[MTOS-dev] New Prototype: Config Assistant

[Byrne Reese]

> Love the idea, but the name "Config Assistant" is misleading, unless
> you plan to pair this with a graphical tool that spits out a
> config.yaml, along the lines of the "design assistant"...

Good point. Name ideas welcome.

> 
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Byrne Reese <byrne at sixapart.com> wrote:
>> Do you have specific ideas?
> 
> One key thing is support for non-standard things in the settings area,
> things that are not strictly form fields.  Perhaps you simply want to
> place a hyperlink or button in place of an actual form field (I do
> both currently in some of my plugins).  I suppose you could always
> revert back to the current method for doing plugins settings, if
> non-standard stuff is required.

Perfect idea. I can add support for an raw html element type so that someone
could insert whatever they wanted. Links, or even complex form elements.