Re: [WebMacro-user] Re: [Webmacro-devel] Current directory metaphor for including templates

[Tim P. <ti...@pa...>]

On Wednesday 26 April 2006 18:12, Marcello H wrote:
> What Keats is suggesting, is exactly how I'm doing this.
Me too.

> But not for this specific case.
> I do this because I've some includes in a specific directory related
> from the root-dir of the application.
> How can you handle your situaqtion if you want to move a main-template
> to another directory, and a template that uses a shared include is
> left in the old dir.
> (I think you have to copy the include-stuff, because it's expected on
> diverent locations.)
>
> Time to refrase your question , I guess......

Not sure if this is addressed to me. 

The use case is the 'not using anything bespoke, not needing to learn 
anything' scenario. 

I believe that software is built upon metaphors, and that the all pervading 
and intuitive metaphor of 'current directory' should be carried through 
to template inclusion. 

To illustrate this - how did I discover that this metaphor does not apply to 
WebMacro?
I tried a bald include, in the expectation that it would work, it didn't, I 
had to investigate why not. 

This is not user-friendly, webmacro should require no knowledge to use, 
it should 'just work', ie  it should do what people expect. 

I don't think Alex's objections are really germane here, as he is a 
'power user' and I am talking about the casual or central case user. 

I know this probably puts me in a minority of one, but I do not use 
any of the configurable features of WM, deliberately. 

I want WM to work intuitively out-of-the-box, 
to do what it says on the tin, and not to get in the way. 

I can continue with my context tool, but I had to write that, understand the 
problem and bring the issue up on the developer's list. 
The use case is not to have to do any of that. 

cheers
Tim