On Jun 6, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Elizabeth McGurty <[email protected]> wrote:

> What does @user contain?  When you say in 'front of' do you mean to proceed 
> as a word or to be concatenated?  
> 
> Depending on the context, if you are building a string, eg, wrapped with " ", 
> I find #{} really useful: "Some text #{@user(.prehapsSomeFieldValue)} and 
> more user name comment".   
> 
> Sending a Notification?  Check how and what you are sending on .deliver (old: 
> deliver_), presumably a model object, then check your notifier model.  Then 
> check your html.erb corresponding to the Notifier def name.
> 
> Liz
> 
> 

I think the OP was interested in recognizing the combination of the @ character 
and the user name or handle within a run of text, and parse it out of that as a 
"mention", so if someone put @emggurty2 in a reply to this list, you would get 
a "ping" of some sort.

Anthony, where would these @names appear, in what context?

Walter

> 
> On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 1:43:44 PM UTC-4, Ruby-Forum.com User wrote:
> I haven't found guidance on this question anywhere, which I supposed 
> would be a common one: 
> 
> How can I go about creating a system where if I put the @symbol in front 
> of a user name in a comment that that user would receive a notification? 
> 
> I have my MVC's for comments, notifications, and users. 
> 
> Or if you think it would be easier to do it where when a user comments 
> on a post that every comment thereafter on that post would send him a 
> notification? 
> 
> What do you think would be better/easier? 
> 
> Do you any suggestions on how I can get started on this? 
> 
> Thanks :) 
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