From: Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:37:38 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: idea
X-Git-Tag: 3.20100403~14
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1faf9b08e16bde9b4b0d72620fcef79c715e64de;p=ikiwiki.git

idea
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diff --git a/doc/todo/allow_plugins_to_add_sorting_methods.mdwn b/doc/todo/allow_plugins_to_add_sorting_methods.mdwn
index 67d85f6f8..e1e05e81c 100644
--- a/doc/todo/allow_plugins_to_add_sorting_methods.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/allow_plugins_to_add_sorting_methods.mdwn
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ NIH'd sorting mechanisms:
 >>>> is required to have params. They should be optional, 
 >>>> to match the documentation and because most sort methods
 >>>> do not need parameters.
+>>>>
+>>>> I wonder if it would make sense to add some combining keywords, so
+>>>> a sortspec reads like `sort="age then ascending title"`
+>>>> In a way, this reduces the amount of syntax that needs to be learned.
+>>>> I like the "then" (and it could allow other operations than
+>>>> simple combination, if any others make sense). Not so sure about the
+>>>> "ascending", which could be "reverse" instead, but "descending age" and
+>>>> "ascending age" both seem useful to be able to explicitly specify.
 >>>> --[[Joey]]
 
 ## Documentation from sort-hooks branch