Zope 2.0 allows you to use an entity-reference syntax for the var tag. For example, you can do: <a href="&dtml-URL1;"> rather than: <a href="<dtml-var URL1>"> Unfortunately, you always need html_quote in a situation like this. I propose that: &dtml-name; should be equivalent to: <dtml-var name html_quote> (Or, of course: <!--#var name html_quote--> ) Without this change, I think the entity-reference syntax doesn't really solve the problem it was designed to solve. Can anyone think of a case where you need the entity-reference syntax and wouldn't want html_quote? I feel that this change needs to be made now, before Zope 2.0 final, since it is not backward compatible. For example, if someone has a document like: &dtml-standard_html_header; .... &dtml-standard_html_footer; Making html_quote explicit will break their document. Comments? Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Python Powered! Technical Director (888) 344-4332 http://www.python.org Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.zope.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.