[ZDP] missed tags in FAQ/dtml
   
    Tony McDonald
     
    tony.mcdonald@ncl.ac.uk
       
    Fri, 26 Mar 1999 10:20:18 +0000
    
    
  
Hi,
Really minor points, but the page:
[ZDP] DTML:
<http://zdp.zope.org/FAQ/dtml>
has a few DTML instructions that need converting to < ... > 
sequences before they show up on the screen (specifically
<p>    DTML statements or <em>tags</em> look like HTML comments 
(which look like
    <code><!-- comment goes here --></code>). A commonly used DTML 
tag is called
    <code>#var</code>. It can be used in many powerful ways, but its 
simplest use
    is to simply replace itself with information found elsewhere in
    Zope. If you have a DTML document that contains:</p>
<PRE>
should be
<p>    DTML statements or <em>tags</em> look like HTML comments 
(which look like
    <code><!-- comment goes here --></code>). A commonly used 
DTML tag is called
    <code>#var</code>. It can be used in many powerful ways, but its 
simplest use
    is to simply replace itself with information found elsewhere in
    Zope. If you have a DTML document that contains:</p>
<PRE>
and
<p>    If you don't mind the format, you could use <code><PRE><!--#var
    REQUEST--></PRE></code> as a shortcut.</p>
hth
tone
ps how do you contribute FAQ entries, the XML way (which I thought 
was way cool!) or using StructuredText?
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