[Zope] ANNOUNCE: EXPERIMENTAL DTML Syntax change

[Jim Fulton]

Gary Herron wrote:
> 
> 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?

Sorry, that </dtml.in> my choice.  My fingers failed my when I typed the post. :)

Jim

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