[htmltmpl] Tag-within-tag question

[Peter Scott]

This is arguably not a HTML::Template question but since not many people besides HTML::Template users will have encountered this situation I will ask here.

I have a lot of template code like

<OPTION <TMPL_IF NAME=foo>SELECTED</TMPL_IF>>Foo</OPTION>

and similar for radio buttons and checkboxes. A customer's favorite HTML editing application (DreamWeaver) does not like this syntax, and persists in changing it to

<OPTION><TMPL_IF NAME=foo>SELECTED</TMPL_IF>>Foo</OPTION>
^

(It inserts the extra >).

This after fiddling with DW's options for rewriting HTML, and also trying the comment form of <TMPL_IF>.

I can see two choices, equally unpleasant:

(1) Get customer to use another HTML editor. Only choice appears to be emacs/vi. Customer will detest this option.

(2) Have my application output the whole <OPTION> tag via a <TMPL_VAR> instead of just the SELECTED attribute. I detest this option because customer will not be able to switch between checkboxes, radio buttons, and menus without bugging me.

Has anyone else encountered this situation and found a third solution?
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies



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