Raw Newbie: What's the "<?" tag and how can I learn more about it?

[holger krekel]

KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
> I'm just now beginning my learning about python, and have to modify a system written in python, the ezmlm-browse system, which allows ezmlm mailing lists to be accessed via a web interface.
> 
> I've found templates which look like this:
>     <? if body is None ?>
>       <hr><strong>["%(type)s" not shown]</strong>
>     <? else ?>
>       <hr><table width="640">
>       <tr><td>%(markup_urls(html(body)))s</td></tr>
>       </table>
>     <? end ?>

indeed strange :-)

> Obviously, this is python code embedded in HTML, very similar to php in HTML, with which I am more familiar. However, I can't find any references to the "<?" tag system on the python.org web site. I also can't find any references to it in my Learning Python or Programming Python books. I suspect that this is that I just don't know the proper terms to search for. Where can I learn more about this aspect of python?
> 
> The specific problem I'm working on involves the line '<hr><table width="640">'. I'd like to change the width to "100%", but the percent sign must be interpreted as a special character. It causes strange errors. I've tried escaping it with 'width="100\%"', but this doesn't seem to work, either. Any help on this small problem?

probably you can do %% (the percent sign escapes itself :-)

regards,

    holger