manual tag

[redbullmarky]

Hi all
Probably one for the lazier helpers (like me ;)), but how about a [manual] tag added to the BBCode tags?

so...

[manual]echo[/manual] would automatically display 'echo' but linked to php.net manual like [url=http://www.php.net/echo]echo[/url]

cheers
Mark

[neylitalo]

oh, come now... you're sure you can't get along with [ url=http://www.php.net/echo ]echo[ /url ]? ;)

[AndyB]

manual? How boring. Let's rename it the rtfm tag.

[redbullmarky]

[quote author=neylitalo link=topic=117241.msg478203#msg478203 date=1165198800]
oh, come now... you're sure you can't get along with [ url=http://www.php.net/echo ]echo[ /url ]? ;)
[/quote]

hey, i said it was for the lazier ones ;)

[ober]

Ya know... it wouldn't be that hard to do a search and replace... like with the language filter.

[Zane]

hmm...that's an idea

maybe we could use a certain character in front of a command to distinguish it or something

[Zane]

I went in there and added one for

the letter m followed by &
"m(no space)&"
so it replaces it with
'http://www.php.net/"

so theoretically
"m(no space)&echo'
would make
m&echo

hopefully that won't cause any contraversy
but if it does then oh well..it's gone

EDIT: damn it's not working

[ober]

[url=http://www.php.net]http://www.php.net[/url]

EDIT: you forgot to add the URL bbcode tags.  ;)

[Zane]

yeah..but still that isn't going to make a dynamic link

my goal was to be able to just put a character or whatever before a funciton
and wala... a manual link

but apparently in order for the replacement/filter to work the target has to be it's own word
meaning it doesn't just replace letters in words...at least I think

EDIT
damnit...it works for other things

-please-

EDIT2:
but this doesn't work
eeeeplzeeee

well either way
there's no way i can take the echo on the right side of the m(no space)& and put it inside the newly formed URL tag......using the SMF filter thing feature mabob

[ober]

You can do what you're talking about... but you have to create a seperate entry for each link to the manual.

[Zane]

[quote]seperate entry for each link[/quote]
fuck...:S