Asad Habib wrote:
Hello. Thanks for your input. I have one more question. Could I not just use DTML instead of TAL for this purpose? The <dtml-in> tag achieves the same thing as <tal:repeat> and since I am doing nothing more than just displaying some of the properties of local file objects(while hiding or ignoring other properties) that lie within a Local FS object, I don't feel the great need to use TAL. TAL does have the nice quality of separating logic from presentation but the logic involved in this case is on the light side unless I am mistaken. Anyone's input and help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
You seem to think that DTML is significantly easier or lighter that ZPT, or that there's some overhead. I don't find that to be the case. (There's some overhead to learning to do something new, but remember that the best way to learn is to start with simple tasks.) I say: pick what you will generally use and do it with that. I don't think the differences between the two templating languages lend themselves to specific problem domains, at least within XMLish markup. (DTML may be preferred for some non-XMLish templating, though I continue to be less and less convinced of this.) --jcc -- "My point and period will be throughly wrought, Or well or ill, as this day's battle's fought."