> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:08 AM
> To: Peter Haworth
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Newbie Question -
>
>
> Peter Haworth wrote:
> >
> > Drew Taylor wrote:
> > > What I would really like is a module which subclasses
> Apache::Request,
> > > and has the popup_menu, scrolling_list, and checkbox group methods
> > > available. That way I can use the smaller (faster)
> Apache::Request and
> > > still have the few HTML generation methods that I need.
> This would be
> > > similar to Apache::RequestNotes. One day I'll actually do
> it when I
> > > convert my CGI scripts to perl handlers...
> >
> > I've written one, but to get it released on CPAN would mean
> months of legal
> > wrangling, which I'm already going through with my shared
> cache module.
> > It's easy enough to write for yourself though. Plus you get
> to restrict the API
> > to one style which makes your code much simpler and faster
> than CGI.pm
> I'm quite sure it would be an easy write, but I just haven't done it
> yet. I think once I convert my CGIs to handlers, it makes
> sense to do it
> then. It would be interesting to see if anyone else is interested and
> work out an API for the most commonly used methods. I work in a small
> shop, so it would probably not be a big deal to get any resulting code
> released to the world. Of course, then I have to learn how to create a
> distributible package... :-)
for guidance on how to contribute your stuff, read
http://perl.apache.org/src/apache-modlist.html
specifically:
HINT: For a nice set of template files try this:
% h2xs -AX -n Apache::YourPackageName
HTH
--Geoff
>
> --
> Drew Taylor
> Vialogix Communications, Inc.
> 501 N. College Street
> Charlotte, NC 28202
> 704 370 0550
> http://www.vialogix.com/
>
