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# NavigatorLabels Plugin
*A helper plugin providing multilingual sorting, AUTOINDEX support, and customizable UI vocabulary for the Navigator theme.*

## Overview
NavigatorLabels extends the **Navigator** theme with helper functions and configuration options that keep navigation calm, predictable, and multilingual‑friendly.

The plugin provides:

- **Multilingual article‑stripping** for natural alphabetical sorting
- **AUTOINDEX integration** for Navigator’s autolist behavior
- **Customizable UI labels** for the theme’s top bar and navigation vocabulary
- **Unicode‑aware normalization** for consistent sorting across languages

NavigatorLabels is designed specifically for the **DokuWiki** engine and integrates seamlessly with the Navigator theme.

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## Features

### Multilingual Sorting Engine
NavigatorLabels removes leading articles and elisions before sorting page titles.
This produces natural alphabetical order across multiple languages.

Supported out of the box:

- **Portuguese:** a, as, o, os, um, uma, uns, umas
- **English:** the, an
- **Spanish:** el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, unas
- **French elisions:** l’, d’, qu’

The list is fully configurable in the Admin panel.

### AUTOINDEX Handling
NavigatorLabels provides internal helper functions used by the Navigator theme to:

- detect the `~~AUTOINDEX~~` marker
- normalize titles
- generate calm, predictable autolists

When combined with the **Navigator** theme, the marker remains invisible to readers while still being detected by Navigator.

### Customizable UI Vocabulary
Administrators can define the labels used in the Navigator top bar via the Admin Configuration Settings, allowing:

- multilingual wikis
- custom terminology
- simplified or domain‑specific navigation

### Unicode‑Aware Normalization
The plugin handles:

- punctuation
- hyphens
- apostrophes
- NBSP and thin spaces
- French elisions
- accented characters

This ensures consistent behavior even when titles come from Word, PDFs, macOS, or multilingual sources.

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## Installation

1. Place the navigatorlabels plugin folder in:
   `<your_wiki>/lib/plugins/`

2. Visit:
   **Admin → Configuration Settings → NavigatorLabels**
   to customize:

   - articles to ignore when sorting
   - top‑bar labels
   - other Navigator‑specific vocabulary

No additional configuration is required for basic operation.

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## Configuration

### Articles to Ignore When Sorting
A multiline field allows administrators to define a comma‑separated list of articles and elisions.

**Default example:**

a, as, o, os, um, uma, uns, umas,
the, an,
el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, unas,
l’, d’, qu’


The plugin is Unicode‑aware and accepts both `'` and `’`.

### Top Bar Labels
NavigatorLabels exposes several UI vocabulary fields used by the Navigator theme.
These can be customized to match your wiki’s language or tone.

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## Sorting Behavior

NavigatorLabels normalizes titles before sorting by removing leading articles and elisions defined in the configuration.

Examples:

| Original Title                     | Normalized | Sorted Under |
|-----------------------------------|------------|--------------|
| A Casa                            | Casa       | C            |
| The Journey                       | Journey    | J            |
| El Camino                         | Camino     | C            |
| L’Été                             | Été        | É            |
| D’Amour                           | Amour      | A            |
| Navigator is cool (if configured) | is cool    | I            |

Normalization is:

- Unicode‑aware
- punctuation‑aware
- NBSP‑safe
- multilingual

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## Compatibility

- **DokuWiki:** Greebo → current
- **PHP:** 7.4+ and 8.x
- **Themes:** Designed for the Navigator theme; safe alongside others
- **Languages:** Fully multilingual

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## Changelog

The complete development history is kept in
**[CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)**
to ensure a single, consistent source of truth.

This README focuses on usage and configuration.

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