[Zope] Re: [Zope-dev] PROPOSAL: html_quote implicit in entity-reference var tag syntax syntax

Mauricio mauricio@hiper.com.br
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:46:02 -0300


Evan Simpson wrote:
> 
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> > I propose that:
> >
> >   &dtml-name;
> >
> > should be equivalent to:
> >
> >   <dtml-var name html_quote>
> >
> > Can anyone think of a case where you need the entity-reference
> > syntax and wouldn't want html_quote?
> 
> I had entirely forgotten that syntax.  The only time you would want your
> text unquoted (in HTML, anyway) is if you're constructing tags or parts
> of tags, in which case <dtml-var> should be a good substitute.
> 
> With this change, I might actually *use* &dtml-name; instead of
> forgetting it.
Or, we can create a new sintax like:
&dtml-name#html_quote;
equivalent to:
<!--#var name html_quote-->

this can be useful to others formations as:

&dtml-name#lower;
&dtml-name#captalize;
etc...

Is this insane or a good idea?

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