#2614: Pick a default extension for Django templates
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Reporter: Allan Odgaard | Owner: adrian
Status: closed | Component: Template system
Version: | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: | Stage: Design decision needed
Has_patch: 0 | Needs_docs: 0
Needs_tests: 0 | Needs_better_patch: 0
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Comment (by Allan Odgaard):
Also, could you please tell me what exactly you mean by "Filetype
detection based on extension is flawed for the very reasons described in
these comments"?
The only thing I see is that a Django file can be used with more than just
HTML -- but I already suggested a workaround: double extensions.
By using double extensions, e.g. ".html.django" you will have ALL programs
understand that this is a Django file (contrary to now, where NO programs
can recognize the files) and IN ADDITION you have a bullet proof way to
further have the program recognize that the Django file contains HTML (in
addition to the Django-specific syntax) -- sure, not all programs
understand double extensions (or can be made to), but the system
gracefully degrades, i.e. those programs still get that it is a Django
file, and for most programs (i.e. all but text editors), that is enough
(yes, non-text editors also occasionally need to recognize file types).
I am really baffled by the unwillingness to pick an extension for Django
files. You don't want your OS to show a custom icon for these files? show
that it is a Django file in the verbose file type field? have your editors
automatically pick the Django mode when opening these files? etc.?
All this is possible if an extension was chosen. Without one, we have,
according to you, one editor which almost gets it right (I really fail to
see how you can identify a file based on content though, the file could be
empty).
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