Hi take a look at http://old.zope.org/Members/peterbe/DTML2ZPT/index_html?pp=1 .. you will find there easy examples about how to write DTML in TAL dragos ----- Original Message ----- From: <fowlertrainer@anonym.hu> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: [Zope] Q1: tal + image

Hello !

My friend is say to I don't use dtml - I must use Page Template...

Ok, I say, and I try it.

I have an logo image, named logo. When I use dtml, the <dtml-var logo> is working.

But: when I use <p tal: replace here/logo></p>, then the zope replace the <> signs in image definition, and it is don't showed, only it's description.

Why ?

And why I feel that tal is known less than dtml ?

KK

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fowlertrainer@anonym.hu wrote:

My friend is say to I don't use dtml - I must use Page Template...

I would give the same advice.

Ok, I say, and I try it.

I have an logo image, named logo. When I use dtml, the <dtml-var logo> is working.

But: when I use <p tal: replace here/logo></p>, then the zope replace the <> signs in image definition, and it is don't showed, only it's description.

Why ?

TAL will automatically HTML-quote upon a 'replace' or 'content' on the idea that you're usually displaying content that way, and want "special characters" to be content-visible. You may tell it otherwise with the 'structure' keyword, which indicates that you're using data that should be written verbatim since it may have HTML structure to it:: <span tal:replace="structure here/logo" /> Your syntax above was quite broken, by the way. I'm assuming it's not what you actually tried to use.

And why I feel that tal is known less than dtml ?

Dunno. Maybe because DTML is older, or because it's more like all the other simple template languages? Still, most modern Zope projects use ZPT. --jcc -- "Code generators follow the 80/20 rule. They solve most of the problems, but not all of the problems. There are always features and edge cases that will need hand-coding. Even if code generation could build 100 percent of the application, there will still be an endless supply of boring meetings about feature design." (http://www.devx.com/java/editorial/15511)