[wp-hackers] the_alt_title recomendation

[Chris Coggburn]

I believe that the Wordpress developers need to add a function and 
filter similar to the_title but for use only in the alt tags.
For example:

<a href="http://chris.coggburn.us/archives/2004/08/04/title-images2-plugin/" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link: <img src='titleimages2.php?func=generate&amp;title=stuff' alt='Wordpress Plugin: Title Images2' />">
  <img src='titleimages2.php?func=generate&amp;title=Stuff' alt='Stuff' />
</a>

That happens when the the_title filter applies html tag to format a title(For example, my Title Images2 plugin).
It would be much better to have a seperate tag called the_alt_title() which can have its own filter to format the 
title in the alt tags. Now, I was talking to masquerade from #wordpress and he mentioned that for PatchDay he made a patch
that would add this support Wordpress and he was told it was commited. Where is it? The bug is located at:
http://mosquito.wordpress.org/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000107
Without support for this feature my plugin will require users to modify their template, which I really wish I did not have to do.

Thanks.

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Chris Coggburn
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