One great feature of Template Toolkit (IMHO) is that not only can you set the
start and end tags according to a set of predefined styles (using the TAG_STYLE
option), but the START_TAG and END_TAG options can be defined as regular
expressions.
So you could write something like...
my $template = Template->new(
START_TAG => '(?:<!--|%)',
END_TAG => '(?:-->|%)',
RELATIVE => 1,
);
and have it work. Of course the above would also match tokens like
<!-- something %
as well as
% something else -->
which may you may be able to work with this caveat. Otherwise you'd have to
find a way to keep the start and end tags balanced.
HTH
Quoting jodie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to define multiple START_TAG's and END_TAG so that, for example, the
>parser would recognise either <!-- --> OR % %.
> I have tried defining them with the alternation operator (eg. START_TAG=>'<!--|%'
>...), with no success.
>
> The main reason for implementing this is to differentiate plain variables from
>logic. Eg.
>
> <!-- FOREACH person = people -->
> Name: %person.name% Age: %person.age% Hobbies:
> <!-- FOREACH hobby = person.hobbies -->
> %hobby%
> <!-- END -->
> <br>
> <!-- END -->
>
>
> The main advantage (for us), is that a designer using a WYSIWYG HTML editor, would
>see the following:
> Name: %person.name% Age: %person.age% Hobbies: %hobbie%
>
> Enabling the designer to apply formatting attributes to the main content, without
>worrying about (or seeing) the underlying logic. Which is why it is necessary to be
>able to acheive the <!-- --> style tags.
>
> I am using TT 2.04. Is there a way to acheive the desired affect without modifying
>the source?
>
> Thanks.
