Re: Re: PhpBeautify draft

On 13 May 2004 at 22:31, Davey wrote: > Claudio Bustos wrote: > > PEAR devs: > > I create the draft for a new Package, PhpBeautify. Some time ago, Jens > > Bierkandt and I proposed this app, the group suggest some improvement, > > but we didn't have time to solve the topic. > > The principal features of the Package are: > > - Automatic indentation of PHP source code according to given number of > > spaces > > - Automatic newlines, if required > > - You can use the web frontend, command line or the class. > > - Plug-in architecture, by the use of Filters. The control of beautify > > proccess is delegated on the Filters. Pear specs are one these. > > - The code to beautify can make callbacks to the base class and the > > filters. So, you can set the options for the beautify inside the same file > > - Batch processing > > The main diff with others applications is the use of Filters, I think. > > You can freely use and create new Filter to make your code looks like > > you want it. > > > > Now, I rewrite the code for Php 5. Before change the status to > > 'Proposal', I need help: > > - Name of the Package: I think the best group is 'Tool and Utilities', > > but maybe 'PHP' it's okay. In the first case, the main class will be put > > in /PEAR/ and others on /PEAR/PhpBeautify. In the second case, the core > > class will be renamed to /PHP_Beautify and the others files will be > > moved to /PEAR/PHP/Beautify > > - Docs: English doesn't my native language (you notice that, rigth?). > > So, I need people who read the docs and made the necessary corrections > > on gramar and ortography. > > I believe this should be called PHP_Tidy - to follow in the same vein as > HTML Tidy. Haven't yet had a much of a look at the tool itself. But I agree with Davey that calling it PHP_Tidy might be a good idea. I'm a bit confused about your licensing in PhpBeautify.class.php. I suggest you drop the GPL-license part and use the PHP-License that's already present above it :-) Well, file-naming etc. is another thing ... but we'll talk about that some day later. Need some sleep right now. Cheers, Stefan