Module:alternative forms

The following documentation is located at Module:alternative forms/documentation. ^[edit]

Useful links: subpage list • links • transclusions • testcases • sandbox (diff)

This module is called by {{alter}}, the template that is used in Alternative forms sections to link the alternative forms of a term and to show which dialect or spelling system they belong to.

The dialect labels used after an empty parameter are now the same as those used by {{lb}}, and can be found in the labels data modules, e.g. Module:labels/data/lang/en for English and Module:labels/data/lang/grc for Ancient Greek.

Testcases

ὑμεῖς (humeîs)

• ῠ̓́μμες (úmmes) — Epic, Aeolic
• ῡ̔μές (hūmés), ῡ̔μέν (hūmén) — Doric
• οὐμές (oumés) — Boeotian

(using aliases of labels)

• ῠ̓́μμες (úmmes) — Epic, Aeolic
• ῡ̔μές (hūmés), ῡ̔μέν (hūmén) — Doric
• οὐμές (oumés) — Boeotian

honor

• honour (British, Commonwealth, Ireland)

werweissen

• werweißen (rare, outside of Switzerland)

items with commas

• same old, same old; same-old, same-old; same-old same-old; same old-same old; same ol' same ol'; same ol', same ol'; same-ol' same-ol'; same ol'-same ol'

term param missing

• testity, test
• [script needed] (dʾl /⁠dār⁠/)

See also

• Module:descendants tree, which retrieves alternative forms for {{desc}} and {{desctree}}

---

local export = {}

local labels_module = "Module:labels"
local links_module = "Module:links"
local parameter_utilities_module = "Module:parameter utilities"

local function track(page)
	require("Module:debug/track")("alter/" .. page)
end

--[==[
Main function for displaying alternative forms. Extracted out from the template-callable function so this can be
called by other modules (in particular, [[Module:descendants tree]]). `show_labels_after_terms` no longer has any
meaning. `allow_self_link` causes terms the same as the pagename to be shown normally; otherwise they are displayed
unlinked.
]==]
function export.display_alternative_forms(parent_args, pagename, show_labels_after_terms, allow_self_link)
	local params = {
		[1] = {required = true, type = "language", default = "en"},
		[2] = {list = true, allow_holes = true},
	}

    local m_param_utils = require(parameter_utilities_module)

	local param_mods = m_param_utils.construct_param_mods {
		{group = {"link", "ref"}},
		-- For compatibility, we need to turn off separate_no_index for q= and qq=.
		{group = "q", separate_no_index = false},
		-- We currently don't support unindexed l= and ll=.
		{group = "l", require_index = true},
	}

	local items, args = m_param_utils.process_list_arguments {
		params = params,
		param_mods = param_mods,
		raw_args = parent_args,
		termarg = 2,
		parse_lang_prefix = true,
		track_module = "alter",
		lang = 1,
		sc = "sc.default",
		stop_when = function(data)
			return not data.any_param_at_index
		end,
	}

	if not items[1] then
		error("No items found!")
	end

	local lang = args[1]
	local raw_labels = {}

	-- Extract the labels and make sure none are blank or omitted.
	local last_item_index = items[#items].orig_index
	if last_item_index < args[2].maxindex then
		for i = last_item_index + 2, args[2].maxindex do
			if not args[2][i] then
				-- Indices in i start at 1 but parameters start at 2 to add 1 to shown index.
				error("Missing/blank item not allowed in [[Template:alt]] labels, but saw such an item in parameter "
					.. (i + 1))
			end
			table.insert(raw_labels, args[2][i])
		end
	end

	-- Make sure there aren't property parameters after the last item (i.e. corresponding to labels).
	for k, v in pairs(args) do
		-- Look for named list parameters. We check:
		-- (1) key is a string (excludes the term param, which is a number);
		-- (2) value is a table, i.e. a list;
		-- (3) v.maxindex is set (i.e. allow_holes was used);
		-- (4) v.maxindex is past the index of the last term.
		if type(k) == "string" and type(v) == "table" and v.maxindex and v.maxindex > last_item_index then
			local set_values = {}
			for i = last_item_index + 1, v.maxindex do
				if v[i] then
					table.insert(set_values, i)
				end
			end
			error(("Extraneous values for %s= (set at position%s %s)"):format(k, #set_values > 1 and "s" or "",
				table.concat(set_values, ",")))
		end
	end

	if not allow_self_link then
		-- If the to-be-linked term is the same as the pagename, display it unlinked.
		for _, item in ipairs(items) do
			if not item.term and (lang:makeEntryName(item.term)) == pagename then
				track("term is pagename")
				item.alt = item.alt or item.term
				item.term = nil
			end
		end
	end

	local labels
	if #raw_labels > 0 then
		labels = require(labels_module).process_raw_labels { labels = raw_labels, lang = lang, nocat = true }
	end

	local parts = {}
	local function ins(part)
		table.insert(parts, part)
	end

	-- Construct the final output.

	-- First the items, including separators, left and right regular qualifiers and left and right per-item labels.
	for _, item in ipairs(items) do
		ins(item.separator)
		local text = require(links_module).full_link(item, nil, allow_self_link, "show qualifiers")
		ins(text)
	end

	-- If there are labels, construct them now and append to final output.
	if labels then
		if lang:hasTranslit() then
			ins(" &mdash; " .. require(labels_module).format_processed_labels {
				labels = labels, lang = lang
			})
		else
			ins(" " .. require(labels_module).format_processed_labels {
				labels = labels, lang = lang, open = "(", close = ")"
			})
		end
	end

	return table.concat(parts)
end

--[==[
Template-callable function for displaying alternative forms.
]==]
function export.create(frame)
	local parent_args = frame:getParent().args
	local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
	local PAGENAME = title.text
	return export.display_alternative_forms(parent_args, title)
end

return export