Re: [Texmacs-dev] Global data store

[Joris van der Hoeven]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:31:07PM +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> you may feel ill at the sight of this mis-use:
>
> <assign|global-put|<macro|key|value|<with|the-label|<arg|value>|<label|<arg|key>>>>>
> <assign|global-get|<macro|key|<get-binding|<arg|key>|0>>>
>
> GET=<global-get|value-345>
> PUT=<global-put|value-345|xlots of stuff>
>
> Certainly it is a wicked way to use <label|...> and the references section.
>
> But it's a great API for whole-document state.
>
> I guess the key could be prefixed with something very un-label like to  
> create a sort of namespace.

There is something more powerful upcoming when I will have time.
The key is to make the linking system more powerful and to be able
to link to external data in a better way. I will detail later.
I am leaving on vacation tomorrow.

Best wishes, --Joris