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This is an old revision of AdvancedFormatter made by DarTar on 2005-05-26 08:14:48.
Advanced Formatter
This is the development page (stub) for an advanced Wikka formatter.
The code written by JavaWoman (tested and ready to be installed on this server as a beta feature) addresses several issues of the current formatter. In particular, it fixes a number of small formatting bugs, and adds new important features - like automatic generation of id's for headers and forms - required for XHTML compliance and for extensions like anchors, TOC's and advanced styling through CSS.
What's new
wikka.php
- compatibility code (like mysql_real_escape) used by wakka.php when generating ids for headings;
- revised FormOpen() using makeId();
- makeId() and its supporting code:
Although - given Wikka accepts can use embedded HTML - it cannot be guaranteed that an id generated by this method is unique it tries its best to make it unique:
- ids are organized into groups, with the group name used as a prefix;
- if an id is specified it is compared with other ids in the same group; if an identical id exists within the same group, a sequence suffix is added, otherwise the specified id is accepted and recorded as a member of the group
- if no id is specified (or an invalid one) an id will be generated, and given a sequence suffix if needed
For headings, it is possible to derive an id from the heading content to support this, any embedded whitespace is replaced with underscores to generate a recognizable id that will remain (mostly) constant even if new headings are inserted in a page.
The method supports embedded HTML as well: as long as the formatter passes each id found in embedded HTML through this method it can take care that the id is valid and unique. This works as follows:
- indicate an 'embedded' id with group 'embed'
- NO prefix will be added for this reserved group
- ids will be recorded and checked for uniqueness and validity
- invalid ids are replaced
- already-existing ids in the group are given a sequence suffix
The result is that as long as the already-defined id is valid and unique, it will be remain unchanged (but recorded to ensure uniqueness overall).
- a first draft of makeList() to generate a list from an array (only 'flat' arrays supported for now);
./formatters/wakka.php
- using single quotes wherever possible making regexes and generated HTML easier to read;
- better closing of open tags at end of document, including open indents and lists;
- escaping single & (not part of an entity);
- handling ids (and making them unique) in embedded code;
- creating ids for headings based on content ('afterburner' type so this includes originally embedded code)
The code
(forthcoming)
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