On 06/11/12 21:16, Benny Lichtner wrote: > I started using the hook in a Firebase extension > (http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:Firebase) > in order to replace <firebaseraw> tags with responses to HTTP requests > /before most other wiki text is parsed/. > It works great for me because I can insert data into chunks of code like a > google street view widget: > > {{#widget:Google Street View > |lat=<firebaseraw url="http://gamma.firebase.com/SomeAccountName/lat"; /> > |lng=<firebaseraw url="http://gamma.firebase.com/SomeAccountName/lon"; /> > |yaw=370.64659986187695 > |pitch=-20 > |zoom=0 > }} > > I'm new to extension writing, though, so maybe there are other, better ways > to accomplish this? > If not, consider this a vote to leave in setFunctionTagHook()! > > --Benny
A parser function instead of a tag seems more appropiate. That way it would be expanded before being passed to #widget. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
