Gilles Detillieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> OK, this I find rather confusing. You stated that "the ideal solution
> would be to make the image_url_prefix configuration file variable
> available to the header and footer templates", to which Geoff told you
> how to do exactly that, but then you say this is not what you want to do?
> How can htsearch make any variable available to the templates without
> having to edit the templates to use this variable?
This is easy to clarify.
*I* don't want to do this, I want a *default* htdig installation to do
it automatically.
> > The problem with this suggestion is that WWWOFFLE is using htdig as an
> > add-on. People that install WWWOFFLE won't know about how to edit the
> > htdig template files and I don't want to distribute the templates with
> > WWWOFFLE since that ties it to specific versions of htdig.
>
> Not necessarily. The template files themselves are not version-specific,
> and when we make changes to the code that affects template handling, we
> try to keep these changes backward-compatible so old templates still
> work.
> The only drawback is that your WWWOFFLE templates won't take advantage
> of new htsearch template features as they become available, unless you
> periodically update your templates.
Exactly the problem, if I don't release a new WWWOFFLE version but
there is a significant new htdig version with wonderful new features
in the header and footer templates all of the WWWOFFLE users lose
out. If I can use the standard template files without editing them
then the users get the new features at no extra work.
> I don't follow you here. The whole point of making the value of
> the image_url_prefix configuration file attribute accessible as a
> template file variable is so that different config files, with different
> settings of this attribute, can share this same template file.
Yes, Yes, Yes! But why do the default files not do this? Why do I
have to edit them myself?
All that needs to be done is to replace the compile time variable in
the template files with one controlled by the configuration file. It
obviously is technically feasible since it is what you are asking me
and all other htdig users to do manually.
--
Andrew.
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http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
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