Re: lynx-dev removing HTMLSRC_* stuff: suggest a new setting name, please

[Vlad Harchev]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Klaus Weide wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> 
> >   OK. I don't insist on names of any psrc-related options (but I don't want 
> > to
> > do renaming myself) - do this if you wish :)
> 
> Yea, that's the trouble with you.
> 
> Look at the subject line - the request is still there, just as you put
> it.  Now you act like it's not your business, like you never asked.

 I asked for inventing new name of the option that will replace HTMLSRC_*
stuff used for "stylesheet definition". HTMLSRC_*_XFORM were not in my plans.
 I said that Tom should choose the best name and modify patch to reflect that
name before applying it. I think that this will be very easy for Tom.

> 
> >   Nobody posted a request to explain more about psrc stylesheets, their 
> > syntax
> > and use. I treat this as "nobody has problems reading description" :)
> 
> I just did.
 
  But seems you know everything about them, so you don't count :-)

> A style for <NOTE> with a configurable string ("Note:", or "",
> something completely different).  A style for <IMG> with "Image:" or
> "[IMAGE]" and so on.   Those are the kind of thing I was thinking of.

  Yes, ability to specify such things would be good.
  You'd better to give more verbose examples, like "<b>Note</b>" - ie put
everything together (if you did, I would understood you immediately). Using
entities (for repersenting some funny symbols that are in Unicode) would be
nice too.
 
> As I said, it doesn't make too much sense for -prettysrc source
> viewing.  But you implemented that (not exactly trivial)
> associate-a-lexeme-with- some-markup stuff.  Seems to me that could be
> used in some kind of stylesheet way for "real" text, not just for
> source colorization.  Just a vague feeling.  But it might be a pity
> to let that effort be wasted on only source prettifying.
  
  Yes, something more powerful (with ability to insert text) would be useful.
But IMO we could extend syntax of my mini-HTML to allow text, ie 
span.my_style "!" !span b i "text" !b !i
 - ie text is in double quotes, quotes could be escaped using a slash. The
use of that syntax disallows any abuses, IMO.
  And you are right, I didn't have anything in mind except psrc when inventing
the syntax for psrc stylesheet.

> >   Klaus, IMO we should concentrate on something else (eg table rendering).
> 
> How about, documenting what's there in an understandable way.

 OK, I will do this (documentation) later, when I'll have time. But seems
nobody tried to understand that documentation - that upsets me.

 Best regards,
  -Vlad