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#1 2016-09-24 13:27:48

etc
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Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

I sometimes use if_variable tag as 0/1 flag:

<txp:section link='<txp:if_variable name="link" value="yes">1<txp:else />0</txp:if_variable>' />

I suggest that we allow if_variable (and other if_ tags) be self-closed, so <txp:if_variable name="link" value="yes" /> returns 1 or 0. We could then write just

<txp:section link='<txp:if_variable name="link" value="yes" />' />

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#2 2016-09-24 15:09:32

colak
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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

etc wrote #301728:

I sometimes use if_variable tag as 0/1 flag:

<txp:section link='<txp:if_variable name="link" value="yes">1<txp:else />0</txp:if_variable>' />...

I suggest that we allow if_variable (and other if_ tags) be self-closed, so <txp:if_variable name="link" value="yes" /> returns 1 or 0. We could then write just

<txp:section link='<txp:if_variable name="link" value="yes" />' />...

Looks logical to me.


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#3 2016-10-24 21:45:47

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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

Done, under Yiannis responsibility :-)

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#4 2016-10-25 01:52:41

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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

+1 – I think this will be very handy

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#5 2016-10-26 05:50:53

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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

@etc,

Did you cause this little weirdness with that commit?


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#6 2016-10-26 08:09:01

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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

phiw13 wrote #302495:

@etc,

Did you cause this little weirdness with that commit?

Yeah, did it again :-( if_plugin was affected too, now should be fixed, thanks!

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#7 2016-10-26 08:33:28

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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

etc wrote #302497:

Yeah, did it again :-( if_plugin was affected too, now should be fixed, thanks!

Oups :-) Now works as expected.

I still need to wrap my around what new goodies those self closing <txp:_if… /> will bring to the table.
if you have time, a (long winded…) blogpost or so would be appreciated !


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#8 2016-10-26 10:19:19

etc
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Re: Self-closed form of <txp:if_...> tags

phiw13 wrote #302499:

I still need to wrap my around what new goodies those self closing <txp:_if… /> will bring to the table.
if you have time, a (long winded…) blogpost or so would be appreciated !

It’s just an easier-to-parse shortcut for <txp:if_tag>1</txp:if_tag>. For example

<txp:comments_invite textonly='<txp:if_comments_disallowed />' />

looks (and parses) better than

<txp:comments_invite textonly='<txp:if_comments_disallowed>1</txp:if_comments_disallowed>' />

And when we’ll have a universal core txp:not (say) attribute, this will be possible too:

<txp:section_list wraptag="ul" break="li">
    <txp:section title="1" link='<txp:if_section txp:not name=''<txp:section />'' />' />
</txp:section_list>

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