[ZPT] METAL: recursive page templates?

Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:58:07 +0200

Using ZPT, I would like to accomplish the following:

root/
+ index_html
+ template_html   (a)
+ subdir/
   + index_html
   + template_html  (b)

Now, I would the content (index_html files) to be completely independent 
of the template, and I would like template (b) to be a refinement of 
template (a). For example, template (b) uses template (a) but adds a 
special "subdir" header.

Ok, so let's try to implement this:
* index_html: both files contain the following:
	<html metal:use-macro="here/template_html/macros/page">
	<body metal:fill-slot="body">...

* template (a):
	<html metal:define-macro="page">
	<body>
	<img src="somelogo">
	<span metal:define-slot="body">
	</span>
	</body>
	</html>

* template (b): This is a bit of a problem. I would like to do something 
like this:
	<html metal:use-macro="container/../template.html"
		define-macro="page">
However, METAL complains that "define-macro and use-macro cannot be used 
together".

How do I implement this? Thanks,
-- 
Raymond Penners