From: Brian Wisti <brian.wisti@...>
Date: 2005-02-17T10:39:08+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN]: PageTemplate 1.1

... and now there's a 1.1.1 release, with a few typographical errors
fixed in the documentation (and a few new ones added, no doubt). I
couldn't justify bumping the number without *something* new, so I
added some helpful infrastructure-type things.

    * Now there's a Rakefile instead of a Makefile. Small change, but
I thought it seemed philosophically appropriate
    * PageTemplate is now available as a gem file! That will make a
couple of my users happy, since they've only been asking for it since
... when did RubyGems get released? I forget.

Anyways, here's where you can find the project files:

    * http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=407

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas,
Brian Wisti
http://coolnamehere.com/



On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:44:24 -0800, Brian Wisti <brian.wisti@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've released PageTemplate 1.1. Now with a new 'include' command, so
> you can insert content from external files.
> 
>     * http://rubyforge.org/projects/pagetemplate/
>     * http://coolnamehere.com/products/pagetemplate/
> 
> PageTemplate is a Ruby package which allows you to utilize text
> templates for your Web projects. It is mainly intended for use in a
> CGI environment, but has been designed to be useful in a broad range
> of similar applications. It is inspired by, yet almost entirely
> unlike, the HTML::Template package available for Perl. It has a few
> features that I hope folks will find useful:
> 
>     * Variable substitution
>     * "if/else" blocks - inserting chunks of content depending on the
> existence of a flag variable
>     * "loop/no" blocks - repeatedly inserting a chunk of content,
> using values from a list
>     * A simple default syntax
>     * Customizable markup syntax (awkward, but it's there)
>     * Cache template information to disk to speed up access (experimental!)
>     * New! The ability to include external files (Added in 1.1)
> 
> It also has a few features of its own (otherwise, where's the fun?).
> 
>     * Customizable markup syntax to simplify integration with your own tools.
>     * Cache template information to disk to speed up access (experimental!)
> 
> I hope folks like it!
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Brian Wisti
> http://coolnamehere.com/
>