You are free to write it the way you want. You don't you do that? {{=DIV(HR(),H1('README'),UL(LI(T('blah'))))}} I think, though, that using wrappers gives lower perfomance so you'll be consuming more CPU. Otherwise - no objections to your method.
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com>wrote: > please forgive my ignorance, > but I wonder why views are not written in Python, instead of html ( see > comparison below of te first > part of default\index.html. > > The advantage of using Python: > - the user can stick to 1 language > - no redundant information in the closing tags, like <ul> , </ul> > - most editors checks the closing brackets > - normal indentation, no problems with missing "pass" > The disavantages of using Python: > - ??? > > thanks, > Stef Mientki > > # *************************************************************** > extend ( 'layout.html' ) > > if 'message' in globals () : > H2 ( message ) > else: > DISPLAY ( BEAUTIFY ( response._vars ) ) > > > HR () > H1 ( 'README' ) > UL ( > LI ( T ( 'You are successfully running web2py' ) ), > LI ( T ( 'This is a copy of the scaffolding application' ) ), > LI ( T ( 'You can modify this application and adapt it to your needs' ) ), > LI ( T ( A ( B ( T ( "click here for the administrative interface")), > _HREF ( URL ( 'admin', 'default', 'index' ) ) ) ) ), > LI ( A ( T ( "click here for online examples"), > _HREF ( URL ( 'examples', 'default', 'index' ) ) ) ), > LI ( HREF ( "http://web2py.com", 'web2py.com' ) ), > LI ( HREF ( "http://web2py.com/book", T ( 'documentation' ) ) ) ) > > # *************************************************************** > {{extend 'layout.html'}} > > {{if 'message' in > globals():}}{{=H2(message)}}{{else:}}{{=BEAUTIFY(response._vars)}}{{pass}} > > <hr /> > <h1>README</h1> > <ul> > <li>{{=T('You are successfully running web2py')}}</li> > <li>{{=T('This is a copy of the scaffolding application')}}</li> > <li>{{=T('You can modify this application and adapt it to your > needs')}}</li> > <li>{{=A(B(T("click here for the administrative interface")), > _href=URL('admin','default','index'))}}</li> > <li>{{=A(T("click here for online examples"), > _href=URL('examples','default','index'))}}</li> > <li><a href="http://web2py.com">web2py.com</a></li> > <li><a href="http://web2py.com/book">{{=T('documentation')}}</a></li> > </ul> > >