[Zope-CMF] text format of [x]/Description?

Paul Winkler pw_lists@slinkp.com
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:52:21 -0800


On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 07:16:39PM -0000, Reverend Matt <rev_matt_y@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm using "here/Description" a great deal in a product I'm writing,
> and in moving it from DTML to TAL I've come across the problem that in
> DTML,  "dtml-var Description" hands back HTML, while in TAL the
> "here/Description" bit hands back text that renders everything as text
> (e.g. html tags show up instead of being parsed: I see <br>
> instead of getting a line break).  Is there a way to get TAL to play
> nicely or do I need to completely rewrite (or just go back to DTML and
> screw TAL?).

this is a TAL FAQ, though I don't know if it's actually in a 
TAL FAQ per se. ;-)

It is, however, in the Zope Book section on TAL:
http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/AdvZPT.stx

read the part about "Inserting Structure".

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