Item9464: Improve capabilities of SEARCH $changes parameter

In Formatted Search

$changes(n)      Summary of changes between latest rev and rev n 

That's not as helpful as it might be. I rarely know what n should be. I'm more likely to want to see changes between latest and 2 back, or 3 back...

I'd like to see support added for this, perhaps

$changes(n)      Summary of changes between latest rev and rev n; 
                 if n is a negative number, show summary of changes between latest
                 rev and "n" revisions ago.

So if I say $changes(-2) and latest is rev 19, show changes between 19 and 17; if latest is 5, changes between 5 and 3, and so on.

That would let me do this:

%SEARCH{".*"  type="regex" nosearch="on" noheader="on" 
   newline="%BR%" order="modified" limit="20" reverse="on" 
   format="| [[$web.$topic][$topic]] | r $rev | $date -- $wikiname | $changes | $changes(-2) | "}%

-- VickiBrown - 12 Aug 2010

Excellent point. It seems like a trivial enhancement, but it probably needs a feature proposal.

Set as enhancement

For what it's worth, this horrible monster could be a work-around:

%STARTSECTION{"search"}%
%SEARCH{"1"
   type="query"
   nonoise="on"
   newline="%BR%"
   order="modified"
   limit="20"
   reverse="on" 
   format="| [[$web.$topic][$topic]] | r $rev | $date -- $wikiname | $changes | Since rev($percntINCLUDE{      \"%TOPIC%\"      section=\"rev\"      web=\"$web\"      topic=\"$topic\"      n=\"-2\"   }$percnt): $changes($percntINCLUDE{      \"%TOPIC%\"      section=\"rev\"      web=\"$web\"      topic=\"$topic\"      n=\"-2\"   }$percnt) | Since rev(5): $changes(5) |"}%
%ENDSECTION{"search"}%

%STARTSECTION{"rev"}%%CALC{"$SUM(%REVINFO{
   "$rev"
   web="%web%"
   topic="%topic%"
}% , %n%)"}%%ENDSECTION{"rev"}%

