Rails - Sep 2005 - acts_as_taggable separator?

Hi,

I''m new to RoR & trying to use the acts_as_taggable gem. It works
great
if I use the default separator. However, I want to let users create tags 
w/spaces in them so the default won''t work for me. I''m not
clear how to
use the :separator option in conjunction with the view. I can get the 
objects to display ok by looping through the tag_names, but when they 
get saved it seems to be using the space separator even before it gets 
to the controller. A lot of automagic stuff is going on that I haven''t 
deciphered yet. :)

What''s the best way to go about this??

It would be nice if I could define the separator in the model with 
something like the acts_as_taggable :separator => "," or even
something
like <%= text_area(''photo'', ''tag_names'',
{:separator => ","}) %> in the
.rhtml file.

Thank in advance!!
Linda :)

Linda Coleman wrote:
> I''m new to RoR & trying to use the acts_as_taggable gem. It
works great
> if I use the default separator. However, I want to let users create tags 
> w/spaces in them so the default won''t work for me. I''m
not clear how to
> use the :separator option in conjunction with the view. I can get the 
> objects to display ok by looping through the tag_names, but when they 
> get saved it seems to be using the space separator even before it gets 
> to the controller. A lot of automagic stuff is going on that I
haven''t
> deciphered yet. :)
> 
> What''s the best way to go about this??
> 
> It would be nice if I could define the separator in the model with 
> something like the acts_as_taggable :separator => "," or even
something
> like <%= text_area(''photo'',
''tag_names'', {:separator => ","}) %> in the
> .rhtml file.
Hi Linda,

My suggestion to you is to create a tag_names helper on the view that 
would allow you to do something like this:

<%= tag_names_text_area(@photo, :separator => '','') %>

Inside the helper you would have to have some presentation logic like this:

def tag_names_text_area(object, options = {})
   text = @photo.tag_names.join(options[:separator])
   ...
end

Or simply use the text_area_tag helper directly on the view like this:

<%= text_area_tag ''photo[tag_names]'',
@photo.tag_names.join('', '') %>

I hope this is enough to help you get on track with it.

Rgds
Dema
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