http://70.231.62.181/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Module%3ATemplateDataGenerator%2Fdoc 2026-04-23T01:30:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Module:TemplateDataGenerator/doc&diff=16157253&oldid=prev 2025-12-07T15:54:12Z

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templates_for_discussion/Log/2025_December_4#Module:TemplateDataGenerator" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 December 4">Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 December 4#Module:TemplateDataGenerator</a> closed as keep (<a href="/index.php?title=WP:XFDC&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="WP:XFDC (page does not exist)">XFDcloser</a>)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;code&gt;Module:TemplateDataGenerator&lt;/code&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039; – Module for generation of a skeleton for TemplateData from the parameter usage within template programming.<br /> <br /> == From wikitext ==<br /> ; f<br /> : Trigger analysis of template around (base page).<br /> :* No parameters on &lt;code&gt;#invoke&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> :* Yields block to be inserted by copy&amp;paste.<br /> <br /> === Template wrapping ===<br /> The module is supposed to be wrapped for convenience into something like a template<br /> &lt;nowiki&gt;{{#invoke:TemplateDataGenerator|f}}&lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> Documentation<br /> That template may be transcluded with one parameter: &#039;&#039;&#039;sort&#039;&#039;&#039; alias&amp;nbsp;&#039;&#039;&#039;1&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;nbsp;– if that is provided with the value &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;, parameter list will be sorted in alphabetical order.<br /> <br /> === Productive usage ===<br /> When editing a template (documentation) page, users are supposed to insert the following line, where TemplateData shall appear:<br /> &lt;code&gt;&lt;nowiki&gt;{{subst:#invoke:TemplateDataGenerator|f}}&lt;/nowiki&gt;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> After click on [Preview], the generated lines are displayed and can be inserted by copy &amp; paste to replace the temporary transclusion.<br /> <br /> If forgotten to remove on saving, &lt;code&gt;subst&lt;/code&gt; comes into effect and the plain lines are stored into source text. Next time someone will do the cleanup.<br /> <br /> == Functions for Lua modules ==<br /> ; getBlock( about, ahead, alphabetical )<br /> : Trigger analysis of template like &#039;&#039;&#039;f&#039;&#039;&#039; but from Lua call.<br /> :* &#039;&#039;about&#039;&#039; – string; page title related to template code on base page<br /> :* &#039;&#039;ahead&#039;&#039; – string, number or nil; namespace (Template:)<br /> :* &#039;&#039;alphabetical&#039;&#039; – boolean or nil; sort parameter list</div>

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