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Choose a Template system to use #61

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GoogleCodeExporter opened this issue Apr 18, 2015 · 4 comments
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Choose a Template system to use #61

GoogleCodeExporter opened this issue Apr 18, 2015 · 4 comments
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Update the template code (r407 and HEADER_TEMPLATE) to use string.Template (new 
in Python 2.4) instead the current %(keyword)s format.

http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#template-strings

Original issue reported on code.google.com by aureliojargas@gmail.com on 11 Nov 2010 at 12:18
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As a first step, string.Template is a good choice.

But we're going to be serious in templates, we'll need some more flexibility, 
such as conditional blocks at least.

For example, a template for an HTML page. The STYLE tag is optional and must 
not appear if the user did not specified a stylesheet. So the template needed 
to be something like:

    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <META NAME="generator" CONTENT="http://txt2tags.org">
    <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">

    %% if data.style: %%
    <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="./include/kiwi/kiwi.css">
    %% endif %%

    </HEAD>
    <BODY>
    %%body
    </BODY>
    </HTML>

I *really* don't want to reinvent the wheel and code yet another template 
system into txt2tags. I want to use one that is already done and maintained by 
someone else. One that is light enough, but with some really basic smart 
features as conditional blocks.

Oh, and just to make it clear: templates are not meant to handle the BODY of 
the document. The body tags are better handled by our dear getTags().

Some links I've collected:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/Templating
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/98245/what-is-your-single-favorite-python-tem
plating-engine
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/612788/best-python-templating-library-to-faci
litate-code-generation

I do appreciate any input on that.

Original comment by aureliojargas@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2011 at 10:00

  • Changed title: Choose a Template system to use

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See also the comments in r407

Original comment by aureliojargas@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2011 at 10:08

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See also issue 74.

Original comment by aureliojargas@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2011 at 10:08

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If we can get a template system like this, the doHeader() function won't be 
necessary for generating code anymore. It will just populate a dictionary that 
will be passed to the template system.

Original comment by aureliojargas@gmail.com on 21 Dec 2011 at 10:11

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