a4j:loadScript and rich:jquery

[nimo22]

I have a few questions about using jquery with prototype in richfaces:

Question A:
Which way should I use, to insert the jquery-script?

This way?
<a4j:loadScript src="resource:///org/richfaces/renderkit/html/scripts/jquery/jquery.js" />

or that way?
http://docs.jquery.com/Using_jQuery_with_Other_Libraries

Question B:
When I use the way with a4j:loadScript, what about the $? Can I use $ for both, prototype and jquery? Or is there another identifier for jquery?

Question C:
When I use <rich:jQuery>, do I need to load the jquery-script via the ways described above or is the script automatically when using rich:jquery?

Question D:
When appliying a query-string in rich:jquery via the property 'query', can I use the $ for jquery?

Question E:
What about loading plugins for jquery, these plugins uses $. How can I handle that? Should I overwrite $ in all jquery-plugins or can I load it via a4j:loadScript without conflicts?

Question F:
Would it be not better to replace all prototype-scripts in richfaces via jquery-scripts in future? It seems, that jquery strikes prototype in many ways (for example, more plugins, smaller size, shorter ways and so on..). Dont you think so?

[nimo22]

Okay forget all questions, I have overseen the manual, in there all answers are placed.

But one question I have, is:

Question E:
What about loading plugins for jquery, these plugins uses $. How can I handle that? Should I overwrite $ in all jquery-plugins or is there a better way?

[nbelaevski]

Hello,

Looks like yes, you should replace all $ with jQuery

[vladimir.kovalyuk]

Recently I had to go with option E. I embedded textarea autogrow plugin which contained $ in source code. It started to work after I had replaced all the $ occurences with jQuery.

I've read some jQuery forums and it seems for me that jQuery plugin developers consider using $ in plugins as a bad practice. So I suppose you should go to jQuery bugtracker and create a ticket against the plugin you use.