genshi/genshi-test: doc/templates.txt annotate

annotate doc/templates.txt @ 445:906b346513b6

Add documentation page on the plugin API.

author	cmlenz
date	Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:38:12 +0000
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442 ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	1 .. -- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 --
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	3 ========================
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	4 Genshi Templating Basics
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	7 Genshi provides a template engine that can be used for generating either
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	8 markup (such as HTML_ or XML_) or plain text. While both share some of the
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	9 syntax (and much of the underlying implementation) they are essentially
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	12 .. _html: http://www.w3.org/html/
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	13 .. _xml: http://www.w3.org/XML/
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	15 This document describes the common parts of the template engine and will be most
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	16 useful as reference to those developing Genshi templates. Templates are XML or
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	17 plain text files that include processing directives_ that affect how the
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	18 template is rendered, and template expressions_ that are dynamically substituted
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	19 by variable data.
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	21
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	22 .. contents:: Contents
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	23 :depth: 3
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	24 .. sectnum::
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	26 --------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	27 Synopsis
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	28 --------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	29
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	30 A Genshi markup template is a well-formed XML document with embedded Python
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	31 used for control flow and variable substitution. Markup templates should be
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	32 used to generate any kind of HTML or XML output, as they provide many advantages
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	33 over simple text-based templates (such as automatic escaping of strings).
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	35 The following illustrates a very basic Genshi markup template::
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	37 <?python
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	38 title = "A Genshi Template"
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	39 fruits = ["apple", "orange", "kiwi"]
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	40 ?>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	41 <html xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/">
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	42 <head>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	43 <title py:content="title">This is replaced.</title>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	44 </head>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	45
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	46 <body>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	47 <p>These are some of my favorite fruits:</p>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	48 <ul>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	49 <li py:for="fruit in fruits">
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	50 I like ${fruit}s
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	51 </li>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	52 </ul>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	53 </body>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	54 </html>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	55
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	56 This example shows:
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	58 (a) a Python code block, using a processing instruction
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	59 (b) the Genshi namespace declaration
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	60 (c) usage of templates directives (``py:content`` and ``py:for``)
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	61 (d) an inline Python expression (``${fruit}``).
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445 906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	63 The template would generate output similar to this::
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906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	65 <html>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	66 <head>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	67 <title>A Genshi Template</title>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	68 </head>
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906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	70 <body>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	71 <p>These are some of my favorite fruits:</p>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	72 <ul>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	73 <li>I like apples</li>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	74 <li>I like oranges</li>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	75 <li>I like kiwis</li>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	76 </ul>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	77 </body>
906b346513b6 Add documentation page on the plugin API. cmlenz parents: 442 diff changeset	78 </html>
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442 ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	80 A text template is a simple plain text document that can also contain embedded
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	81 Python code. Text templates can be used to generate simple non-markup text
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	82 formats, such as the body of an plain text email. For example::
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	84 Dear $name,
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	86 These are some of my favorite fruits:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	87 #for fruit in fruits
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	88 * $fruit
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	89 #end
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	93 Python API
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	96 The Python code required for templating with Genshi is generally based on the
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	97 following pattern:
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	99 * Attain a ``MarkupTemplate`` or ``TextTemplate`` object from a string or
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	100 file-like object containing the template source. This can either be done
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	101 directly, or through a ``TemplateLoader`` instance.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	102 * Call the ``generate()`` method of the template, passing any data that should
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	103 be made available to the template as keyword arguments.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	104 * Serialize the resulting stream using its ``render()`` method.
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	106 For example::
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	108 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	109 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<h1>Hello, $name!</h1>')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	110 >>> stream = tmpl.generate(name='world')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	111 >>> print stream.render()
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	112 <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	114 Using a text template is similar::
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	116 >>> from genshi.template import TextTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	117 >>> tmpl = TextTemplate('Hello, $name!')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	118 >>> stream = tmpl.generate(name='world')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	119 >>> print stream.render()
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	120 Hello, world!
