Date: 12 Dec 2003 09:16:31 -0800
From: John <
[email protected]>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
Subject: Creating HTML tags
I would like to be able to use the HTML generation methods from the
cgi library without instantiating a new CGI. Can I do this?
I've tried saying include CGI::HtmlExtension
require 'cgi'
class Thing
include CGI::HtmlExtension
def initialize
puts blockquote() {"hello"}
end
end
but I get cgi.rb:1382:in `blockquote': super: no superclass method
`blockquote' (NoMethodError)
~/eg/ruby > cat cgiext.rb
require 'cgi'
class Thing
def initialize type = 'html3'
case type
when "html3"
extend CGI::Html3
element_init()
extend CGI::HtmlExtension
when "html4"
extend CGI::Html4
element_init()
extend CGI::HtmlExtension
when "html4Tr"
extend CGI::Html4Tr
element_init()
extend CGI::HtmlExtension
when "html4Fr"
extend CGI::Html4Tr
element_init()
extend CGI::Html4Fr
element_init()
extend CGI::HtmlExtension
else
raise ArgumentError, type.to_s
end
puts blockquote() {"hello"}
end
end
Thing.new
~/eg/ruby > ruby cgiext.rb
<BLOCKQUOTE>hello</BLOCKQUOTE>
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