[daisy] variables

[Victor Oomens]

Hi Robert,

I've created the variable by:

1. Modifying the include functionality.
2. Adding a couple of buttons in the html editor to include the variable.

The first part is the hardest part, you have to really dig into the code and
make adjustments on several places. Please be careful with the html cleaner.
To stay close to the daisy functionality, I've modified the include
functionality so that it's possible to include just a single part from a
document. The variable here is actually just a part of a document. There you
have reusability of content. You can alter the layout of the variable
content (no headers etc.) by using document type styling.

Cheers, Victor.

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: daisy-bounces at lists.cocoondev.org
[mailto:daisy-bounces at lists.cocoondev.org] Namens Robert Rich
Verzonden: vrijdag 13 oktober 2006 20:09
Aan: Daisy: open source CMS - general mailinglist
Onderwerp: Re: [daisy] variables

Hey Folks,

I found this thread from about a year ago.  In it, Victor is soliciting
feedback on the idea of, essentially, variable substitution in Daisy
documents.  I'm encountering a similar need and wonder if anyone has done
any more with this since then.

In my case, i'm creating 'report templates', and would like to have a set of
variables (e.g customer_name, customer_short_name, project_name) and have
them substituted when the document is displayed, possibly only in the
context of generating a report.  (So, for example, the first document in the
report could be a header where these values are set, and the rendering of
the 'template' in that context would show the substituted value, not the
variable name).

This seems like something that would be most suitable for the wiki.

Thoughts?


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----- Original Message -----
From: Victor Oomens
[mailto:victor at oomens-ict.nl]
To: daisy at lists.cocoondev.org
Sent: Fri, 28
Oct 2005 09:57:08 -0400
Subject: [daisy] variables


> Hi All,
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> I would like to know if the following is possible.
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> 
> Within the daisy HTML editor, I have a piece of text within a paragraph,
> note, fixme, or other tag. For reusability purposes, I want to put some
> parts of the text in a 'variable' (e.g. an image part component, but then
> for plain text). Then, the variable would be included inside the text,
thus
> within the current tag. This way, I could reuse this content in another
> document.
> 
>  
> 
> The purpose for this would be meaningful. Suppose you are writing a manual
> describing software, you could put al sorts of captions (like button
> captions etc), text resources etc. in variables. When these captions,
> resources etc, change, you would only have to change the variable content
> and all subsequent documents are updated. (Just an example).
> 
>  
> 
> Hope you can help me with this.
> 
>  
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Victor Oomens
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> 
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