I wrote a Java implementation of Zope Page Templates (ZPT)

Max M maxm at mxm.dk
Mon Feb 10 06:38:04 EST 2003


Stefano Masini wrote:

> The implementation is not 100% complete with respect to the specs, but
> I tried to stay compliant. So far TAL is complete, TALES has path:,
> not: and string:. Mhmm... I just realized I forgot exists:... that
> must be because it's not in the specs. I guess I'm gonna implement it
> right now then, it'll just take a few minutes at this point. METAL is
> not implemented at all, and I'm not planning on supporting any java:
> type in TALES, for now.


It is great that Page Templates are being spread to more languages. But 
metal is probably the most important part of the spec. This is what 
makes it possible to have a site-wide layout, with only a few templates.

Page Templates without metal is like python without functions.

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