Using the wildcard mode does not help for me, as I have to list the images in a specific order.
Which is possible if you use image filenames with a number at the start.
If you want to display the images from one namespace in pages in multiple namespaces, in different orders - then you should have stated that when you asked your question - that way there would be a chance that the answer you get would solve your problem.
You could always copy the images to different namespaces and renumber them accordingly...
It seems that only the gallery plugin supports resizing into a box maximizing width or height whichever reaches the size first.
Huh? Using the thumbnail mode in gallery allows specifying
the size of the image. The "box" size is determined by the image size you set. There's a difference.
Standard DokuWiki syntax allows resizing an image (and the WRAP plugin can be used to create custom styles that will do the same thing).
The first one may work with any template, but so much noise around the content, not really enjoyable to edit.
The second one is acceptable for me, however I do not really like the <WRAP clear/> everywhere.
Then use WRAP to create a custom style and apply that to your images.
div.dokuwiki div.gallery {
clear: none;
float: left;
}
Will break when you upgrade gallery....
$DokuWiki/conf/userstyle.css
div.dokuwiki div.gallery {
clear: none !important;
float: left !important;
}
Does the same thing, but won't break when you upgrade gallery (note that I'm just giving you an alternative implementation, not CSS that I'd apply/suggest).
The first one may work with any template, but so much noise around the content, not really enjoyable to edit.
I don't know what you mean by "noise around the content".
You can apply
lightbox.js a number of ways; you can use
userstyle.css and the WRAP plugin to apply custom styling (e.g. a caption, and image size); and there is a
plugin that gives you a Wikipedia style box and caption; also when you use standard DokuWiki syntax to add an image that includes a link to the original image - the original will appear in a page that displays some EXIF data (and it should be possible to make that page display as a pop-up using userstyle.css).