Discussion: Best way to avoid the 'not current revision' message?

[Chris--S]

When the latest version is not approved and non-approved versions (drafts) are hidden to read-only users, DokuWiki will show "this is not the latest revision" message, which isn't particularly helpful.

Does it make sense to request a new event in DokuWiki around that message?
TPL_OLDREVISION_ALERT

And a config option in this plugin to hide or replace that message.

[splitbrain]

I wonder if the plugin could simply overwrite the $lang entry for that message. Or this message in a .txt file?

[Chris--S]

Its a .txt file "showrev"[1]. I think its perfectly valid to show the message when you are truly looking at an old revision. Its only a problem for a reader viewing the latest approved version when there is a later unapproved rev.

Were you meaning on the fly rewriting of that message?
In this case 'showrev' could be moved into the $lang strings, its only a single line.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to add an event inside p_locale_xhtml(). I have an idea for a language plugin allow substitution of language strings or locale txt files without impacting on upgrades.

In this case, maybe the neatest solution would be to wrap the p_locale_xhtml('showrev') in a <div class="oldrev_alert"> to allow for css control.

[1] https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/blob/master/inc/html.php#L243

[Finkregh]

any idea how to properly remove/hide this message?

[mccannjg]

Had to add these changes manually - how come they are not committed yet?

[3615pipou]

Any news on this problem ?

[racquetmaster]

This is still a problem for me.