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	122 .. note:: See the Serialization_ section of the `Markup Streams`_ page for
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	123 information on configuring template output options.
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	125 .. _serialization: streams.html#serialization
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	126 .. _`Markup Streams`: streams.html
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ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	128 Using a template loader provides the advantage that “compiled” templates are
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	129 automatically cached, and only parsed again when the template file changes. In
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	130 addition, it enables the use of a template search path, allowing template
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	131 directories to be spread across different file-system locations. Using a
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	132 template loader would generally look as follows::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	133
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	134 from genshi.template import TemplateLoader
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	135 loader = TemplateLoader([templates_dir1, templates_dir2])
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	136 tmpl = loader.load('test.html')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	137 stream = tmpl.generate(title='Hello, world!')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	138 print stream.render()
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	139
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	140 See the `API documentation <api/index.html>`_ for details on using Genshi via
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	141 the Python API.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	142
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	143
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	144 .. _`expressions`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	145
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	146 ------------------------------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	147 Template Expressions and Code Blocks
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	148 ------------------------------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	149
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	150 Python_ expressions can be used in text and directive arguments. An expression
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	151 is substituted with the result of its evaluation against the template data.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	152 Expressions in text (which includes the values of non-directive attributes) need
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	153 to prefixed with a dollar sign (``$``) and usually enclosed in curly braces
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	154 (``{…}``).
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	155
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	156 .. _python: http://www.python.org/
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	157
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	158 If the expression starts with a letter and contains only letters, digits, dots,
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	159 and underscores, the curly braces may be omitted. In all other cases, the
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	160 braces are required so that the template processor knows where the expression
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	161 ends::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	162
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	163 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	164 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<em>${items[0].capitalize()} item</em>')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	165 >>> print tmpl.generate(items=['first', 'second'])
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	166 <em>First item</em>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	167
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	168 Expressions support the full power of Python. In addition, it is possible to
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	169 access items in a dictionary using “dotted notation” (i.e. as if they were
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	170 attributes), and vice-versa (i.e. access attributes as if they were items in a
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	171 dictionary)::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	172
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	173 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	174 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<em>${dict.foo}</em>')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	175 >>> print tmpl.generate(dict={'foo': 'bar'})
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	176 <em>bar</em>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	177
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	178 Because there are two ways to access either attributes or items, expressions
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	179 do not raise the standard ``AttributeError`` or ``IndexError`` exceptions, but
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	180 rather an exception of the type ``UndefinedError``. The same kind of error is
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	181 raised when you try to access a top-level variable that is not in the context
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	182 data.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	183
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	184
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	185 .. _`code blocks`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	186
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	187 Code Blocks
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	188 ===========
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	189
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	190 XML templates also support full Python code blocks using the ``<?python ?>``
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	191 processing instruction::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	192
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	193 <div>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	194 <?python
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	195 from genshi.builder import tag
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	196 def greeting(name):
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	197 return tag.b('Hello, %s!' % name') ?>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	198 ${greeting('world')}
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	199 </div>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	200
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	201 This will produce the following output::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	202
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	203 <div>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	204 <b>Hello, world!</b>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	205 </div>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	206
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	207 Code blocks can import modules, define classes and functions, and basically do
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	208 anything you can do in normal Python code. What code blocks can not do is to
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	209 produce content that is included directly in the generated page.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	210
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	211 .. note:: Using the ``print`` statement will print to the standard output
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	212 stream, just as it does for other Python code in your application.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	213
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	214 This feature is not supposed to encourage mixing application code into
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	215 templates, which is generally considered bad design. If you're using many code
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	216 blocks, that me be a sign that you should move such code into separate Python
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	217 modules.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	218
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	219 .. note:: Code blocks are not currently supported in text templates.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	220
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	221
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	222 .. _`error handling`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	223
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	224 Error Handling
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	225 ==============
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	226
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	227 By default, Genshi allows you to access variables that are not defined, without
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	228 raising a ``NameError`` exception as regular Python code would::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	229
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	230 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	231 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${doh}</p>')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	232 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	233 <p></p>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	234
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	235 You will however get an exception if you try to call an undefined variable, or
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	236 do anything else with it, such as accessing its attributes::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	237
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	238 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	239 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${doh.oops}</p>')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	240 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	241 Traceback (most recent call last):
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	242 ...
