RE: Tag syntax - multiple ways?

[Thompson-Jordan <thompson-jordan@mci2000.com>]

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When you say do not use the old parser, how does that relate to the syntax?
I'm not clear exactly how the parser and the syntax are related. The new
parser parses the old syntax, just not as well?

Should I only use both the [page href="example"] and <A MV="page example"
HREF="example.html"> syntax? The second form seems to use the old syntax
within the MV="page example" construct. Should I only use the [page
href="example"] syntax? Use only the <A MV="page example"
HREF="example.html"> syntax? Use one preferably? Either, it doesn't matter?

The documentation uses the old syntax many places which makes it seem like
the prefered syntax with the others as alternates.

Christopher Thompson


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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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