Question thread #64

[pauamma]

It's time for another question thread!

The rules:

- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
- You may also answer any question, using the guidelines given in To Answer, Or Not To Answer and in this comment thread.

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<dw-access> tag

[steve98052]

Setting aside for the moment the question of whether there's room in the development schedule, would it be technically possible (without extreme contortions) to implement a custom <dw-access> tag that changes the view access for a part of a message. For example:

This sentence is public.
<dw-access type="private" text="Note to self">
This sentence is private.
</dw-access>
This sentence is back to public.

Re: <dw-access> tag

[pauamma]

I'm afraid all secure implementations I can think of OTTOMH would qualify as "extreme contortions". But I'm not Mark, and may be missing something obvious. That said, I'm curious: what's your use case for this feature?

Re: <dw-access> tag

[steve98052]

On my Livejournal, I sometimes write a public entry about something, and follow up with a friends only message with details I don't want to be public, a more restricted custom access list, or the note to self that I mentioned in the example.

If it's an extreme contortions kind of idea, I suppose I'm best off continuing that practice here.