In article <4.2.0.58.19990806174546.00dafeb0@lisp.atmm.nl>, Martijn Pieters <mj@antraciet.nl> writes
I have been using the new syntax for quite a while now. I have absolutely no problem in filtering out the dtml- prefix, just like I won't have any problems filtering out the z- prefix, or any other, _provided_ the prefix ends in a hyphen! It would be much harder to filter out the prefix without that clear delimiter.
And no prefix would remove the possibility of defining our own dtml tags arbitrarily, like <dtml-html>, or to recognize custom dtml-tags in code not written by yourself. And believe me, I look at a lot of code written by others.
I vote for a syntax where there is a prefix with a hyphen. Be it z- or dtml-, it doesn't matter that much to me in typing effort. at least make it a lower case delimiter on my kbd - is lower, but : is upper. -- Robin Becker