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	243 UndefinedError: "doh" not defined
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	244
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	245 If you need to know whether a variable is defined, you can check its type
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	246 against the ``Undefined`` class, for example in a conditional directive::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	247
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	248 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	249 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${type(doh) is not Undefined}</p>')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	250 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	251 <p>False</p>
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	252
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	253 Alternatively, the built-in functions defined_ or value_of_ can be used in this
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	254 case.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	255
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	256 Strict Mode
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	257 -----------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	258
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	259 In addition to the default "lenient" error handling, Genshi lets you use a less
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	260 forgiving mode if you prefer errors blowing up loudly instead of being ignored
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	261 silently.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	262
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	263 This mode can be chosen by passing the ``lookup='strict'`` keyword argument to
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	264 the template initializer, or by passing the ``variable_lookup='strict'`` keyword
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	265 argument to the ``TemplateLoader`` initializer::
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	266
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	267 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	268 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${doh}</p>', lookup='strict')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	269 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	270 Traceback (most recent call last):
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	271 ...
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	272 UndefinedError: "doh" not defined
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	273
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	274 When using strict mode, any reference to an undefined variable, as well as
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	275 trying to access an non-existing item or attribute of an object, will cause an
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	276 ``UndefinedError`` to be raised immediately.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	277
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	278 .. note:: While this mode is currently not the default, it may be promoted to
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	279 the default in future versions of Genshi. In general, the default
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	280 lenient error handling mode can be considered dangerous as it silently
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	281 ignores typos.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	282
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	283 Custom Modes
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	284 ------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	285
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	286 In addition to the built-in "lenient" and "strict" modes, it is also possible to
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	287 use a custom error handling mode. For example, you could use lenient error
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	288 handling in a production environment, while also logging a warning when an
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	289 undefined variable is referenced.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	290
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	291 See the API documentation of the ``genshi.template.eval`` module for details.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	292
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	293
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	294 Built-in Functions & Types
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	295 ==========================
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	296
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	297 The following functions and types are available by default in template code, in
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	298 addition to the standard built-ins that are available to all Python code.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	299
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	300 .. _`defined`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	301
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	302 ``defined(name)``
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	303 -----------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	304 This function determines whether a variable of the specified name exists in
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	305 the context data, and returns ``True`` if it does.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	306
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	307 .. _`value_of`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	308
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	309 ``value_of(name, default=None)``
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	310 --------------------------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	311 This function returns the value of the variable with the specified name if
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	312 such a variable is defined, and returns the value of the ``default``
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	313 parameter if no such variable is defined.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	314
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	315 .. _`Markup`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	316
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	317 ``Markup(text)``
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	318 ----------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	319 The ``Markup`` type marks a given string as being safe for inclusion in markup,
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	320 meaning it will not be escaped in the serialization stage. Use this with care,
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	321 as not escaping a user-provided string may allow malicious users to open your
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	322 web site to cross-site scripting attacks.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	323
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	324 .. _`Undefined`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	325
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	326 ``Undefined``
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	327 ----------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	328 The ``Undefined`` type can be used to check whether a reference variable is
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	329 defined, as explained in `error handling`_.
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	330
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	331
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	332 .. _`directives`:
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	333
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	334 -------------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	335 Template Directives
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	336 -------------------
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	337
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	338 Directives provide control flow functionality for templates, such as conditions
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	339 or iteration. As the syntax for directives depends on whether you're using
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	340 markup or text templates, refer to the
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	341 `XML Template Language <xml-templates.html>`_ or
ff7c72b52fb2 Back out [510] and instead implement configurable error handling modes. The default is the old 0.3.x behaviour, but more strict error handling is available as an option. cmlenz parents: diff changeset	342 `Text Template Language <text-templates.html>`_ pages for information.

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