Will this interact at all with the “Topic Template” feature in categories? I suppose not, but I’m finding the naming confusing…
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The discussion is about renaming the “Templates” plugin to make it more descriptive. mattdm suggests renaming it to Discourse Reply Templates to avoid confusion with the “Topic Template” feature in categories. However, sam points out that it is also used for first post templates and could be used elsewhere, making Discourse Post Templates a more suitable name.
saquetim agrees that reply-templates or post-templates might not be the best names, as templates can be used in various scenarios. mattdm and sam clarify that the plugin does not replace category templates, which are a different feature.
mattdm proposes combining the two features, and nathank agrees, suggesting that using the same term for different things can be confusing and that combining them could be a good idea, potentially when the plugin moves to core.
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You’re correct, they’re completely seperate things.
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It’s probably not a big deal, but I’d suggest renaming this to Discourse Reply Templates — not just because of that possible confusion, but to make it clear exactly what is being templated. (A completely new user might think that it has something to do with themes or layout.)
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Tricky, this is also used for OP (first post) templates. And these are not replies.
Discourse Post Templates may work, but we also allow (or will allow) you to use the templates elsewhere (in moderation scenarios, potentially for ban messages and so on..)
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IMO, reply-templates or post-templates wouldn’t work very well because Templates can be used in other scenarios. In fact we already allow using it in any textarea in Discourse if the user uses the shortcut key to call the Insert Template modal.
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Oh, wait — maybe I totally misunderstood. So it can replace the category templates? I’ll have to go play with it some more…
Not really, that is a different feature altogether. Category templates are a “starting point” for all new discussions in a category. Templates are canned text anyone can insert in any textarea in Discourse but they need to take explicit actions to make it so.
Perhaps they could be combined? The category setting could, instead of carrying a template directly, have a reference to one of these new things.
That does make logical sense! Using the same term to denote different things in different places is the road to madness.
I could see them being combined nicely one day (when it moves to core perhaps?)