I may take the time to convert RT2 to Template Toolkit…
ivan ivan@420.am writes:
This is probably off-topic for rt-deve, but I am curious:
Given
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/modperl/frahthonbror/19990525144012.8806.qmail@plover.comIs TT2 a “little language” or “eval” templating system?
It can be anything you want it to be. 
The TT2 module is called ‘Template’. It’s a new perl-like language,
but supports (but discurage) embedded perl code.
The main philosophy is to separate code and presentation (and data).
There are two styles of using templates (in the non-eval group):
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Prepare all the data and then insert it into the template
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Call the template and let the template request data
TT2 kan do both.
Some time ago, (a year now?) I did a survey of the existing template
solutions. All the existing templates (in the non-eval group) missed
one or more features. TT2 has them all, and much much more.
Here is my original letter:
http://jonas.liljegren.org/perl/ideas/letter.txt
And here is the main comparsion table:
Parameters in the template used as input for the data generation …
Maintained (updated in 1999) … |
File inclusion … | |
Configurable interface … | | |
Conditionals … | | | |
Iterations … | | | | |
Output filters … | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
CGI::FastTemplate - - - - - M -
HTML::Subtext - - - - - M -
HTML::Template - I - - - M -
Text::BasicTemplate - - C - - M -
Text::Boilerplate - I C C - - -
Text::Bind - - - - F M -
Text::FillIn - - - C - M P
Text::Merge O - C - - M -
Text::MetaText O - C C F - P
And you can of course use TT2 as a mod-perl handler, making it similar
to PHP, but both more powerful and much easier.
/ Jonas - Jonas Liljegren