MACRO:New BB Code

[Almia]

Hey for those who read this,especially chief ralle.

I got this new idea BB Code named Macro,which creates or repeats a word.
Here is its types:
-FontMacro
-TextMacro
-ImgMacro
-BoxMacro
-ColorMacro
-SizeMacro
and more.

So how to use it?

Put first this bb code [macro]
then insert its type and the word that will be repeated
Ex.
[macro][textmacro=a][insert=a,b,c,d]
put brackets on the arguments
so how to use this sample macro.
Example.
[macro][textmacro=a][insert=a,b,c,d]
Hello [a] and and [c] and [d]


Then close
[macro][textmacro=a][insert=a,b,c,d]
Hello [a] and and [c] and [d]
[/textmacro][/macro]

So how to use macro the text macro
After creating it?

[runtextmacro=a]"Friend","Family","People","World"[/runtextmacro]

Then the macro will rewrite the sentence then the result will be.
Hello Friend and family and People and World

Other kinds of macro are just like above.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Please, mention one possible use in practical terms. Let's assume that this gets implemented. Why would one use it?

 

[Nestharus]

Well, let's say that you had a template. You could make the template a macro. This would make the actual text easier to do. However, the " " is a bad idea and the way the textmacro run also isn't very good.

Should probably use something like [,] or something to separate the arguments.

This would just make templates for resource submissions and so on much easier to use as your stuff wouldn't be surrounded by tons and tons of bb code.

Of course, doing a GUI editor instead of the macros would be even better, as you could write in tabs, tables, and etc, making it even easier.

 

[Almia]

^yup

 

[Adiktuz]

instead of this: [macro][textmacro=a]

why not just remove the macro part? [textmacro=a]

 

[Almia]

in case of using other kinds of macro,i decided to do it.
so that it wont mess up when rewriting the phrase

 

[Adiktuz]

I still don't get it... what's the prob in removing the [macro] part?

my suggestion was actually to remove the [macro] part leaving you with just
[textmacro=a], in case my post was misunderstood...

doing that makes it faster to write the BB code and it is still readable too...

 

[Almia]

Yup,i changed my mind,that's better

 

[Grey Nightmare]

It's another one of those 'iffy' ones, those few who take the time to understand and make use of it would benefit quite a bit from something like that but the vast majority of the users here wouldn't, so is it really worth the time required to implement it?

 

[I3lackDeath]

In my eyes, this doesn't serve any real practical use around here. You won't repeat the same variable often enough to make this code worthwhile.
Instead of having to spend time on wrapping your head around this tag, you can easily write everything manually. There ain't much time saved.
You'd need an actual script to be able to gain anything from it.

 

[-Kobas-]

BB Code should not turn into programming language

 

[Squiggy]

Essentially, bbcode is a programming language called html

 

[Zeatherann]

Maybe this this would be better:

[MACRO=MyFont][SIZE=4][COLOR=SeaGreen][MACROTEXT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/MACRO]

To achieve this effect:

Some Header
Body of text

Some Other Header
Another body of text.

With this code:

[USEMACRO=MyFont]Some Header[/USEMACRO]
Body of text.

[USEMACRO=MyFont]Another Header[/USEMACRO]
Another body of text.

The value of this would be much better shown if you used it to shrink down more than just a size/color pair.

 

[MortAr]

No, I don't want vJass crap in bbcode.

 

[Zeatherann]

vJASS? Where?

If you're talking about macros know that they are not specific to vJASS at all, most languages have them. The C Preprocessor comes to mind.

 

[SA Dashie]

I can actually see as from Zeatherann's example how this can become useful.
It would only have to be an option as well just like all the others.
It's reasonably simple enough as well.

 

[Lambdadelta]

I like Zeatherann's idea.

 

[Almia]

I think that's much better
But,my idea supports images and other stuffs.

 

[_lycan]

what the hell o_o

 

[-Kobas-]

if you want so badly to add macro then make them work like in vjass or C++.

My example
[textmacro=header1] [indent] [h1] [color=gold] [/textmacro]
[textmacro=header2] [indent] [h1] [color=lime] [/textmacro]
[textmacro=footer] [/color] [/h1] [/indent] [/textmacro]

then in text you just use

[runtextmacro=header1] some text 1 [runtextmacro=footer]
[runtextmacro=header1] some text 2 [runtextmacro=footer]
[runtextmacro=header2] some text 3 [runtextmacro=footer]

and finally you got:

some text 1

some text 2

some text 3

​

or even better example:

[textmacro=myImage] [table] [img]http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/hp_files/12/img_Orb.png[/img] [/table] [/textmacro]

[stable] [runtextmacro=myImage] [c] [runtextmacro=myImage] [c] [runtextmacro=myImage] [/stable]

and there you go...

Also notice that I removed arguments from textmacro, this way is more like takes nothing returns nothing function.

 

[Ralle]

I will keep this in mind for when I make new bbcodes. I find the idea pretty powerful.

 

[Zeatherann]

but having it as just 'macro' removes the issue of "is it a textmacro or an imagemacro" it makes it all just "macro". My example only showed it with use as a header, though it would enable support for any other BBCode. Some of the BBCodes might not make sense as a single macro, but nothing's stopping you from using it in odd ways.