sure,
for example in base template I define "block", then in child template
I can modify content of this block, that's useful in many,many
situations.
Secondly. Custom filters. I write python function in any file, then I
add it to jinja env and after that I can use it as a normal filter in
template.
Jinja syntax is very clean and easy ( it's similar to web2py & django
too ).
Examples in jinja:
escaping a string:
{{some_string|e}}
applying filter:
{{some_string|some_filter}}
loops:
{%for x in xrange(20)%}
(...)
{%endfor%}
as you see its really easy ( web2py is really easy too )
The blocks and easy to write and use filters are a BIG advantages of
Jinja. Other things are easy to "translate" to web2py templates, I
think.
Naturally I'm describing only basics of templates
On 12 Paź, 22:37, mdipierro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes you can as Yarko explains but:
>
> 1) your app will not be portable, since it will require the other
> engine installed
> 2) You lose the ability to byte-code compile templates and distribute
> them in a closed-source web2py app.
> 3) The current web2py template engine, because of bytecode compilation
> and one-time parsing using only regex is faster than alternatives.
> 4) I will argue that other engines do not have "more features" only
> "more syntax to learn"
> (unless you consider a feature limiting what template designers can
> do).
>
> Anyway, I may be wrong about 4 and I do like Genshi for example, but I
> fail to see the point of Jinja.
> Could you tell what you like about it and why you consider it superior
> to the default web2py one?
>
> Massimo
>
> On Oct 12, 2:27 pm, pigmej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to change default template engine in web2py?
>
> > I would like to change it to something better with more features like
> > Jinja2
>
> > Or maybe there is a lot of undocumented things in default template
> > engine ?
>
>
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