[TYPO3-doc] TypoScript reference

[bernd wilke]

Am Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:58:33 +0100 schrieb Francois Suter:

> Hi,
> 
>> When building the xml-tsref[1] we asked ourself whether we have to
>> distinguish between data types and functions. For me, after using the
>> tsref for over 5 years now, the difference is still not obvious.
> 
> The difference is that functions have properties which are called to so
> something. Data types are values that are directly attributed.
> 
> lib.foo.stdWrap.current = 1
> 
> stdWrap is a function and it has various properties. "current" is one of
> them and it's datatype is boolean, meaning it can be attributed a value
> of 0 or 1.
> 
>> Is it important to know the underlying concepts of this? I think
>> Typoscript is hard enough to learn- we should not make it more complex
>> then necessary.
> 
> It is certainly important to know these concepts. Now that doesn't mean
> that they need to appear as such in the online TSref we are thinking
> about.

maybe later on we could have a different styling/coloring to make it more 
clearly to everyone.
 
>>  > TSref > Objects > (some object)
>>
>> What do you mean with "Objects"?
> 
> I meant top-level objects (CONFIG, PAGE,...), content objects (TEXT,
> HTML,...), etc.

bernd
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