[pmwiki-devel] markup advice needed: (:select:) tag?

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 05:16:35PM -0500, Ben Stallings wrote:
> Hi, folks.  I'm in the process of adding a function to the DataQuery 
> recipe that will generate select (drop-down menu) inputs based on a 
> previously configured database query, and I could use some advice about 
> the markup to avoid conflicts with other recipes.

> So, my question: Is (:select:) too general a tag name for this specific 
> function?  If so, what would you suggest instead?  Thanks in advance for 
> the feedback.  --Ben S.

How about (:dataquery select name=eventid label=eventname:)?
The advantages of this are:
- guaranteed not to conflict
- expandable to other custom markup you might want to add in future,
  just use a different "command" rather than "select"
- only one Markup needed -- match on (:dataquery command args:) and use
  ParseArgs to parse the args.

Kathryn Andersen
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