I think I will go the custom directive route. Thanks for all the pointers. I especially like the Hacking Velocity presentation - rather groovy. It addresses nearly all the issues I had.
Raghu. > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:37:35 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Blocks in Velocimacros > > Of course, you would then have to be sure to escape all " characters > in your body content: > > #set( $Q = '"' ) > > #myForm( " > <!-- some ${Q}arbitrary${Q} --> > " ) > > so that you don't prematurely end your $body parameter. this is > obviously not ideal, but may be easier than writing a custom > directive, depending on the specifics of your case(s). > > On Jan 3, 2008 2:35 PM, Nathan Bubna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also note that as of Velocity 1.5, you can include line breaks in > > strings, making it reasonable (though not as pretty to do something > > like: > > > > #macro( myForm $body ) > > <form...> > > $body > > </form> > > #end > > > > #myForm(" > > <!-- some arbitrary html here --> > > ") > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 7:13 PM, Raghuram Rajah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Can I use a block within a velocimacro? Basically, I am trying to create > > > a macro that will emit a XHTML tag with some javascript out. I would hate > > > to create a begin macro and an end macro to accomplish this. That would > > > be rather error prone. > > > > > > I would ideally like to do something like, > > > > > > #myForm(...) > > > <!-- some arbitrary html here --> > > > #end > > > > > > generating something like > > > > > > <form .... > > > <!-- some arbitrary html here --> > > > </form> > > > > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Raghu. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. > > > http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_122007 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ i’m is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a difference. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect
