How to link to a page from inside an embedded component

> > How can I create a link to another page by specifying the
> > path? Or something else?
>
> If you use URLs you lose the current session and possibly state.
>
> The right way to do this, is to use objects, e.g.
>
>      html anchor
>          goto: newContext;
>          with: 'A Pier Link'
>
> where 'newContext' is the description of where you want to go. Create
> this new context object from the current one like so:
>
>      newContext := self context structure: aStructure
>
> where 'aStructure' is the page you want to go to and 'newContext' is a
> temporary variable. Instead of using #structure:, it is also possible
> to use #structure:command: or #structure:view: to specify a different
> command or view.
>

> On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 07:48 +0200, Lukas Renggli wrote:
>> > How can I create a link to another page by specifying the
>> > path? Or something else?
>>
>> If you use URLs you lose the current session and possibly state.
>>
>> The right way to do this, is to use objects, e.g.
>>
>>      html anchor
>>          goto: newContext;
>>          with: 'A Pier Link'
>>
>> where 'newContext' is the description of where you want to go. Create
>> this new context object from the current one like so:
>>
>>      newContext := self context structure: aStructure
>>
>> where 'aStructure' is the page you want to go to and 'newContext' is a
>> temporary variable. Instead of using #structure:, it is also possible
>> to use #structure:command: or #structure:view: to specify a different
>> command or view.
>>
> Well, I should try to be more clear when asking :) I don't want to loose
> the session in between. I want to do it exactly like you wrote here. My
> question was towards looking up/finding the structures. It was meant as
> "What is the easiest way to find a structure when I now a path?". The
> idea (so far) is that I know some of the structure of the site. I want
> to do my own component and then I want to link /a/b/c. So I need a way
> to lookup /a/b/c as a structure to able to link to it. I imagine the
> answer could be PRPathLookup but are there other ways to do?
>
> thanks,
>
> Norbert
>
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> Lukas
>
> On Saturday, June 13, 2009, Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 07:48 +0200, Lukas Renggli wrote:
> >> > How can I create a link to another page by specifying the
> >> > path? Or something else?
> >>
> >> If you use URLs you lose the current session and possibly state.
> >>
> >> The right way to do this, is to use objects, e.g.
> >>
> >>      html anchor
> >>          goto: newContext;
> >>          with: 'A Pier Link'
> >>
> >> where 'newContext' is the description of where you want to go. Create
> >> this new context object from the current one like so:
> >>
> >>      newContext := self context structure: aStructure
> >>
> >> where 'aStructure' is the page you want to go to and 'newContext' is a
> >> temporary variable. Instead of using #structure:, it is also possible
> >> to use #structure:command: or #structure:view: to specify a different
> >> command or view.
> >>
> > Well, I should try to be more clear when asking :) I don't want to loose
> > the session in between. I want to do it exactly like you wrote here. My
> > question was towards looking up/finding the structures. It was meant as
> > "What is the easiest way to find a structure when I now a path?". The
> > idea (so far) is that I know some of the structure of the site. I want
> > to do my own component and then I want to link /a/b/c. So I need a way
> > to lookup /a/b/c as a structure to able to link to it. I imagine the
> > answer could be PRPathLookup but are there other ways to do?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Norbert
> >
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> > Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ...
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> >
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