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Apply patch by Alec Thomas for processing XML declarations (#111). Thanks!
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1 .. -*- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 -*-
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3 =============================
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4 Genshi Text Template Language
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5 =============================
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7 In addition to the XML-based template language, Genshi provides a simple
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8 text-based template language, intended for basic plain text generation needs.
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9 The language is similar to Cheetah_ or Velocity_.
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11 .. _cheetah: http://cheetahtemplate.org/
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12 .. _velocity: http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/
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14 This document describes the template language and will be most useful as
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15 reference to those developing Genshi text templates. Templates are text files of
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16 some kind that include processing directives_ that affect how the template is
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17 rendered, and template expressions that are dynamically substituted by
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18 variable data.
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20 See `Genshi Templating Basics <templates.html>`_ for general information on
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21 embedding Python code in templates.
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24 .. contents:: Contents
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25 :depth: 3
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26 .. sectnum::
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29 .. _`directives`:
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31 -------------------
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32 Template Directives
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33 -------------------
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35 Directives are lines starting with a ``#`` character followed immediately by
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36 the directive name. They can affect how the template is rendered in a number of
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37 ways: Genshi provides directives for conditionals and looping, among others.
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39 Directives must be on separate lines, and the ``#`` character must be be the
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40 first non-whitespace character on that line. Each directive must be “closed”
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41 using a ``#end`` marker. You can add after the ``#end`` marker, for example to
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42 document which directive is being closed, or even the expression associated with
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43 that directive. Any text after ``#end`` (but on the same line) is ignored,
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44 and effectively treated as a comment.
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46 If you want to include a literal ``#`` in the output, you need to escape it
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47 by prepending a backslash character (``\``). Note that this is **not** required
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48 if the ``#`` isn't immediately followed by a letter, or it isn't the first
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52 Conditional Sections
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53 ====================
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55 .. _`#if`:
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57 ``#if``
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58 ---------
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60 The content is only rendered if the expression evaluates to a truth value::
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62 #if foo
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63 ${bar}
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64 #end
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66 Given the data ``foo=True`` and ``bar='Hello'`` in the template context, this
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67 would produce::
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68
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69 Hello
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72 .. _`#choose`:
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73 .. _`#when`:
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74 .. _`#otherwise`:
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76 ``#choose``
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77 -------------
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79 The ``#choose`` directive, in combination with the directives ``#when`` and
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80 ``#otherwise`` provides advanced contional processing for rendering one of
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81 several alternatives. The first matching ``#when`` branch is rendered, or, if
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82 no ``#when`` branch matches, the ``#otherwise`` branch is be rendered.
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84 If the ``#choose`` directive has no argument the nested ``#when`` directives
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85 will be tested for truth::
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87 The answer is:
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88 #choose
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89 #when 0 == 1
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90 0
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91 #end
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92 #when 1 == 1
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93 1
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94 #end
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95 #otherwise
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96 2
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97 #end
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98 #end
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100 This would produce the following output::
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102 The answer is:
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103 1
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105 If the ``#choose`` does have an argument, the nested ``#when`` directives will
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106 be tested for equality to the parent ``#choose`` value::
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108 The answer is:
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109 #choose 1
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110 #when 0
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111 0
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112 #end
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113 #when 1
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114 1
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115 #end
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116 #otherwise
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118 #end
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119 #end
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121 This would produce the following output::
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123 The answer is:
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124 1
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127 Looping
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128 =======
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130 .. _`#for`:
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132 ``#for``
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135 The content is repeated for every item in an iterable::
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137 Your items:
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138 #for item in items
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139 * ${item}
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140 #end
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142 Given ``items=[1, 2, 3]`` in the context data, this would produce::
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144 Your items
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145 * 1
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150 Snippet Reuse
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151 =============
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153 .. _`#def`:
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156 ``#def``
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159 The ``#def`` directive can be used to create macros, i.e. snippets of template
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160 text that have a name and optionally some parameters, and that can be inserted
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161 in other places::
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163 #def greeting(name)
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164 Hello, ${name}!
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165 #end
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166 ${greeting('world')}
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167 ${greeting('everyone else')}
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169 The above would be rendered to::
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171 Hello, world!
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172 Hello, everyone else!
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174 If a macro doesn't require parameters, it can be defined as well as called
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175 without the parenthesis. For example::
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177 #def greeting
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178 Hello, world!
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179 #end
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180 ${greeting}
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182 The above would be rendered to::
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184 Hello, world!
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190 .. _`#with`:
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191
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192 ``#with``
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193 -----------
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194
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195 The ``#with`` directive lets you assign expressions to variables, which can
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196 be used to make expressions inside the directive less verbose and more
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197 efficient. For example, if you need use the expression ``author.posts`` more
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198 than once, and that actually results in a database query, assigning the results
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199 to a variable using this directive would probably help.
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200
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201 For example::
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203 Magic numbers!
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204 #with y=7; z=x+10
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205 $x $y $z
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206 #end
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208 Given ``x=42`` in the context data, this would produce::
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210 Magic numbers!
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211 42 7 52
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213 Note that if a variable of the same name already existed outside of the scope
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214 of the ``#with`` directive, it will **not** be overwritten. Instead, it will
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215 have the same value it had prior to the ``#with`` assignment. Effectively,
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216 this means that variables are immutable in Genshi.
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219 .. _comments:
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221 --------
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222 Comments
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223 --------
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225 Lines where the first non-whitespace characters are ``##`` are removed from
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226 the output, and can thus be used for comments. This can be escaped using a
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227 backslash.
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