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Rename attributes in tags to be equal
There are some tag attributes, which names are different from other attributes in tag:
- attr
valin<txp:custom_field val="22" name="xx" /> - attr
nin<txp:css n="default" />
Such things are very confusing for novices and i don’t see real necessity for using this attr instead of value and name. Let make tag system more and more newbie-friendly – even me, not-newbie txp user this unexpected attributes cautch some times :)
Last edited by the_ghost (2009-03-11 22:51:28)
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#2 2009-03-11 22:52:53
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Re: Rename attributes in tags to be equal
Also:
c in <txp:image_index />
sep in <txp:breadcrumb />
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Re: Rename attributes in tags to be equal
I chickened out of deprecating n in txp:css (primarily because rvm_css uses n and the fact that everyone has at least one css tag in their pages) and just made name acceptable as well. If people prefer, we can always add the deprecation warning message in a little while. If we update Textbook to say that name is the preferred option and silently ignore n in the docs, the migration should occur eventually.
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Re: Rename attributes in tags to be equal
The “n” thing could be done auto-magically on upgrade couldn’t it? I’m sure Ruud would be happy to do the same with his lovely plugin too. Ought to be part of the base code anyway but you knew I was going to say that didn’t you?
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Re: Rename attributes in tags to be equal
thebombsite wrote:
The “n” thing could be done auto-magically on upgrade couldn’t it?
Probably. By someone who’s a better coder than I. Since there are myriad different ways you could arrange your attributes in the txp:css tag, it’d likely rely on a regular expression to filter out the ‘n’ part and replace it with ‘name’. My regex kung fu isn’t that great. Given a week of fiddling about randomly I’d probably get it right, but it’s the sort of thing someone else could whip up in an instant.
If anybody has any thoughts on how to do this reliably, I can deprecate the ‘n’ attribute and do the auto-upgrade thing.
Ought to be part of the base code anyway
All good things come to those who wait… probably ;-)
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Re: Rename attributes in tags to be equal
I don’t mind changing the attribute from n to name in rvm_css once there’s a new TXP release. Not sure if I’ll support both old and new attributes in a newer version, because people who prefer the old attribute don’t have to upgrade rvm_css and people who install it for the first time shouldn’t use the old attribute name.
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Re: Rename attributes in tags to be equal
ruud wrote:
I don’t mind changing the attribute from n to name in rvm_css once there’s a new TXP release. Not sure if I’ll support both old and new attributes in a newer version, because people who prefer the old attribute don’t have to upgrade rvm_css and people who install it for the first time shouldn’t use the old attribute name.
Brilliant, thanks.
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I think I was, but I may have fallen off the list for some reason. I’ve just re-subscribed using a different e-mail account.
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