[Zope] (no subject)

[Jay, Dylan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Mariani [mailto:m.mariani@imola.nettuno.it]
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 9:54 PM
> To: Jay, Dylan; zope@zope.org
> Subject: Re: [Zope] (no subject)
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 04:32:39PM +1000, Jay, Dylan wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me that a few tweaks to the dtml-if syntax 
> would be beneficial
> > 
> > something like the following would certainly clean up some 
> of the logic I
> > end up writing.
> > 
> > <dtml-if X>
> >  <a href="a_url">
> > <dtml-always>
> >  link text
> > <dtml-else>
> >  (no link currently available)
> > <dtml-then>
> >  </a>
> > </dtml-if>
> 
> <dtml-if X>
>    <a href="a_url">
>    link text
>    </a>
> <dtml-else>
>    link text
>    (no link...)
> </dtml-if>

yes but the repitition of "link text" could be a real pain if "link_text" is
big. Repitition is always a maintance nightmare.

 
> Now what's cleaner and easier to the eyes?
> 
> Or for the obfuscated DTML context:
> 
> <dtml-var "['<A HREF=....>',''][not X]">
>    link text
> <dtml-var "['</A>','(no link...)'][not X]">

I've no idea about this syntax. Does it work?


> 
> :-)
> 
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