[wp-hackers] "The Matrix Has You" easter egg

[Eric Mann]

The admin console has enough options already ... besides, adding a visible
option would defeat the point of having an Easter egg in the first place and
add needless clutter with an option that "doesn't do anything" the user is
aware of.

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Gavin Pearce <Gavin.Pearce at 3seven9.com>wrote:

> Or, another option in the Admin Console (though you risk the chance of
> the end-user, switching them on, and wondering why it doesn't do
> anything) ...
>
> G
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Arlen
> Beiler
> Sent: 22 October 2010 16:37
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] "The Matrix Has You" easter egg
>
> And that could be put in a plugin or wp-config.php according to
> webmaster
> preference.
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Another way to do it, perhaps a better way, would be to have an easter
> egg
> > array that could be set on init.
> >
> > $eastereggs = array(
> > 'revself' => true,
> > 'wordpress' => true
> > )
> >
> > add_action('init','seteastereggs',0);
> > Function seteastereggs(){
> > $eastereggs['revself'] = false;
> > }
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> >
> >> I'd like to see a more fleshed-out example of how that would work,
> but it
> >> makes logical sense so far :-)
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Arlen Beiler <arlenbee at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >   - off
> >> >   - on
> >> >   - custom
> >> >   - file
> >> >
> >> > How is that? For custom, we would then use an array, or whatever it
> is
> >> that
> >> > would be in eastereggs.php, since some people probably want
> everything
> >> in
> >> > one file. For file, it would read eastereggs.php.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > +1 For a setting in wp-config.
> >> > >
> >> > > define( 'EASTEREGGS', 'off' );
> >> > >
> >> > > Then maybe an "eastereggs.php" file we can drop in that defined
> which
> >> > ones
> >> > > we turn off.  That way it's not a wholesale all-off or all-on,
> but
> >> sites
> >> > > could pick and choose which ones they want to enable (for
> example, on
> >> > some
> >> > > sites I'd definitely want the capital P feature but not the post
> >> revision
> >> > > comparison message ... on others I might want to remove both ...
> on
> >> > others
> >> > > I
> >> > > might want to keep both and remove something else).
> >> > >
> >> > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Arlen Beiler
> <arlenbee at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > How many easter eggs are there. And I would recommend a setting
> in
> >> > > > wp-config.php, rather than a plugin.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Austin Matzko <
> >> austin at ilfilosofo.com
> >> > > > >wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me>
> wrote:
> >> > > > > > As entertaining as the feature might be ... is there any
> way I
> >> can
> >> > > turn
> >> > > > > it
> >> > > > > > off on a client site?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I proposed a patch here to allow it to be turned off by
> filter,
> >> but
> >> > > > > the ticket never went anywhere:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > <
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/12816/easter-egg-revisi
> ons-filter.12816.2.diff
> >> > > > > >
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