From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-01-01T01:19:08+09:00
Subject: Re: ERb Request

On Dec 31, 2006, at 9:52 AM, matt wrote:

> Yes, it can span several lines of text,
>
> But is it clever enough to:
>
> <%#
>   <% for photo in @listing.photos %>
>   <% and more Ruby processing in an rhtml file %>
> %>

No.  ERb doesn't support nested tags.

> The request is primarily for 2 things within an rhtml file (possibly
> other applications):
>
> 1) block comments of ERb code
> 2) non-processing / non-display of these block comments

I like the idea.  As a workaround, use your editor's ability to find  
and replace in a selection, swapping <% for <%#.

James Edward Gray II