[OpenAjaxIDE] Should macro substitution work on <require> JavaScript files?

[Jon Ferraiolo]

Right now, we have decided that macro substitution:

* property substitution such as @@foo@@
* localization substitution such as %%bar%%
*  Gadget-related substitution such as __GID__

applies to the following elements: <content>, <javascript>, <description>,
<title>, <remarks>, <example>, <license>, <author>, <aboutMe> and <quote>

The question for today is question macro substitution should also occur on
<require> content. One significant use case is <require type="javascript">,
where the JavaScript might contain __GID__ strings.

My guess is that we should *NOT* do macro substitution on <require> and
tell developers that if they need to have JavaScript that uses __GID__ or
localized content or whatever, they should use the <javascript> element
instead of the <require> element.

Jon


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Javier responds to Jon:
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I had always assumed that the variable substitution only worked on the
content inside the spec XML file itself.  From what I can tell, this is how
Google Gadgets work.

However, I can see how this would be a valuable feature, especially for
localization bundles.  Bring this up in the meeting today, and see what
everyone agrees on.  Either way, whatever the spec says we'll implement...
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Jon asks:
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I noticed that if I use __GID__ within some JavaScript inside of a
<content> element, macro substitution works, but if I take the same
JavaScript and put it into a separate JS file that is loaded via <require
type="javascript" src="..."/>, the macro substitution does not seem to
occur. Does this sound right? I just wanted to see what you thought. There
is always the <javascript src="..."/> option, which (I assume) would
trigger macro substitution. (<javascript src=> is not yet implemented in
the refimpl)

Whatever, the spec needs to be clear on all of this.
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