I messed around with Templating systems all weekend, and picked a winner
Petal
I wanted to go as simple as possible, and with the help of the list
narrowed it down to:
HTML::Tree
HTML::Template
Text::TagTemplate
Petal
HTML tree did exactly what I wanted it to, except I remembered as
much as I know tree structures, working with Nevow's Stan formatting
I learned to hate them
HTML::Template got ruled out because the only way to get templates to
render as xhtml valid is to use info as comments
ie:
<TMPL_VAR NAME="PARAMETER_NAME" > isn't valid, but works
<TMPL_VAR NAME="PARAMETER_NAME" /> is valid, but doesn't work
<!-- TMPL_VAR NAME="PARAMETER_NAME" --> is valid and works,
but looks cluttered to me
Text::TagTemplate almost worked right:
<#TAG NAME=VALUE> works, isn't valid
<#TAG NAME=VALUE/> doesn't work, is valid
<#TAG NAME=VALUE /> works, is valid (notice the space before
the close of the tag)
I didn't want to worry about remembering the space. The author sent
me a copy of the next version that he will release which, with a new
feature, will support what I want...
... But then i realized that the templates work and are valid, but
don't look nice
Petal templates do look nice, because
<span tal:replace="my_var/hello_world 'Jack'">Hola, Mundo!</span>
is valid xhtml AND lets you have mockup text that is then replaced
Unfortunately, petal supports all the smart features of tal like if/
loops (stuff I didn't want in there), but its ok. i'll deal.
Thanks to all.
