Forum OpenACS Q&A: various variables in ad-defs.tcl.preload

I've been studying this evening various .tcl config files in order
to understand how things work. I guess many things will become
clearer once I start to modify settings and see what happens.
But for now I am stuck on not being able to find where some
variables are set.

For example within proc_doc ad_header, there is an entry

set html "<html>
<head>
$extra_stuff_for_document_head
<title>$page_title</title>
</head>
"

Ok, I understand this works like setting any other variable: set x
"bla bla" and then we make reference to "bla bla" as $x (the value
of x)

I wasn't able to find where extra_stuff_for_document_header is set.
Is it set in defining the parameters of the procedure ? i.e.
proc_doc ad_header_with_extra_stuff {page_title
{extra_stuff.....etc}}.

So is this procedure called in a form resembling this:
ad_header_with_extra_stuff [page_title
[some_procedure_that_gives_the_extra_stuff]] ?

I am trying to give as much detail about how my rationing goes on at
the moment and hope that someone is able to point out its flaws.

Thanks

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Posted by Dave Bauer on

IF you look at the source for ad_header, it shows extra_stuff_for_document_head is an optional parameter.

You can see here, page_title is required and extra_stuff_for_document_head is optional with a default value of "", an empty string. So if it is not specified in the call to ad_header, it is given a value of "".

proc_doc ad_header {page_title {extra_stuff_for_document_head ""}}
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Posted by Pavel Boghita on
Thanks Dave