It just doesn't work that way in real life. Real projects have separate
directories with images, css, and javascript directories, that at least in
my experience, don't usually comply with the directory structure assumed by
the plugin creator.
Consider, for instance, the UI plugins. They have a themes directory, which
contains a "default" directory, which contains raw css files, and then an
images directory inside of it. The css files have urls that look
like: url(images/e6e6e6_40x100_textures_02_glass_75.png), but my directory
structure has a public directory, with images and css inside of that. It
just doesn't map.
-- Yehuda
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Ca-Phun Ung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But if we don't touch CSS and image locations we're not assuming anything -
> the plugin developer should make this decision and not the automation tool.
> The automation tool should simply copy over the plugin as is and use the
> metadata.json to determine what is needed for installation. If we start
> dealing with image and CSS re-location it will make plugin maintenance more
> difficult, i.e. what happens if you decide to delete the plugin?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Yehuda Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> The problem is that you *can't* assume that the img folder remains
>> relative to the css folder. People are putting jQuery inside of other
>> directory structure (like Rails or Merb) which have their own conventions,
>> and then it's up to the individual developer to figure out how to modify the
>> relative paths.
>> I'd like to be able to automate the installation of jQuery plugins, which
>> means not having to figure this out manually.
>>
>> -- Yehuda
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Ca-Phun Ung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Yehuda,
>>> Interesting proposal.
>>>
>>> A note on CSS images. I'm not sure the %imageDir% token will be of any
>>> use in CSS because CSS is capable of locating images relative to itself.
>>> i.e. if we have a structure like
>>>
>>> /assets
>>> -- /css/style.css
>>> -- /img/logo.png
>>>
>>> Then as long as the img folder remains relative to the css folder,
>>> whereever it is copied the following will always hold true:
>>>
>>> _style.css_
>>>
>>> div#logo {
>>> background: url( ../img/logo.png ) no-repeat;
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Yehuda Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For a while, I've been trying to make it possible to build a system to
>>>> automatically install jQuery plugins into an application. In particular,
>>>> I've wanted to be able to let Merb (a Ruby web framework I maintain --
>>>> http://merbivore.com/) install jQuery plugins simply and easily.
>>>> There are a few problems I needed to see solved:
>>>>
>>>> - A way for package authors to describe the locations of the
>>>> javascript files, the CSS files, and any images
>>>> - A way for package authors to declare required dependencies
>>>> - A way to write CSS files that don't need to provide explicit image
>>>> paths
>>>>
>>>> I want to propose a packaging format that plugin authors can use. To get
>>>> the ball rolling, I'm proposing a JSON file called metadata.json:
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>> "name": "tabs.jquery",
>>>> "author": "Yehuda Katz",
>>>> "dependencies": [
>>>> "core.ui.jquery",
>>>> "mouse.ui.jquery"
>>>> ],
>>>> "javascript": [
>>>> "lib/utility.tabs.jquery",
>>>> "lib/tabs.jquery",
>>>> ],
>>>> "cssDir": "css",
>>>> "imageDir": "images"
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, I'd like to propose that CSS files containing image paths
>>>> use the token %imageDir% to refer to the directory where the images will be
>>>> placed. This will allow automated tools (or even users themselves) to
>>>> quickly modify CSS files with the correct relative (or absolute) path.
>>>>
>>>> Does this stuff make sense? People seemed to be, in general, in favor of
>>>> a more consistent package format, so I thought I'd get the ball rolling
>>>> here.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Yehuda Katz
>>>> Developer | Engine Yard
>>>> (ph) 718.877.1325
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ca-Phun Ung
>>> + Yelotofu <http://yelotofu.com>
>>> + css, django, hongkong, html, javascript, php
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Yehuda Katz
>> Developer | Engine Yard
>> (ph) 718.877.1325
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ca-Phun Ung
> + Yelotofu <http://yelotofu.com>
> + css, django, hongkong, html, javascript, php
>
> >
>
--
Yehuda Katz
Developer | Engine Yard
(ph) 718.877.1325
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