2013 Peter[at]Thoeny.org, TWiki.org © 2003-2013 TWiki:TWiki.TWikiContributor
License:	GPL (GNU General Public License)
Plugin Version:	2013-01-28

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2013-01-28:	TWikibug:Item7091: Use TWISTY in installation instructions and change history
2012-11-14:	TWikibug:Item7020: Categorize TWiki Variable RENDERLIST
2012-09-05:	TWikibug:Item6837: Doc fixes
2011-07-09:	TWikibug:Item6725: Change global package variables from "use vars" to "our"
2010-05-16:	2.1: TWikibug:Item6433 - doc improvements; replacing TWIKIWEB with SYSTEMWEB
15 Jan 2008:	2.0: Kenneth Lavrsen. No more reporting warnings in the error log when a render list starts at deeper level than 1
30 Sep 2007:	Added VarRENDERLIST to have it listed in TWikiVariables
23 Sep 2006:	Support for img tag and image URL after `icon:` (suggested by TWiki:Main.JanFilipsky); support for TWikiDocGraphics icons, such as `%ICON{folder}%` instead of `icon:folder`; added files.gif and folders.gif (contributed by TWiki:Main.SteveHobbs)
25 Apr 2006:	SVN sync, Cairo + Dakar compatibility
14 Apr 2006:	TWikiRelease04x00 compatibility update
21 Nov 2004:	Added benchmarks (no code changes)
21 Mar 2004:	Internal change: Fixed unofficial function call
01 Mar 2004:	Added FILE_THEME and folder/file icons
29 Dec 2003:	Fixed rendering issue if focus bullet contains `icon:name`; added TREND_THEME
16 Dec 2003:	Specify icons with `icon:name` syntax
11 Dec 2003:	Added `focus` and `depth` parameters
05 Dec 2003:	Fixed rendering issue with IE; added EMAIL_THEME
02 Dec 2003:	Initial version

CPAN Dependencies:	none
Other Dependencies:	none
Perl Version:	5.005
TWiki:Plugins/Benchmark:	GoodStyle 97%, FormattedSearch 98%, RenderListPlugin 93%
Plugin Home:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/RenderListPlugin
Feedback:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/RenderListPluginDev
Appraisal:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/RenderListPluginAppraisal

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Topic revision: r18 - 2013-01-29 - TWikiContributor

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