I know HTML::Template is unrelated to CGI::Application, but since both are routinely bundled and used together I thought that I'd ask your opinions about custom template tag syntax. So bear with me:
I'm trying to integrate an install of Movable Type with a C::A application. Rather than attempting to write plug-ins to MT, I found that I can create and maintain my templates within MT (when published statically obviously), and have my C::A app consume them. This works nearly perfectly with the exception of template tag syntax. The standard <TMPL_VAR> syntax doesn't work because it is stripped out by MT (presumably because they also use HTML::Template). I can use <!-- TMPL_VAR --> to be consumed by my C::A and everything works fine -- but I hate the way those extra characters clutter my templates and they are easy to confuse with regular real HTML comments. It's a small issue to be sure, but I recall reading somewhere that I could override HTML::Template's handling of template tags by using a regex. I remember reading a tutorial on it, but now I can't find anywhere. I thought it was on the CGI::App website, but I didn't see it the last time I looked. So: Has anybody done this with or without MT being in the mix? Does anybody have a link to that tutorial? Anybody have any advice on how to achieve this? Thanks, Michael De Soto ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################
