Feature request: Smilieys

[iGEL]

I haven't tried rbbcode yet, but from reading the docs, it doesn't look like you do support smiley codes like :-) or :rolleyes: to be rendered into a graphical smiley. Strictly spoken, they aren't a part of bbcode, usually you want to have both. Any plans about this? Or is it already possible?

[jarrett]

While it's not supported out of the box, it should be possible to add smiley support. See "Customizing" in the README.

[lawitschka]

It is possible, indeed, but using tags like [smileyLOL][/smileyLOL] is not that nice from a usuability point of view. That's why i forked the repository and started supporting tags which do not have to be closed. Any tagname starting with a colon, e.g. [:smileyLOL], will be interpreted as such a leaf tag.

I used jquery.bbedit for BBCode creation (http://www.w3theme.com/jquery-bbedit/) which works with this syntax for smileys. Works like a charm in a RoR project of mine :)

If you need an example implementation, just let me know. You can find my repository under https://github.com/lawitschka/rbbcode

[jarrett]

Looks good! I'm curious as to why you used the term "leave tag."

Maintenance on this gem proceeds at a snail's pace I'm afraid, so I don't know when I'll get around to incorporating this stuff. I take it you're able to move ahead with your own fork of the gem, yes?

[lawitschka]

The term "leave tag" was a bad spelling error... "leaf" was meant, actually, as used in tree theory describing nodes without any child nodes. ;)

Yes, i am able to go ahead, but i'm not quite sure whether i'm going to have the time to do so. Basically this improvement was the only thing i needed to use this gem in my project. I will try to improve it and do some bug fixing, nevertheless.

[jarrett]

Oh ok. That makes sense. I'll see if I get a chance to work this into the main gem.

[jarrett]

A new version based on Treetop will be coming out soon. This is a total rewrite, so all current issues will be closed. The new version will support smileys.