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Is it possible to set up common inputthing templates for multiple editorthings?

This is one of those nice-to-have things because I'm doing a lot of fiddling to find the best approach, but currently I basically have the same code for editable fields for the Race, Background, and Command Package tabs because all three allow for addition of a set of choices for a bonus, automatic specialties, and individual skill bonuses (and eventually penalties). Currently, every time I fix one, as I learn a better way to handle it, I have to copy and paste that code to each location. It strikes me that there ought to be a better way. :D

Here is an example of one of the more complicated (such as they go) editor entries:

Code:

<inputthing

      name="Skill Bonus Choices"

      helptext="Add one or more skill bonus choices that the characters of this race can pick.">

      <it_bootcustom compset="cmpsetSB">

        <match>thingid.fRPlusSk</match>

        <inputthing

          name="Skills"

          helptext="Pick the skills that can be chosen for this bonus.">

          <it_taglist group="Skill" tag="?" dynamic="no"/>

          </inputthing>

          

        <inputthing

          name="Skill Types"

          helptext="Pick the skill types that can be chosen for this bonus.">

          <it_taglist group="Skills" tag="?" dynamic="no"/>

          </inputthing>

          

        <inputthing

          name="Bonus"

          helptext="Pick the bonus value.">

          <it_tagpick group="Bonus" tag="?" dynamic="no"/>

          </inputthing>

          

        </it_bootcustom>

      </inputthing>

    </editthing>

The only difference in the three times it appears in editor.dat is the helptext (and honestly, I could just make that less specific and use the same generic text for all three).

Inputthinggroups were actually only added around a year ago:

Code:

  <inputthinggroup

    id="Conflicts">

    <inputthing

      name="Conflicts"

      helptext="Details about conflicts this quality has with other qualities or augmentations">

      <it_separator/>

      </inputthing>

    <inputthing

      name="Removed by Cyber/Bio?"

      helptext="If this ability will be lost if a specific portion of the character is replaced by augmentations, choose the augmentation types here.  For example, many vision-related abilities are lost if the character replaces their eyes.">

      <it_taglist group="AugExclude" tag="?"/>

      </inputthing>

    <inputthing

      name="Mutually Exclusive Options"

      helptext="If this ability is one of a group (or many groups) of abilities where you may not select more than one of the avaialble options, choose those groups here.  For example, there are many skin-based metagenetic qualities that cannot be chosen together.  Another example is that you are only allowed to follow a single code of conduct.">

      <it_taglist group="MutualExcl" tag="?"/>

      </inputthing>

    </inputthinggroup>

And to use that:

Code:

    <inputthing>

      <it_groupref id="Conflicts"/>

      </inputthing>

Excellent! That works perfectly!

I'm plundering this as it will simplify the coding I need to do for the editor.