On 10/19/2010 07:57 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
> Hi devs,
>
> I'd like to propose 3 things:
>
> 1) Add support for symbols/emoticons using our new system in XWiki Syntax 
> 2.1, i.e.
>
> image:symbol:<symbol name>
>

> Another possibility is: image:icon:<icon name>

+1 for icon scheme

>
> ex: image:symbol:success (for the success symbol)
>
> 2) Use the existing silk icon library and be able to reference all icons 
> using their file names as the symbol name.

I'm -0 for file name. As you say below, I think generic names 
independent from the underlying icon library are better.

>
> For ex, image:symbol:thumb_up
>

> 3) Modify the Box macro to accept a ResourceReference as its image parameter 
> so that all valid image resource references can be specified (including the 
> new symbol/icon scheme).

+1

>
> WDYT?
>
> This will solve the emoticon/symbol need + the generic way of adding a box 
> with any symbol.
>
> Open questions:
> A) Do we need to handle icon size? If so, how? (answer: with an image 
> parameter)
> B) Do we want to expose all silk icons? What if we use another library later 
> on, will we be able to support all existing silk symbols? Thus, do we need to 
> pick a subset and settle on names independent from the underlying library?
>

> For A) IMO we don't need it now and we can always use an image param later on 
> if need be.
> For B) I'm tempted to think that a set of well-known symbols independent from 
> the underlying library is better (but more work since we need to define that 
> set and the names).

+1

Thanks,
Marius

>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
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