[ANN] ETag include for On-Rev (was Re: Compare files between on-rev and local versions)

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Andre Garzia<andre at andregarzia.com> wrote:
> Stephen,
> if you go to your on-rev client preferences, you can set it to edit .inc
>
> I am not using the client for my developments, I use it only for debugging.
> I do all my dev using TextMate and Interarchy.
>
> :D
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM, stephen barncard <
> stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:
>
>> Andre, I notice that you use the .inc suffix for on-rev includes. I know
>> that's the convention for PHP includes, unfortunately, that suffix will not
>> allow the on-rev client to read or edit the file, even though it contains
>> code. I'm assuming you are using your own tools for on-rev development.
>>
>> I currently use the on-rev client for in situ debugging. Helps a lot. I use
>> coda too, but it currently doesn't format rev code (yet). It has an
>> intuitive css editor as well as an assisted text mode. BBEdit is good for
>> everything else.
>>
>> This is yet another reason why I really would request the on-rev client to
>> allow plug-ins, some kind of API or better yet, open up the code so we can
>> work with it. I think what the on-rev coders have done is fantastic, but
>> there will always bee a need for "one more thing".
>>
>> <?
>> syncing (or at least compare)
>> indenting
>> work on any text file (or at least allow .inc files as editable)
>> search and replace
>> snippet storage
>> ?>
>>
>>
>> I'm guessing that Jerry or Andre are working on some kind of alternative
>> editor for on-rev right now.
>> Where do I sign up?
>>
>> -------------------------
>> Stephen Barncard
>> San Francisco
>> http://barncard.com
>>
>>
>> 2009/6/22 Andre Garzia <andre at andregarzia.com>
>>
>> > Hello Folks,
>> > I've just created a minimal ETag include file for On-Rev. For those not
>> > familiar with ETags, they are unique identifiers that are sent as HTTP
>> > Headers. When your file change, your ETag for that file also changes. So
>> a
>> > browser or any http client may sent a web request like, give me that file
>> > is
>> > the ETag is different from this one, or if it still the same.
>> >
>> > For more information on ETags consult Dr. Wik E. Pedia at
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag
>> >
>> > What my include does is set the ETag header for the file that includes
>> it.
>> > So if you have a helloworld.irev file and include "etag.inc" then, an
>> ETag
>> > http header will be set when helloworld.irev is requested, if the file
>> > changes, the ETag changes too.
>> >
>> > Another thing it does is expose an ETag function that will comput an ETag
>> > for a given file path.
>> >
>> > And there's one more thing: sometimes, you just want to know if
>> > helloworld.irev changed but you don't want to execute it, for this cases,
>> > just pass a url parameter op=etag, like helloworld.irev?op=etag this way
>> > the
>> > include will set the ETag and force the engine to exit without running
>> any
>> > further. This of course just works up to the point where the etag is
>> > included, so include it as the first line.
>> >
>> > you can check the etag.inc by going to:
>> >
>> > http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/scriptviewer.irev?f=etag.inc
>> >
>> > (Karma bonus, my script viewer
>> > generates links for downloading compressed copies of the viewed files)
>> >
>> > If you're on a unix like system or any system with CURL, you can do a:
>> >
>> > curl -v http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/etagtest.irev
>> >
>> > and see the ETag header being
>> > sent. So if you want to compare two files, assuming it's a local and a
>> > remote copy, you can simply store the ETag every time you
>> > cache the file, then you just query for it later.
>> >
>> > Hope this is useful
>> > andre
>> >
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