On Tuesday 29 May 2001 06:40, Chuck Esterbrook wrote:
> BTW I CCed webware-devel where these discussions on
> templating design are taking place. Although recently
> they have quieted down as we have phased out of "What
> should it look like?" to "Who's implementation is doing
> what?".
There is one point about "What should it look like?" that might
be worthwhile looking at again. In Velocity, WebMacro, and
thus TemplateServer, all directives begin with # and macro
calls are in the form #macroName(). Last night, Mike asked
if this was ideal, in light of comments also starting with #.
Before we set this in stone and start building sites with
TemplateServer, or other implementations of the syntax
we've been discussing, does anyone have a better suggestion
than #?
$ is already used
! might be harder to spot
* might be too hard to spot
& has a special meaning in HTML
@ might be okay so long as
there aren't any clashes with
email addresses in HTML
% might also work as it's very rare to
have alpha characters following it.
If we were to switch % would be my preference,
but I'm not sure if we need to.
What do think?
Tavis
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