[Zope] ANNOUNCE: EXPERIMENTAL DTML Syntax change

[Gary Herron]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> Zope 2.0.0 alpha 2 (and public CVS) includes an experimental change to the
> DTML parser to allow HTML tags syntax and character entity reference as
> an alternative to the server-side-include (SSI) syntax.  Basically, source
> like:
> 
>   <!--#var standard_html_header-->
>   <ul>
>     <!--#in objectValues-->
>       <li> <a href="<!--#var URL1-->/<!--#var id-->/manage_workspace">
>            <!--#var title--></a>
>     <!--#/in-->
>   </ul>
>   <!--#var standard_html_footer-->
> 
> to be written as:
> 
>   <dtml-var standard_html_header>
>   <ul>
>     <dtml-in objectValues>
>       <li> <a href="&dtml-URL1;/&dtml-id;/manage_workspace">
>            <dtml-var title></a>
>     <dtml-/in>
>   </ul>
>   <dtml-var standard_html_footer>
> 
> This format is provided to overcome some of the problems
> with the SSI syntax:
> 
>   - It looks more like and fits in with HTML,

I like the idea, but I disagree that 
     <dtml-/in>
looks and feels like HTML.  A more natural end tag for 
     <dtml-in>
would seem to be
      </dtml-in>

Is there a reason for your choice?

-- 
Dr. Gary Herron <gherron@aw.sgi.com>
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