The neat thing about the "insert" is that it is consistent with other
templating frameworks (Tiles [http://struts.apache.org/1.x/struts-
tiles/tlddoc/tiles/insert.html], Facelets [http://www.roseindia.net/
jsf/insert.shtml], etc.), so it would be easy for folks like me to
migrate to Lift. I don't think that "lift:bind-at" is a good
replacement: it looks very similar to "lift:bind" when browsing the
code (I've just tested this, not very eye-catching difference).
And if you really like minimal typing, call it <lift:put at=""> (it is
one letter smaller than <lift:at name="">) :) And yes, it's naming
policy is still consistent with other tags (verbs as tag names and
pronouns as attributes).
About the built-in snippet aliases... I don't see anything wrong
there. Just let them have custom xml prefixes, and it would be
perfectly clear that it is an alias. I, personally, think that xml
prefixes are great. Say I have a snippet like this:
class HtmlUI {
def wrapper(in:NodeSeq):NodeSeq =
<div class="w">
<div class="e">
<div class="c">{in}
</div>
</div>
</div>
def button(in:NodeSeq):NodeSeq =
<a class="button"
style={"background:transparent url('/img/buttons/bkg-" + S.attr
("bkg").openOr("green") + ".png') no-repeat"}
title={S.attr("title").openOr("")}
href={S.attr("href").openOr("#")}>
<img src={"/img/buttons/" + S.attr("icon").openOr("") + ".png"}
alt=""/>
<div class="gloss"/>
</a>
...etc...
}
So every time I need a wrapper or a glossy button I would write
<lift:HtmlUI.wrapper ...> or <lift:HtmlUI.button ...>.
Now if I had a chance to create xhtml prefix alias for this snippet
(something like that:
LiftRules.addSnippetMapping("ui" -> HtmlUI)
), than my xhtml templates would reduce a lot (<ui:wrapper ...> and
<ui:button ...>) along with increased readability.
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Lift" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
