[ZPT] Passing objects

[Colin Fox]

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On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 08:27, Evan Simpson wrote:
> Colin Fox wrote:
> > I had a large, complicated ZPT that I'm trying to split up. It has
> > logical sections, so I'm just taking each section out and making it a
> > zpt and including it with <span tal:replace=3D"structure
> > here/subtempl"></span>
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> This is exactly what METAL is for.  Most discussion of it centers on the=20
> more difficult slot-oriented page macros, but breaking out bits is quite=20
> easy. Instead of the tal:replace, you would write:
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> <div metal:use-macro=3D"here/subtempl/macros/main"></div>
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> ...and wrap the sub-template in a <div metal:define-macro=3D"main">.  Now=
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> the subtemplate will be treated as part of the main template during=20
> rendering, and all variables will be shared.

Thanks - that worked perfectly! I didn't realize that there was this
kind of difference between sub-templates and metal macros.

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