this is but a small, specific instance of the event stuff peter has talked about before on twiki.org

this plugin "executes" a series of URL's when a new topic is created which matches a topic regex.

TODO:

1. figure out/decide on a format for listing more than one event!
2. trap errors --- but what to do about them? abort the sequence or ???
3. probably need to recode the URL fetch using a trick similiar to twiki's internal %INCLUDE%
   • that is, if the URL matches the wiki, do an internal "redirect" rather than an external URL HTTP GET
4. documentation

here's an example of how it could be used on twiki.org to automatically create Dev and Appraisal topics when a new Plugin, Contrib, Skin, or AddOn topic is created in the plugins web:

        * Set MATCH = ^Plugins.(.*?)(Plugin|AddOn|Skin|Contrib)$

        * Set EXECUTE = %SCRIPTURL%/save%SCRIPTSUFFIX%?topic=$1$2Dev;templatetopic=$2DevTemplate %SCRIPTURL%/save%SCRIPTSUFFIX%?topic=$1$2Appraisal;templatetopic=$2AppraisalTemplate

because this plugin "executes" URL's, and because twiki has a mostly REST interface, other actions are possible: eg, creating a new web, renaming topics, etc...

SVN:7581

WN

You might also look at CPAN:Workflow http://search.cpan.org/dist/Workflow/

See http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22what+is+workflow%22&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

for a general description.

MC

Interesting. I suggest to discuss this in TWiki:Plugins.NewTopicEventPluginDev where more eyes are watching. We should use the bugs web only for small actionaly items, not for spec discussion and design.

This Plugin has a similar functionality to the TWiki:Plugins.TopicCreatePluginDev. That plugin works but has not been release yet.

-- PTh

TWiki:Plugins.TopicCreatePlugin has been released (21-nov-05)

-- TWiki:Main.StanleyKnutson