Your Input on a Plugin Please

[Centauri Soldier]

I am developing a new plugin and it's almost done. What I need from the community is an opinion before I release it.

This plugin uses an escape character and to avoid having to use triple backslashes '\', I have opted to use a different escape character than AMS uses.

As of now, I have chosen the carrot '^' since it used infrequently (in general) but was wondering if you guys had a different opinion on this.

Also, I am debating allowing the user to specify his own escape character but since this method will be a standard I'm not seriously weighing that with the other options (unless someone can present a good reason why I should use this despite the newly-created standard).

Your opinions are most welcome, Thanks.

[Ulrich]

Hi James,

if you really mean "escape", then IMHO it would be best if you stick with the backslash. The caret is used to mark a control sequence, like ^C for Ctrl-C, ^G for bell, ^D for end-of-text, ^H for backspace, etc. Yes, I know, I am a dinosaur.

Ulrich

[Centauri Soldier]

Well perhaps it would be best if I include the function that will allow the user to select his own escape character. That would eliminate the document standard but would allow more flexibility. What do you think of that option?