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 > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs

