Issue:Mode=category loses letter headings when ordermethod=titlewithoutnamespace
From FollowTheScore
Description: | mode=category should produce headings A, B, C, etc., but does not when ordermethod=titlewithoutnamespace |
Extension / Version: | DPL / 1.8.8 |
Type / Status: | Bug / open |
Problem
MediaWiki 1.15.1.
This produces the headings A, B, C, etc., like a category page:
<dpl> category = African Union member states mode = category ordermethod = title </dpl>
Example:
C
N
S
This should produce A, B, C, etc., but does not:
<dpl> category = African Union member states mode = category ordermethod = titlewithoutnamespace </dpl>
Example:
C
N
S
I think the headings are empty or blank, not missing. If you have many items in your list, you will see continuation headings like "cont." instead of "A cont." So I'm guessing the headings are being rendered, but they are blank, so nothing shows up. Here is an example with "cont.":
"
%
A
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Analysis
In DPL::formatCategoryList, when ordermethod=titlewithoutnamespace, all entries in $aArticles_start_char[] contain the empty string. This is because $this->mArticles[$i]->mStartChar is empty. That's the problem.