Why not just wrap embperl in html comments?
<!--[-
# this is what i usually do for complex perl code
-]-->
I know it's not the best solution, but it's something.
ilia.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerald Richter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 11:48 PM
> To: Henrik Tougaard
> Cc: Embperl@Perl. Apache. Org
> Subject: RE: [- vs <% vs <?
>
>
> > The WYSIWYG editors don't break the perl-code (at least I haven't seen
> > that (yet:), but the EmbPerl code breaks the wysiwyg. Especially if
> > you have tables with reasonably complex perl-code in them.
> > The formatting is all wierd, which does make it a bit pointles to use
> > a visual tool to format the layout.
> >
> > Eg. Dreamweaver is able to represent any expression in <%..%> as a
> > small icon letting the graphics designer do his job without my code
> > interfering. DW is a good engough tool that it will leave whatever I
> > put in the <%..%> alone, so I have not had use for the '<' -> '>'
> > conversion (we shy away from MS Frontpage because it changes things
> > for apparently no good reason!).
> >
>
> Ok, for working in this way, I agree it would be really usefull
> to change to
> <% etc.
> The [+ etc. was basicly choosen, so you _don't_ get the small
> icons for your
> perl code, because it was (the time I started Embperl) very hard to edit
> them in this editors, because you had to go to lot of dialogs.
> Using [+ etc.
> you can edit them as simple text, but of course you are totaly right that
> this breaks the layout if the perl code inside gets to large.
>
> > >
> > > Also consider code like <TR BGCOLOR=[+ $col +]> or even <TR [$ if $col
> > > $]BGCOLOR="#ffffff"[$endif$]>, how should this look with the
> new syntax?
> > >
> >
> > Something like:
> > <TR BGCOLOR=<%= $col %>
>
> Is there missing an closing '>' ?
>
>
> > and
> > <TR <% if ($col) {%> BGCOLOR="#ffffff"<%}%>>
> >
> > I must have been using Apache::ASP too much ;-)
> > But seriously: I do like the idea of using Perl syntax to control
> > things. I haven't considered whether it would ruin EmbPerl or not...
> >
>
> For me it's harder to read, but this is a matter of taste. Of course using
> the Perl control structures has adavtages.
>
> In my plans for the next version, I like to improve also this
> area (you can
> already do it with [* *], but it does not work under all conditions)
>
> Gerald
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