Yes! Much better syntax - thanks Alex, Jim and Python! Alex why not vote for:
http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8517 or create a new one? 2010/1/2 Alex Tweedly <[email protected]> > David Bovill wrote: > >> 2009/12/31 Jim Ault <[email protected]> >> --// html honors both quote types, ignores extra spaces >> >> > Thanks Jim !! How did I get to this age in my life without realizing that > !? > > NB - I do think that RunRev should add syntax to the language to make html >> quoting very easy to use for both iRev scripts We need an elegant solution >> to quoting html - other languages are easier to use and read with regard >> to >> html quoting! using our own custom functions does not make >> read/writeability >> that much easier, and makes it harder to share scripts. >> >> > My first choice would be to allow either single or double quotes to delimit > strings - then I could put the other kind within it without any problems > (yep, idea borrowed from Python, amongst others). > > So we could go one step further and also borrow from Python a neat method > of allowing multi-line strings. Instead of using *one* quote at start+end of > the string, you use *three* of them (which is unambiguous with any existing > valid code, afaict). So in revTalk terms, I could do > > put 'I said "This way!"' into tVar > > put "it's mine" into tVar > > put """ > this is a long > multi line string. > I'd say "It's easy to embed quotes within it !!" > """ into tVar > > Note the starting triple-quote has to be last item on line, and the closing > triple-quote has to be first item on its line - and the first/last CR within > the text are not part of the resulting string. > > My suggestion is to extend the syntax for local variables and constants. >> Currently we have: >> >> >> > Hmmm :-( I'd much rather find a syntax that works equally for local, > constants and plain old expressions - see above. > > -- Alex. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
