- From: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:21:45 -0600
- To: Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>
- Cc: "spec-prod@w3.org Prod" <spec-prod@w3.org>
Received on Thursday, 10 December 2015 17:22:26 UTC
Clever! On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org> wrote: > Hi, > > As alluded before [1], the modern and correct way of writing WebIDL with > respec is to use the so-called "contiguous" mode rather than the > "oldschool" one. > > As transitioning between the two can require quite a bit of work with > specs with lots of WebIDL, I've built [2] a respec profile that can help > (attached). > > To use it: > * replace the link to the respec script by a link to that special profile > * save the generated document as the new source for your respec > * re-replace the respec link with the normal respec profile > * fix anchors and auto-links as needed > > I have tested this only with one spec so far, and I'm not volunteering to > maintain and publish that profile much beyond the usage I'll have for it in > the upcoming few weeks; but I thought I would mention it in case others are > facing the same conversion needs. > > Dom > > 1. https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/spec-prod/2015JulSep/0032.html > 2. https://github.com/dontcallmedom/respec/commits/oldschool2contiguous > -- Shane McCarron Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.
Received on Thursday, 10 December 2015 17:22:26 UTC