Template:LAuto/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:LAuto.
Don't forget to purge the contents of the base page upon creating or editing this subpage.

Purge base's cache

After page is saved what you see on the left will be replaced by what's shown on the right:

• {{subst:LAuto|Category:test}} = {{ACategory|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|:Category:test}} = {{LCategory|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|Help:test}} = {{LHelp|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|Valve Developer Community:test}} = {{LProject|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|test}} = {{L|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|Template:test}} = [[Template:test]]

Needed regex to filter out outside links

This regex will replace wikilinks on the current page with subst:LAuto template which after page save will become L* templates (see above, what the substitution does is also visible using the 'Show Preview' button).

This method is usable right in the Help:Editing Toolbar under

1. go to Advanced -> on the right side 'Search and replace' (magnifying glass icon) -> check 'Treat search string as a regular expression' checkbox
2. enter the search/replace text shown lower
3. press 'Replace All'
4. check with 'Show Preview' to see what was changed
5. save the page

• Search for:

\[\[(?!#|File(?:[ _]talk)?:|Image(?:[ _]talk)?:|Media:|Template(?:[ _]talk)?:|MediaWiki(?:[ _]talk)?:|Talk:|Category[ _]talk:|Project[ _]talk:|Valve[ _]Developer[ _]Community[ _]talk:|Help[ _]talk:|User(?:[ _]talk)?:|c:|commons:|Dictionary:|Google:|GoogleGroups:|IMDB:|M:|Meta:|Metawikipedia:|MW:|SdkBug:|SourceForge:|Steampowered:|W:|Wiki:|WikiBooks:|Wikipedia:|Wikiquote:|Wiktionary:|WP:)(:?(?:Category|Category|Help|Project|Valve[ _]Developer[ _]Community|Special|)(?:[^\|\]]+))(\|?.*?)\]\]

• Replace with:

{{subst:LAuto|$1$2}}

See Also

• Project:Alternative Languages
• {{L}}
• {{LCategory}}
• {{LProject}}
• {{LHelp}}
• {{LSpecial}}
• {{ACategory}}
• {{LanguageBar}}
• {{Language}}