Re: [Gnumed-devel] Placeholders templates, and %s

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:04:14PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:

> >> The source file includes what appears to variable nomenclature, but maybe 
> >> the meanings are different?
> >> 
> >> PHX … escape style (latex, currently)
> >> 
> >> --> in what situations does one need 'latex' and in other situations 'tex' 
> >> ?
> > 
> > None, anymore. The placeholder definition may still require
> > specifying something (or maybe it only says so but doesn't
> > truly require it anymore) but it won't be of consequence
> > because the form engine already knows which way its data
> > needs to be escaped and it tells the placeholder handler
> > what to do.
> 
> Does the form engine only currently "know" because currently it can only be 
> LaTex?

The LaTeX engine will always tell the placeholder handler to
use a LaTeX escape function to escape the data the
placeholder handler returns.

Same with any other engine.

> Begging this next question …
> 
> If additional formats are later supported, thus
> potentially putting the form engine in a situation to have
> to decide how to escape the data

This will never happen because each form engine only works
for one target document description language.

> or may do you anticipate a future need to re-deploy "escape style" ?

The escape style is still deployed but the user needn't
bother about it.

Karsten
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