Module:Hatnote/doc
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This is a meta-module that provides various functions for making hatnotes. It implements the {{hatnote}} template, for use in hatnotes at the top of pages. It also contains a number of helper functions for use in other Lua hatnote modules.
Use from wikitext
The functions in this module cannot be used directly from #invoke, and must be used through templates instead. Please see Template:Hatnote and Template:Format link for documentation.
Use from other Lua modules
To load this module from another Lua module, use the following code.
local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
You can then use the functions as documented below.
Hatnote
mHatnote._hatnote(s, options)
Formats the string s as a hatnote. This encloses s in the tags <div class="hatnote">...</div>
. Options are provided in the options table. Options include:
- options.extraclasses - a string of extra classes to provide
- options.selfref - if this is not nil or false, adds the class "selfref", used to denote self-references to Wikipedia (see Template:Selfref))
The CSS of the hatnote class is defined in Module:Hatnote/styles.css.
- Example 1
mHatnote._hatnote('This is a hatnote.')
Produces:
<div class="hatnote">This is a hatnote.</div>
Displays as:
- Example 2
mHatnote._hatnote('This is a hatnote.', {extraclasses = 'boilerplate seealso', selfref = true})
Produces:
<div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso selfref">This is a hatnote.</div>
Displayed as:
Find namespace id
mHatnote.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon)
Finds the
- Examples
mHatnote.findNamespaceId('Lion')
→ 0mHatnote.findNamespaceId('Category:Lions')
→ 14mHatnote.findNamespaceId(':Category:Lions')
→ 14mHatnote.findNamespaceId(':Category:Lions', false)
→ 0 (the namespace is detected as ":Category", rather than "Category")
Make wikitext error
mHatnote.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory)
Formats the string msg as a red wikitext error message, with optional link to a help page helpLink. Normally this function also adds Category:Hatnote templates with errors (2). To suppress categorization, pass false
as third parameter of the function (addTrackingCategory
).
Examples:
mHatnote.makeWikitextError('an error has occurred')
→ Error: an error has occurred.mHatnote.makeWikitextError('an error has occurred', 'Template:Example#Errors')
→ Error: an error has occurred (help).
Examples
For an example of how this module is used in other Lua modules, see Module:Labelled list hatnote