prototype.js bindAsEventList ener without 'this'

[Diodeus]

I would like to set up an event observer outside of an object, so I
can't use this.bindAsEven tListener. How can I pass the correct object
reference?

I tried something like this, and various other variations, but no luck.
This works when I set it up from inside the object, using "this.",

Event.observe(t argetId,'click' ,targetId.selec t.bindAsEventLi stener(this),fa lse);

[Randy Webb]

Diodeus said the following on 6/5/2006 4:45 PM:

I would like to set up an event observer outside of an object, so I
can't use this.bindAsEven tListener. How can I pass the correct object
reference?

What are you referring to? Do not assume the subject line can be, or
even is, read.

Try asking the author of that crap known as prototype.js about the code.

--
Randy
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[Diodeus]

Yeah, maybe his crappy reply will be more helpful than your null
content one.

Randy Webb wrote:

Diodeus said the following on 6/5/2006 4:45 PM:

I would like to set up an event observer outside of an object, so I
can't use this.bindAsEven tListener. How can I pass the correct object
reference?

What are you referring to? Do not assume the subject line can be, or
even is, read.

Try asking the author of that crap known as prototype.js about the code.

--
Randy
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[Randy Webb]

Diodeus said the following on 6/5/2006 7:07 PM:

Yeah, maybe his crappy reply will be more helpful than your null
content one.

See? You learned something new today.

You use code written by an idiot and then you want someone in this group
to wade through all that code written by an idiot to tell you how to
extend that code written by an idiot and then don't like it when they
tell you to ask the author of that code written by an idiot?

P.S. Did I mention that prototype.js is code written by an idiot?

This is Usenet, not your help desk.

--
Randy
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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Randy Webb <Hi************ @aol.com> writes:

P.S. Did I mention that prototype.js is code written by an idiot?

Your opinion, which you are entitled to, could be presented more
diplomatically (which would also increase the chance of it being
received and considered). I assume that is the goal of your posting
it. If it isn't, have you considered simply not answering questions
about prototype.js? I bet it would be better for your blood pressure
as well :)

/L
--
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'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[Ian Collins]

Randy Webb wrote:

Diodeus said the following on 6/5/2006 7:07 PM:

Yeah, maybe his crappy reply will be more helpful than your null
content one.

See? You learned something new today.

You use code written by an idiot and then you want someone in this group
to wade through all that code written by an idiot to tell you how to
extend that code written by an idiot and then don't like it when they
tell you to ask the author of that code written by an idiot?

P.S. Did I mention that prototype.js is code written by an idiot?

Come on Randy, don't beat about the bush, if you've got something to
say, say it!

--
Ian Collins.

[petermichaux]

> > Diodeus said the following on 6/5/2006 4:45 PM:

I would like to set up an event observer outside of an object, so I
can't use this.bindAsEven tListener. How can I pass the correct object
reference?

Diodeus,

You fell into a trap. A particularly rude one unfortunately.

You will have better luck with Prototype.js questions on the rails
spinoffs list

http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman...rails-spinoffs

Search the archives here to find out why people don't like
prototype.js.

http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/bes....php#prototype

An better alternative is the Yahoo! UI

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/

Peter

[Randy Webb]

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen said the following on 6/5/2006 7:25 PM:

Randy Webb <Hi************ @aol.com> writes:

P.S. Did I mention that prototype.js is code written by an idiot?

Your opinion, which you are entitled to, could be presented more
diplomatically (which would also increase the chance of it being
received and considered).

In the future, I will endeavor to call them people lacking professional
skill rather than use the word that describes them. Fair enough?

<URL: http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Idiot>
person lacking professional skill

Anybody that would write something that is as advanced and complex as
prototype is and not comment it, support it, or in any way (that I have
seen to date), try to explain how to use it, what better - more
diplomatic - word is there to describe it?

Many people in this group - and elsewhere - get annoyed when certain
words are used simply because they don't know what the word really means.

--
Randy
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Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[petermichaux]

Randy Webb wrote:

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen said the following on 6/5/2006 7:25 PM:

Randy Webb <Hi************ @aol.com> writes:

P.S. Did I mention that prototype.js is code written by an idiot?

Your opinion, which you are entitled to, could be presented more
diplomatically (which would also increase the chance of it being
received and considered).

In the future, I will endeavor to call them people lacking professional
skill rather than use the word that describes them. Fair enough?

<URL: http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/Idiot>
person lacking professional skill

Anybody that would write something that is as advanced and complex as
prototype is and not comment it, support it, or in any way (that I have
seen to date), try to explain how to use it, what better - more
diplomatic - word is there to describe it?

I doubt the author of Prototype.js forced his code on anyone. He
probably uses it himself and it was nice of him to say to the world
something like "here is my experiment with JavaScript, if you want to
figure it out and use it, go for it." That is a generous contribution
even if the code is not to your liking. Likely it is good to look at
JavaScript through Ruby eyes just for a different perspective on the
JavaScript language. I think you are being a little harsh on the
author.

If someone decides to use Prototype.js in their project and has no
problems then maybe it is good for them. It could bite them later but
maybe it won't. Some projects just won't use the parts of Prototype.js
that might cause problems.

Peter

[Andrew Poulos]

Randy Webb wrote:

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen said the following on 6/5/2006 7:25 PM:

Randy Webb <Hi************ @aol.com> writes:

P.S. Did I mention that prototype.js is code written by an idiot?

[snip]
Many people in this group - and elsewhere - get annoyed when certain
words are used simply because they don't know what the word really means.

According to my Concise Oxford Dictionary the word "idiot" currently has
two meaning: person so deficient in mind as to be permanently incapable
of rational conduct; and, utter fool. In modern English usage it does
not mean "a person lacking in professional skills" (which it may have
2,400 years ago in a different culture.)

Andrew Poulos