[ZPT] Using METAL to access a macro outside PT rendering

[Evan Simpson]

Francis Potter wrote:

> But this seems very indirect. Is there a simpler way, maybe one which
> doesn't involve actually building a separate PageTemplate object? What I
> really want is to be able to say something like:
> 
> x.extractMacro("test")


You just want the HTML snippet?  If 'x' is your Page Template, you can 
write:

x.macros['test']

...and you'll get a data structure that you can extract the text from 
fairly easily.  Be warned, any TAL or METAL in the macro will complicate 
this data structure a lot.  Also, this data structure isn't likely to 
stay the same in future versions.  I hope to have a supported interface 
for creating and manipulating macros in a version or two, though.

Cheers,

Evan @ Zope