[pmwiki-users] Input recipe

[Christian Schlatter]

Joachim Durchholz wrote:
> Christian Schlatter wrote:
> 
>> I'd be very interested in having a wiki syntax for HTML forms. But we 
>> should not intermix form syntax with script functionality. So we 
>> should just have an easy to use syntax which can be used to build all 
>> of the HTML form elements (I know this is a difficult task).
> 
> 
> Not really - it's been done :-)

hmm, your proposed solution is one way to go (IMHO a good one). On the 
other hand, the difference to standard HTML form syntax isn't that big. 
So should I learn now yet another form syntax, or should we really look 
for a wiki-style form syntax (e.g. [x]).

> 
> I've just finished revisiting both the HTML form syntax and what's 
> present on Cookbook.Input.
> Result: I can't think of a more regular and easier-to-use variant that 
> preserves the functionality. If you have a better idea, I'd be pleased 
> to hear about it :-)
> 
>> In order to be independent from specific functionality, there should 
>> be a well defined interface between wiki pages with form syntax and 
>> scripts using the post/get data from the forms. Maybe a new ?action= 
>> parameter could be introduced for that.
> 
> 
> It's already present both in Cookbook.Input and Cookbook.Forms, so I'm 
> not sure what you actually want to say here.

You're right, I missed that. It would be nice to outline a simple 
example incuding form syntax and action handler (without $_SESSION) in 
Cookbook.Input.

ChristianS