Re: html macro library

Friday, May 30, 2003, 8:41:00 PM, Kevin Bolton wrote:

> Yes - but then I'd need to pass all of the args for directiveB through
> the call of directiveA, wouldn't I?
>
> For example...
>
> #(directiveA $argForA)
>         $argForA
> #end
>
> #(directiveB $argForB)
>         $argForB
> #end
>
> If directiveA calls directiveB, Wouldn't I need to redefine directiveA
> to be
> #(directiveA $argForA $argForB)
>         $argForA
>         #directiveB ($argForB)
> #end
> ?

Brrrr... what? :) No... So, assume I want create macro "border"
(just for the sake of example).

You would *use* it as (if we would not have the problem with the VTL
syntax):

#border(color="red")
  This is the any VTL.
  Even directives... anything.
#end

and you would *define* the border macro as, say:

#macro( border $color )
  <table border=1 color="$color"><tr><td>
  #body
  </tabe>
#end

So the output of the example macro call would be:

  <table border=1 color="$color"><tr><td>
  This is the any VTL.
  Even directives... anything.
  </tabe>

It most probably can be implemented by the Vel. core developers. Except
that #border(color="red") should somehow indicate that it has an end
#end /-:. Maybe:

#begin border(color="red")
...
#end

)-| ... I'm stuck with VTL syntax, it seems... :)
  
-- 
Best regards,
 Daniel Dekany