[Slashcode-development] some questions

[shane <sh...@lo...>]

Regarding plugins:
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Q1:

The names of the directories are normally capitalized. Personally, I 
consider this an annoyance. However, I'm
willing to go with the flow/standard, if this is how it was supposed to be?

I originally did not capitalize mine so that I could easily keep my own 
different and easily found in that directory from the stock slash - 
especially if I do a CVS update and a new stock plugin overwrites one that 
I'm writing/messing with.

Q2:

once you do

sub new {
     my($class, $user) = @_;
     my $self = {};

     my $slashdb = getCurrentDB();
     my $plugins = $slashdb->getDescriptions('plugins');
     return unless $plugins->{'Mypluginname'};

     bless($self, $class);
     $self->{virtual_user} = $user;
     $self->sqlConnect();
     &Date_Init();
     return $self;
}

$slashdb is inherited into $self throughout the plugin, correct?

is there any case that it is not? (like coming from being called from 
slashd through a task?)



Regarding templates:
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Q1:

Do we need to do 'USE Slash' anymore?

It was mentioned that we do not, that it's inherited now. However, in one 
of my templates, I did a timecalc and it didn't seem to want to run w/o the 
USE Slash at the top of the template.

Q2:

Is there any list/docs/guides to taking user input? (I looked at 
slashcode.com/docs )

A few of my plugins take quite a bit of it. I want to make sure the plugins 
are cross-scriptable, and all input is filtered appropriatly. Suggestions 
appreciated.


Thanks,
  Shane