Item8440: Expand Macros in References

Priority:	CurrentState:	AppliesTo:	Component:	WaitingFor:
Normal	Closed	Extension	BibliographyPlugin	Main.AndrewJones

Macros in References get not expanded. This would be nice for example to show an Icon or so:

| *Key* | *Description* |
| ref1 | R. Eference, bla ha ha, 2010 [[http://somewhere/document.pdf][%ICON{"pdf"}%]] |

The following change in BibliographyPlugin.pm seems to solve the problem.

@@ -144,3 +144,3 @@
 # in Foswiki:Extensions/DeprecatedHandlers.
-sub preRenderingHandler
+sub beforeCommonTagsHandler
 {

But honestly, I don't now about collateral impact or potential danger of this change.

-- AndreLichtsteiner - 29 Jan 2010

I'm also not sure about what impact this change might have for existing users of the plugin. Have you done much testing with existing bibliographies?

I will see if I can test this and if it doesn't break existing users then I am happy to make the change.

-- AndrewJones - 29 Jan 2010

I did some testing and this looks like a good change, so have updated the plugin and uploaded a new version.

-- AndrewJones - 29 Jan 2010

Cool

-- PaulHarvey - 29 Jan 2010