Excellent - the alias works. Thanks Tom. I had thought about using an alias but I'd assumed that it would be evaluated at runtime (and therefore just refer to the extended <collection> definition) rather than at startup/compile time (I hope that makes sense).
Incidentally I originally did it the way that Bryan suggested, but obviously using an alias is far more DRY On Aug 20, 11:28 pm, Bryan Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > One possibility is to copy the current definition out of > rapid_generics.dryml and name it something else. Not very DRY, but it's > one copy in one place rather than in 30+ different places. > > Bryan > > > > Iain wrote: > > I have what sounds like a simple question, but I can't find the > > answer: > > > Given a tag that you've overridden is it possible to call the original > > version of the tag in your pages? I was hoping that <old-%> would work > > (eg. <old-collection>) but it seems that this only works inside > > <extend> tags. > > > In my case I've redefined <collection> to show a <table-plus> as I'd > > prefer dense tables for my data 95% of the time, however, there are > > cases where I'd like to have lists of cards (as the original > > collection does). Doing <collection replace> each time collections > > appear would definitely not be DRY (I must have 30+ visible > > collections). But it'd be nice to be able to call the original tag > > occasionally as well. > > > Thoughts? (and thanks!!!!) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
