From: Sean Chittenden <sean-ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2001-07-12T21:34:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17713] Re: ANNOUNCE: ruby-tmpl-0.1...


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	Sorry I didn't make a better announcement earlier, I was a tad
hungry and in something of a hurry.  Would anyone be interested in a
FreeBSD pkg of this?  knu, could you commit a port if I submit a PR for
the pkg?  -sc


> What is ruby-tmpl-0.1?

Taken from:
http://ruby-tmpl.sourceforge.net/faq.html#what_is_ruby-tmpl

What is ruby-tmpl?

ruby-tmpl is a templating system designed to work under mod_ruby. =20
ruby-tmpl provides web developers with an abstraction layer that
separates presentation (templates) and content (ruby scripts).

Unlike AxKit which is XML/XSL oriented and very powerful (AxKit gets my
full endorsement, is very awesome, and well worth a hard look!),
sometimes it is too much for the problem at hand. Try this on for size: =20
if static HTML is a $0.99 squirt gun from 7-eleven that barely gets your
friend wet and AxKit is a tidal wave similar to the one shown in the
deleted scenes of the movie the Abyss, then ruby-tmpl is a fire hose. =20
It's big enough to keep a building from burning down, small enough to
not wipe out the state of California, yet still capable of doing plenty
of work/damage.


What features does ruby-tmpl have?

Here is a list of current features in ruby-tmpl (see FEATURES for the=20
most up to date information):

    * XML compliant template tag syntax
    * Variable substitution (recursive)
    * Default values for variable substitution
    * File includes (recursive)
    * Custom error messages for problems with file includes
    * Path context changes (relative to template root or to the live docume=
nt root)
    * Output content munging (removes white space)


What features does ruby-tmpl want to have?

Here is a list of desired/planned features in ruby-tmpl (see TODO file=20
for the most up to date information):

    * support for non-empty template tags
    * support for template conditionals (if, unless, etc)
    * support for template loops (pass in an array or hash as a value)
    * support for an eval-like template command for evaluating ruby code (w=
ant to implement an empty tag and non-empty tag version)
    * support for a global configuration file for security and ISP deployme=
nts
    * support for direct database access from tmpl files
    * support for non-recursive includes (may not be possible)
    * support for a tmpl request handler so that a script isn't needed for =
ruby-tmpl to parse a tmpl file
    * Output content rewriting for URI based sessions.

Please feel free to send feature requests, comments, and even bugs and=20
to the ruby-tmpl-devel list.


WWW:  http://ruby-tmpl.sourceforge.net/

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Sean Chittenden

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