Re: Tag syntax - multiple ways?

[mikeh@minivend.com]

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Quoting Thompson-Jordan (thompson-jordan@mci2000.com):
> Yes. It's the old syntax and the newer syntax. You also seem to be able to
> use <A MV="page example" HREF="example.html"> as well. From what I can tell,
> the new syntax allows you to do things like [page href="[value mv_somevar]"]
> which don't work in the old syntax. This might also explain why there are
> often several ways mentioned in the documentation to seperate parameters
> (using '/', '&', newline, etc). The third syntax I mentioned seems to have
> been created so you can use programs like FrontPage without having them
> destroy the Minivend tags.

It is pretty confusing, I agree; which is why if I ever do a
MiniVend 4.0 I will remove the "old syntax" business entirely.
But there is an FAQ on the subject.

> 
> There appears to be no real recommendation on which syntax to use.

Never use the old parser anymore; always set "NewTags Yes" in 
catalog.cfg. Most new features are not usable with the old parser,
and it is no longer fully tested.

> the old syntax parses the fastest, so it is still preferable unless you need
> the advantages that the other syntaxes offer.

Not so. Don't use the old parser on newer MiniVends. You have been
warned!

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