Yes it is a simple search and replace, that's what I just did to get
prototype and jQuery to work together. Even for plugin authors this
should be a very simple change. When is the next release due?

On 10/6/06, Brandon Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it would be worth it to change all internals of jQuery to not
> use $. Essentially it is just a find and replace ... the issue is
> getting plugins to do it. I think the next release should force the
> issue.
>
> --
> Brandon Aaron
>
> On 10/6/06, Laurent Yaish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The jQuery code itself uses $
> >
> >                 toggle: function(){
> >                         $(this)[ $(this).is(":hidden") ? "show" :
> > "hide" ].apply( $(this),
> > arguments );
> >                 },
> >
> > The $ is great for the end user, but it is a very generic alias. I
> > don't think it is a good idea for jQuery or plugins to use it
> > internally. But it might already be too late to change this...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Laurent
> >
> > On 10/6/06, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > Datum: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 08:12:51 -0700
> > > Von: "Laurent Yaish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > An: discuss@jquery.com
> > > Betreff: [jQuery] jQuery and Prototype
> > >
> > > > Hi Folks,
> > > >
> > > > First of all thank you John for writing jQuery. I've read the wiki page
> > > > regarding using jQuery and prototype together and couldn't get it to 
> > > > work
> > > > reliably. I did load prototype first but ended up going through the
> > > > jQuery source code
> > > > and renamed $() to JQ().
> > > > It would be kind of cool if the $ function could be renamed via a
> > > > configuration setting
> > >
> > > It should be enough to change this line: var $ = jQuery; to something 
> > > else, like var JQ = jQuery.
> > >
> > > But this won't solve the problem that most plugins use the $ alias 
> > > instead of jQuery.
> > >
> > > -- Jörn
> > >
> > > PS: http://jquery.com/dev/bugs/bug/253/
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