Hello dear Couchies!

When I work, I do write couch tags by hand, and sometimes misspell them without noticing - and than spend a lot of time looking for the problem because I again overlook the misspelling (like I write k_page_titel instead of k_page_title , or hit n instead of m in cms: etc )

Is there there any kind of Couch Tag or PHP file available, to detect this kind of errors easily?

I mean, I do get error messages when I enter the page. Like this one:

ERROR! ATTRIB_NAME: Invalid char "/" (line: 0 char: 41)
but this is not really helpful, as this doe snot relate to the lines in the editor

That would be really great!

Best regards,
Tanja

[KK]

Hi Tanja

What you are looking for is an IDE (or at least, an addon to an established IDE) with syntax checking and hints.
Unfortunately, there is none available at the moment.

I can only extend a little advice that I myself find useful while coding -
when you add Couch tags, make small, incremental additions. Try not to add more than one or two tags at a time.
Save and execute the template after every change. This way any bug or syntax error could immediately be traced to the line last added.

Hope it helps.

Hi KK ,

thanks for your swift reply for the advice!!!! As always - everything you say is helpful!
It sounds simple, but I did not think of it until now...

I'll do that.

best regards,
Tanja

You could use http://www.sublimetext.com/ and use the autocompletion

like:
Create a file and save it with the .sublime-completions extension in your user packages folder. Something like mycouch.sublime-completions.
Start with the following code in this file

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{
  "scope": "text.html - source - meta.tag, string.name.classes.punctuation.definition.tag.begin",

   "completions":
   [
      { "trigger": "cms:pages\t<cms:pages>", "contents": "<cms:pages>$0</cms:pages>" },
      { "trigger": "cms:folders\tCouchCMS/Tag", "contents": "<cms:folders masterpage='$1' $2>\n $3\n</cms:folders>" },
      "pizza",
      "beer"
   ]
}

Now when you edit a html file and type cms you get a list of cms:folders and cms:pages . When you choose let's say folders you get as result:

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<cms:folders masterpage='' >
 
</cms:folders>

using the tab you can fill the missing parts.

The syntax is quite easy (JSON).... "pizza" in this example will give pizza on typing pi and so on.

Hi Tomarnst,
thanks for chiming in!

I work with Brackets, Sublimetext I do not really need it, since I only write HTML and SASS, and it is expensive. Brackets too feature self closing tags, but if I misspell that does not help, it does not auto correct ...


Best regards!
Tanja

[trendoman]

I also use brackets and it would be awesome to have autocompletion and code hints for <cms /> tags. I'll be happy to chip in a bounty for it.

FYI

Sublime text offers a demo without expiring data.