I am using VTL (with VPP) to customize a portion of a Perl script. Since Perl code has a lot of dollar signs, I am using #literal()/#end to prevent Velocity from processing most of the file. What I find is that single '#' characters that are not followed by alpha text are removed (inside #literal()/#end).
For example: #literal() #!/usr/bin/perl #end becomes: !/usr/bin/perl I've tried things like escaping the '#' ('\#') but that leaves the backslash ('\#!/usr/bin/perl' becomes '\!/usr/bin/perl'). Nothing seems to work. I can use a #set to define a variable with the value '#!/usr/bin/perl', but I was hoping I would not have to. It also doesn't help with other single #'s in the file (like Perl comments). For those I have had to double up the hashes. Any suggestions (I'd be happy to try patching the Velocity source, but I had trouble making heads or tails of the parser engine)? Thanks Geoffrey A. Lowney Senior Software Development Engineer Recreational Equipment, Inc. Phone 253-395-8164 Fax 253-437-7291 Pager 206-625-8477 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rei.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]