Test

WebNotify	r 177	19 Apr 2024 - 18:05 -- UnknownUser	* BobKrzaczek: Item614 - * BramVanOosterhout: Item1087 Item1099 Item12553 Item12554 It... + * BramVanOosterhout: Item1087 Item1099 Item12553 Item12554 It... * BrendanB: Item8533 * ChipsInChief: Item13873 + * ChrUllrich: Item15167	Since rev(10): * BobKrzaczek: Item614 - * BramVanOosterhout: Item1087 Item1099 Item12553 Item12554 It... + * BramVanOosterhout: Item1087 Item1099 Item12553 Item12554 It... * BrendanB: Item8533 * ChipsInChief: Item13873 + * ChrUllrich: Item15167	Since rev(5): Tasks.WebNotify -MAKETEXT{"This is a subscription service to be automatically notified... +This topic is automatically generated by a script running on the serv... +script analyses all the 'WaitingFor' and 'ReportedBy' fields in repor... +generates this WebNotify. - * Main.TWikiGuest example #64;your.company
WebStatistics	r 2173	19 Apr 2024 - 00:58 -- AdminUser	}% - Apr 2024 166897 9 0 9927 WebCreateNewTopic 8302 All... + Apr 2024 179736 9 0 10502 WebCreateNewTopic 8767 Al... Mar 2024 229549 3 0 12351 AllOutStandingItems 5913 ...	Since rev(10): Tasks.WebStatistics %IF{ "istopic '.Default'" then="$percentINCLUDE{$quot.Default$quot}$percent" else="$percentINCLUDE{$quot.Default$quot}$percent" }% ...	Since rev(5): }% - Jan 2018 94759 150 1 3149 WebHome 653 ItemSummaryQu... + Apr 2024 179736 9 0 10502 WebCreateNewTopic 8767 Al... + Mar 2024 229549 3 0 12351 AllOutStandingItems 5913 ... + Feb 2024 293155 38 1 13574 AllOutStandingItems 3177 ... + Jan 2024 255532 211 0 23169 AllOutStandingItems 8401 ...
Item15172	r 5	17 Apr 2024 - 21:42 -- JonMcCoy	%USERSWEB%.BramVanOosterhout 14 Jan 2023 + +I've been playing around with this error before finding this Task, an... + +Can this not be set by default in Applications.WebPreferences? +	Since rev(3): Tasks.Item15172 Main.BramVanOosterhout 09 Jan 2023 Applications.RenderWikiApplicationWebHome is meant to list all topics relevant to an application if the ?q...	Since rev(5):
WebHome	r 64	12 Apr 2024 - 06:48 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.WebHome Task Tracker TWISTYBUTTON{id="newtask" link=" %TWISTYTOGGLE{ id="newtask" mode="div" }% INCLUDE{"CreateNewTask"} Search %IF{"'' = 'Wik...	Since rev(10): Tasks.WebHome Task Tracker TWISTYBUTTON{id="newtask" link=" %TWISTYTOGGLE{ id="newtask" mode="div" }% INCLUDE{"CreateNewTask"} Search %IF{"'' = 'Wik...	Since rev(5): Tasks.WebHome - Report new issue + Task Tracker TWISTYBUTTON{id="newtask" link="%BUTTON{"Create a new ... + +%TWISTYTOGGLE{ + id="newtask"
Item14127	r 7	09 Apr 2024 - 08:19 -- MichaelDaum	%META:FORM{name="ItemTemplate"}% -%META:FIELD{name="Summary" title="Summary" value="Debian packages are... +%META:FIELD{name="Summary" title="Summary" value="Debian packages at ... %META:FIELD{name="ReportedBy" title="ReportedBy" value="Main.AndyNon"...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item14127 Recently I've been getting the following warning when updating packages from your Debian repository: ========================================...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item14127 Recently I've been getting the following warning when updating packages from your Debian repository: ========================================...
Item13423	r 14	09 Apr 2024 - 08:18 -- MichaelDaum	%USERSWEB%.GeorgeClark 23 Jun 2015 - - more regex issues - %USERSWEB%.MariakatosvichC 09 Apr 2024 - %COMMENT%	Since rev(10): Tasks.Item13423 The 5.22 introduced new deprecation warnings. The current trunk emits them at every request many times, depending how much plugins are installed....	Since rev(5): %USERSWEB%.GeorgeClark 21 May 2015 +Reopen if any more regex issues encountered. + + %USERSWEB%.GeorgeClark 23 Jun 2015 + %COMMENT%
Item15300	r 2	12 Mar 2024 - 07:21 -- MichaelDaum	Main.GeorgeClark 12 Mar 2024 + +jquery 3 is largly untested, ie on configure. + %USERSWEB%.MichaelDaum 12 Mar 2024 %COMMENT%	Since rev(0): Tasks.Item15300 I updated to 2.1.8, and accidentally enabled the latest 3.x JQuery. When I visit bin/configure, it immediately shows "Save 1 change" Save change...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15300 I updated to 2.1.8, and accidentally enabled the latest 3.x JQuery. When I visit bin/configure, it immediately shows "Save 1 change" Save change...
DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError	r 1	25 Feb 2024 - 13:25 -- NITTOGUtechWIKI	Tasks.DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError HI OUr server runs in OPENSUS Recently our server disk become full and qwiki a...	Since rev(-1): Tasks.DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError HI OUr server runs in OPENSUS Recently our server disk become full and qwiki a...	Since rev(5): Tasks.DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError DISKFullcaused500InternalServerError HI OUr server runs in OPENSUS Recently our server disk become full and qwiki a...
Item15299	r 3	23 Feb 2024 - 11:41 -- BramVanOosterhout	%USERSWEB%.MarcSCHAEFER 19 Feb 2024 + +The following observations are based on + +%GRAPHVIZ{ "digraph G { Workstation image="Sun_Workstation.jpg" ; }" + type="png"	Since rev(1): Tasks.Item15299 In fact it did go away ingraphviz 6.0.1 See https://forum.graphviz.org/t/removal of gv file path environment variable/2031 A possible replacement...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15299 In fact it did go away ingraphviz 6.0.1 See https://forum.graphviz.org/t/removal of gv file path environment variable/2031 A possible replacement...
