[Zope] Syntax Extras

[Ben Ocean]

At 12:09 PM 1/3/02 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 11:34:00AM -0500, Thomas B. Passin wrote:
> > > A person named Coventry created a product to replace the <dtml tag 
> with <:
> > > and I like that idea. However, I read in an archived post that it wasn't
> > > compatible with XML. Since the author hasn't returned my email, does
> > anyone
> > > know if it complies with XML now? His product can be seen here:
> > > http://www.zope.org/Members/Coventry/dtml_shortcut
> >
> > Well, nothing like that can ever be well-formed XML, so his scheme would
> > have to be changed drastically to work with XML.  You could use processing
> > instructions, but that wouldn't be shorter than what we have now, I don't
> > think.
>
>PageTemplates are compatible with XML. You should use those instead;
>although the syntax is more explicit, of course.

Good point. I'm just about to sit down and integrate that, and you're 
right, it does obviate the need for Syntax Extras.
Thanks,
BenO