[development] minimizing views_default_views in a module

[Sean Dague]

For instance, I find large duplication of:

         'alter' => array(
           'alter_text' => 0,
           'text' => '',
           'make_link' => 0,
           'path' => '',
           'link_class' => '',
           'alt' => '',
           'prefix' => '',
           'suffix' => '',
           'target' => '',
           'help' => '',
           'trim' => 0,
           'max_length' => '',
           'word_boundary' => 1,
           'ellipsis' => 1,
           'html' => 0,
           'strip_tags' => 0,
         ),

all throughout the export to be not conducive to maintainability (there 
are 12 instances of that stanza, 9 are exactly the same, and the other 3 
only vary in their 'text' field).

I find that level of duplication somewhat problematic, and something I 
like to avoid.

	-Sean

On 03/18/2011 09:31 AM, Carl Wiedemann wrote:
> Not quite sure I understand what exactly is non-maintainable?
>
> You may also investigate http://drupal.org/project/features for
> assistance with exporting Views to code.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Sean Dague <sean at dague.net
> <mailto:sean at dague.net>> wrote:
>
>     I'm working on a new drupal 6.x module (currently in sandbox
>     awaiting review - http://drupal.org/sandbox/sdague/1072704) which
>     exports it's data via views.  When I implemented
>     hook_views_default_views() I just used the export functionality on
>     views for a few basic views to get things started.
>
>     That works, but those are both very verbose, and don't implement any
>     i18n. Is there a standard way of trimming down the default values in
>     those views so this becomes a bit more sane and maintainable?
>
>     Advice would be appreciated,
>
>             -Sean
>
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>
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>


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