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#1 2008-09-26 14:10:46

elliot100

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Registered: 2008-09-26

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Can anyone clarify what <txp:text> does?

Textbook says “The text tag is a Single_Tag which is used to display static text as defined in the tags attribute (item)”

The Impatient Users Tag Reference says “To add custom text … we can use the TXP general purpose tag <txp:text />, which will be replaced by the value you specify it on the attribute item.”

I took this to mean the example <txp:text item=“hometext” /> would just display ‘hometext’, and couldn’t see what its purpose was.

But I noticed it’s used in a different way in the default forms, eg <txp:text item=“comment_web” /> is used to display ‘website’ as a label for the relevant comment field, and so then assumed that its main purpose was internationalisation – where ‘item’ matches an key in a language file, the value matching that key is displayed.

However, I just tried to display an arbitrary key, ‘password_reset’, from the British English language file, and got exactly that displayed, rather than the expected ‘Reset password’.

What’s the definitive story – and is there any reason to use it at all if you’re not planning to publish your site in more than one language?

cheers

Last edited by elliot100 (2008-09-26 14:13:35)

#2 2008-09-26 14:22:52

els

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Re: Can anyone clarify what <txp:text> does?

Here we’ve been talking about <txp:text />, finding out how it works and trying to find a use for it :) It will at least answer some of your questions.

#3 2008-09-26 14:29:19

elliot100

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Registered: 2008-09-26

Posts: 13

Re: Can anyone clarify what <txp:text> does?

Thanks! I did search for this, but guess terms were too generic to find that thread.