Item14361	r 8	19 Feb 2024 - 17:28 -- MarcSCHAEFER	%USERSWEB%.MichaelDaum 19 Feb 2024 + +For the library GRAPHIZ macro argument: You are right: if I remember ... + +However, if there is any way to do bad things in dot itself (in the e... +	Since rev(6): Tasks.Item14361 You can create a graphviz diagram using a definition like the following: digraph "G" { req0021 shape=plaintext,label= req0021 } This d...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item14361 +%TOC% + You can create a graphviz diagram using a definition like the followi... Comments??? -
Item15298	r 1	01 Feb 2024 - 14:20 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.Item15298 * attachment multi formfields now allow to upload multiple files at once * new formfield uuid * added mindate and maxdate to date2 and d...	Since rev(-1): Tasks.Item15298 * attachment multi formfields now allow to upload multiple files at once * new formfield uuid * added mindate and maxdate to date2 and d...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15298 * attachment multi formfields now allow to upload multiple files at once * new formfield uuid * added mindate and maxdate to date2 and d...
Item15297	r 1	01 Feb 2024 - 14:03 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.Item15297 Main.MichaelDaum 01 Feb 2024	Since rev(-1): Tasks.Item15297 Main.MichaelDaum 01 Feb 2024	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15297 Main.MichaelDaum 01 Feb 2024
TableOfContentsPlugin	r 1	01 Feb 2024 - 14:00 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.TableOfContentsPlugin INCLUDE{"Component"}	Since rev(-1): Tasks.TableOfContentsPlugin INCLUDE{"Component"}	Since rev(5): Tasks.TableOfContentsPlugin INCLUDE{"Component"}
Item15296	r 6	01 Feb 2024 - 12:19 -- MichaelDaum	%USERSWEB%.ChristianKern 01 Feb 2024 + +:) + + %USERSWEB%.MichaelDaum 01 Feb 2024 %COMMENT%	Since rev(4): Tasks.Item15296 The title says it all. Should be a two minute task to fix. Main.ChristianKern 31 Jan 2024 I've seen it in 2.1.8, I don't know if it also affe...	Since rev(5): %USERSWEB%.ChristianKern 01 Feb 2024 + +:) + + %USERSWEB%.MichaelDaum 01 Feb 2024 %COMMENT%
Item15292	r 11	01 Feb 2024 - 10:08 -- MichaelDaum	I've uploaded the script yesterday. + * repair_pfv_file_timestamps: Proposal for a Python 3 script repai... + %USERSWEB%.ChristianKern 01 Feb 2024 + +Thanks!	Since rev(9): Tasks.Item15292 Renaming a web changes the timestamp of all files in the *,pfv/ folders to the current date. Thus, when viewing the history of a topic, all of th...	Since rev(5): %USERSWEB%.ChristianKern 31 Jan 2024 + +Any help is welcome. Programming languages don't matter. However if t... + + %USERSWEB%.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2024 +
Item15295	r 1	31 Jan 2024 - 16:29 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.Item15295 add a boolean flag to automatically subscribe/unsubscribe to a topic if it is favorited by means of the %FAVBUTTON. Main.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2...	Since rev(-1): Tasks.Item15295 add a boolean flag to automatically subscribe/unsubscribe to a topic if it is favorited by means of the %FAVBUTTON. Main.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15295 add a boolean flag to automatically subscribe/unsubscribe to a topic if it is favorited by means of the %FAVBUTTON. Main.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2...
Item15294	r 1	31 Jan 2024 - 15:46 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.Item15294 To fully be able to cover all code points of utf8, all 4 bytes are required. Only then will chars like emojis are covered. Main.MichaelDaum 3...	Since rev(-1): Tasks.Item15294 To fully be able to cover all code points of utf8, all 4 bytes are required. Only then will chars like emojis are covered. Main.MichaelDaum 3...	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15294 To fully be able to cover all code points of utf8, all 4 bytes are required. Only then will chars like emojis are covered. Main.MichaelDaum 3...
Item15293	r 1	31 Jan 2024 - 13:10 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.Item15293 Main.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2024	Since rev(-1): Tasks.Item15293 Main.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2024	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15293 Main.MichaelDaum 31 Jan 2024
DeeplPlugin	r 1	31 Jan 2024 - 13:07 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.DeeplPlugin INCLUDE{"Component"}	Since rev(-1): Tasks.DeeplPlugin INCLUDE{"Component"}	Since rev(5): Tasks.DeeplPlugin INCLUDE{"Component"}
Item15291	r 1	30 Jan 2024 - 16:26 -- MichaelDaum	Tasks.Item15291 * only used on delegate * adds reset() api to clear the favicon overlay Main.MichaelDaum 30 Jan 2024	Since rev(-1): Tasks.Item15291 * only used on delegate * adds reset() api to clear the favicon overlay Main.MichaelDaum 30 Jan 2024	Since rev(5): Tasks.Item15291 * only used on delegate * adds reset() api to clear the favicon overlay Main.MichaelDaum 30 Jan 2024

Rev test

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-- PaulHarvey - 13 Aug 2010

I'm not sure that "horrible monster" is doing what you think. The results are similar to what I got using CALC. No + or - anywhere in the output is suspicious. I don't think it's actually a diff.

-- VickiBrown - 13 Aug 2010

I don't quite agree - the $percentINCLUDE is correctly calculating the rev number -2 - however I would agree that the $changes() token isn't very useful in its output; probably, that's a bug

-- PaulHarvey - 14 Aug 2010

Okay, now it should be fixed (the example, that is)

-- PaulHarvey - 17 Aug 2010

I've raised Item9502 for the crash this example causes on 1.1 - separate from the issues that Vicki raises.

-- SvenDowideit - 19 Aug 2010

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