On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 6:30 AM, HansBKK <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not clear about just how generally the term "templating" applies to all > non-coding use cases. > > From my experience with HTML, it would refer to the repetitive "site chrome" > elements wrapping around the variable content. > > However say I'm using Leo to manage a large amount of content for a given > topic domain, like an encyclopedia. A relatively small proportion of the > content needs to be output in more than one place, e.g. an article on the > Bangladeshi spotted deer should be available both in the "D" and the "B" > volumes. > > Is that templating?
For an encyclopedia where articles are to be placed in more than one external file (approximately one file per letter of the alphabet), the model would be to put all articles for all volumes into one big @file-managed external file, and then make each volume of the encyclopedia a @template-produced external file. Seth > Certainly not related to programming, but IMO it's an > appropriate use of cloning - as long as I am careful with my data (and Leo > assists me as much as the developers think appropriate). > > > > > On Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:50:30 AM UTC+7, Terry wrote: > >> Maybe there's no way to stop people shooting themselves in the foot >> with a tool as complex and versatile as Leo - I just think that with >> clones they sometimes don't know the gun's loaded until it's too late. > > Very well put. I recognize that it may be some time before Leo helps protect > relatively inexperienced users from making clone-war mistakes. In the > meantime I believe some additional clarity in the official docs will at > least improve the odds they will be forewarned to tread carefully. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/leo-editor/-/TJ9kxC7-tmQJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
