[dev] Filter Rules Expert Mode

[Jan Schneider]

Please don't top-post.

Zitat von René Plattner <rene.plattner at uibk.ac.at>:

> Am 02.08.2010 11:08, schrieb Jan Schneider:
>> Zitat von Rene Plattner <rene.plattner at uibk.ac.at>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I want to write an expert mode for the filter app which is able to edit
>>> the filter rules by hand.
>>> Any suggestions how this expert mode should be integrated into the
>>> filter app.
>>
>> Depends on how complex you want this to become. The easiest is to
>> create a new page, similar to the script.php page, just with editing
>> capabilities.
>> A more smart solution would be to create a new rule type that allows
>> users to edit individual rules, so that they don't get overwritten
>> when editing the regular rules. Protection against overwriting manual
>> rules/rule sets is the biggest issue IMO anyway.
>>
>  Hi,
>
> as you suggested I modified the script.php to edit the filter file directly.
> This  was the easiest modification but with this opportunity you can
> overwrite your existing horde rules.

I would rather make this a separate page. Anyway, I think it's  
perfectly fine to overwrite the existing (generated) rules from Ingo.  
After all, that's what this expert feature is for. The opposite  
direction is the problem. If the user has carefully crafted his own  
rule set manually, but then adds a blacklist entry from IMP or clicks  
on an activate button in Ingo and has his rules completely ovewritten.

> I also had the idea to add a custom rule but i decided to do it as
> described.

Jan.

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