[Moin-devel] Macros, parsers, processors and extending MoinMoin in general

[Juergen Hermann]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:52:10 +0200, Anders J. Munch wrote:

>Are there any documents describing the big picture of MoinMoin? Like how all

No, I don't have the time for it, and many things will change soon anyway. But 
any information that IS there is on MoinMoin:MoinDev.

>these concepts like macros, parsers and processors fit together. Macros and
>processors seems to be very similar concepts; when do you use one and when
>do you use the other?

A processor takes any amount of data out of a page. A macro just has a few 
(small) parameters.

>And how do you go about creating a {macro,parser,processor} of your own? It

Look at those that are there. The chess thing is easily based on the CSV 
processor.


Ciao, Jürgen