Re: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-30 Thread Kip Hampton
Matt Sergeant wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Ian Kallen wrote: > > > > > XForm sounds just like something I need actually, can any of the XSLT > > tools transform it? In perl, of course, XML::XSLT, Sablotron (which > > doesn't compile on FreeBSD btw, feh!)? > > I don't think any tools suppor

RE: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-30 Thread Matt Sergeant
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Ian Kallen wrote: > > XForm sounds just like something I need actually, can any of the XSLT > tools transform it? In perl, of course, XML::XSLT, Sablotron (which > doesn't compile on FreeBSD btw, feh!)? I don't think any tools support it yet. The only thing that may come c

RE: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-29 Thread Ian Kallen
XForm sounds just like something I need actually, can any of the XSLT tools transform it? In perl, of course, XML::XSLT, Sablotron (which doesn't compile on FreeBSD btw, feh!)? Yesterday, Dmitry Beransky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frothed and gesticulated...: > That's where the XForm may come quite ha

Re: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-29 Thread Joshua Chamas
Dmitry Beransky wrote: > > At 09:58 AM 7/24/00, mgraham wrote: > >For instance, I would like a backend web application to be able to > >learn about form fields from the template tags: > > > > [% input type='text' name='email' required=1 > >validate_as='email_address' %] > > That's where the XF

Re: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-29 Thread David Hodgkinson
"mgraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andy Wardley wrote: > > * The Template Toolkit is *ONLY* a template system. This is a Good > > Thing. It processes text (HTML, Latex, POD, etc). You can use it > > under Apache/mod_perl, in stand-alone CGI scripts, or in other > > environments e

Re: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-28 Thread JoshNarins
Oh, and can I relate a brief success story I had with Mason? I am going to support frames on my site for trans-oceanic surfers who appreciate everything I can do to limit download times. With Mason, the whole thing was done with a shadow directory, 2 autohandlers and three frameset files. It is

RE: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-28 Thread Dmitry Beransky
At 09:58 AM 7/24/00, mgraham wrote: >For instance, I would like a backend web application to be able to >learn about form fields from the template tags: > > [% input type='text' name='email' required=1 >validate_as='email_address' %] That's where the XForm may come quite handy (

RE: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-28 Thread mgraham
> Andy Wardley wrote: > * The Template Toolkit is *ONLY* a template system. This is a Good > Thing. It processes text (HTML, Latex, POD, etc). You can use it > under Apache/mod_perl, in stand-alone CGI scripts, or in other > environments entirely unrelated to HTML or the web. This is al

Re: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-28 Thread dreamwvr
Hi, as mentioned i would like to use perl for a competitive replacement on a bid competing with eprise product(which i am still trying to figure out exactly what it does;-)) doesn't look like much though. anyhow i would like the ability like say freshmeat.net does of combining mysql backend w

Re: The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-28 Thread Drew Taylor
Andy Wardley wrote: > > I'm the author of the Template Toolkit and I figure it's time for me > to give my take on the whole subject. Here's a collection of my > thoughts which hopefully answer some of the questions that have > arisen. Everything is IMHO, of course, but I like to think that I >

The Template Toolkit (Re: Templating Systems)

2000-07-28 Thread Andy Wardley
Wow, look at all these messages! I trundle off the the Perl Conference for a few days, and come back to an overflowing modperl mailbox. I'm the author of the Template Toolkit and I figure it's time for me to give my take on the whole subject. Here's a collection of my thoughts which hopefully a