From: Makoto Kuwata <kwa@...>
Date: 2004-04-03T17:07:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Kwartz feature requests

Sorry for late reply.

Andreas Schwarz wrote:
>
> Shu-yu Guo wrote:
> > * Ability to specify more than one logic file for a template, should be
> >    trivial to implement.
> 
> <span id="load:'first.plogic'"/>
> <span id="load:'second.plogic'"/>


And you can specify several filename with '-p' option.
(It is undocumented yet.)

  ====================
  bash$ kwartz -p file1.plogic,file2.plogic  file.html
  ====================



Shu-yu Guo wrote:
>
> I would like to see support for ?-terminated methods in conditionals. 
> For example, something like the following:
> 
> 	<img src="locked.png" id="if:forum.locked?"/>


I don't like it very much, because 
 * it is avairable only in Ruby.
   (Kwartz is designed to be avairable in multi-language.)
 * it is ambiguous with conditional operator (' ? : ').
   (Those who use Kwartz are not all Ruby programmer.)

However, if you want to use '?-terminated methods' in Kwartz,
I consider it.

As a workaround, you can write it using raw-code, like the following:

  Presentation data:
  --------------------
  <img src="locked.png" id="mark:forum_locked"/>
  --------------------

  Presentation logic (for eRuby):
  --------------------
  :elem(forum_locked)
    :::<% if forum.locked? then %>
    @stag
    @cont
    @etag
    :::<% end %>
  :end
  --------------------

  Output script(eRuby):
  --------------------
  <% if forum.locked? then %>
  <img src="locked.png"/>
  <% end %>
  --------------------

For detail, see
 http://www.kuwata-lab.com/webtech/kwartz/users-guide.en.04.html#pl-rawcode
 http://www.kuwata-lab.com/webtech/kwartz/users-guide.en.06.html#tips-eruby



>The solution seems to be as simple as adding a || chr == ?? in Scanner#word?

I may add a command option something like '--enable_special_metbhod=true'.
(could you propose better name?),
or add a function R() which represents raw-code.
(This is just my idea, not a plan.)

  Presentation data:
  --------------------
  <img src="locked.png" id="if:R('forum.locked?')"/>
  --------------------

  Intermediate code:
  --------------------
  :if(R('forum.locked?'))
    :print('<img src="locked.png"/>\n')
  :end
  --------------------

  Output script(Ruby):
  --------------------
  if forum.locked? then
    print "<img src=\"locked.png\"/>\n"
  end
  --------------------


--
regards,
kwa