[Laszlo-dev] basegrid attributes with, value=$immediately{null} ?

[Donald Anderson]

Should these be "white"?  Or just left blank?

On Jun 23, 2008, at 4:09 PM, André Bargull wrote:

> If you are using:
>> <attribute name="bgcolor1" type="color" value="null" />
> you'll get:
>> constraint_when.lzx:5:64: *invalid color: null*
>
> Somehow obvious, because "bgcolor1" is of type "color" and there is  
> no color named "null".
>
>
>> [cc-ing laszlo-dev to share these oral traditions]
>>
>> `value="$x{y}"` is shorthand for `value="x" when="y"`, so I would  
>> say  the doc tool needs to know how to parse both.
>>
>> OTOH `$immediately{null}` is exactly the same as `null`; i.e., the   
>> default value for `when` is immediately.
>>
>> Oh and, `${y}` is shorthand for `$always{y}`, because that is the  
>> most  common reason for a when other than immediately.
>>
>> The simple work-around for now would appear to be to remove the   
>> (useles) constraint from the source.
>>
>> On 2008-06-23, at 15:27 EDT, Donald Anderson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> > Hey, I noticed you three were the last that touched this, maybe  
>>> you  > know....
>>> >
>>> > <basegrid> has a couple attributes:
>>> >
>>> >        <attribute name="bgcolor0" type="color"  >  
>>> value="$immediately{null}"/>
>>> >        <attribute name="bgcolor1" type="color"  >  
>>> value="$immediately{null}"/>
>>> >
>>> > $immediately{null} means nothing to the doctools, and it shows  
>>> as  > just that.
>>> > I noticed basetabs.lzx has:
>>> >
>>> >      <attribute name="inset_top" value="8" type="number"  >  
>>> when="immediately" />
>>> >
>>> > So maybe when="immediately" is meant?
>>> >
>>> > This code has been in basegrid.lzx since r726 when it was  
>>> imported  > from perforce.
>>> > Thanks,
>>> >
>>> > - Don
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > Don Anderson
>>> > Java/C/C++, Berkeley DB, systems consultant
>>> >
>>> > voice: 617-547-7881
>>> > email: dda at ddanderson.com
>>> > www: http://www.ddanderson.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>


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Don Anderson
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