> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Mariani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 6:39 PM
> To: Jay, Dylan
> Subject: Re: [Zope] (no subject)
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 02:56:39PM +1000, Jay, Dylan wrote:
>
> > > <dtml-if X>
> > > <a href="a_url">
> > > link text
> > > </a>
> > > <dtml-else>
> > > link text
> > > (no link...)
> > > </dtml-if>
> >
> > yes but the repitition of "link text" could be a real pain
> if "link_text" is
> > big. Repitition is always a maintance nightmare.
>
> So is dtml-always.
No thats not the same thing. If I have a complex expression for X and it
needs to be changed then it will have to be changed in two places. If I
forget to update it in both places I would create a bug. My proposal
elegently avoids this problem.
>
> > > <dtml-var "['<A HREF=....>',''][not X]">
> > > link text
> > > <dtml-var "['</A>','(no link...)'][not X]">
> >
> > I've no idea about this syntax. Does it work?
>
> Yes it does. "not X" is the array index, 0 or 1.
oic. Thats nasty. Actually you can just write that <dtml-var "not X and '<A
HREF=....>'"> which is a bit cleaner.
>
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