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[Bear Kaufmann <bear@ursine-design.com>]

John wrote:

> > If I could get a templating language to work in that'd be nice. Either 
> > some PHP/Python crossover, a TAL templating system (native Python), or 
> > maybe Django. A little more Model/View/Controller like (Code <---> 
> > Content).
> >    
>
> TAL, TAL, TAL!! Just use it.  Clean separation of 
> logic/presentation/content, mature, stable, already available for use 
> with python, XML compliant, NO HTML MUNGING!!  Repeat, NO HTML MUNGING! 
>  Just say NO to HTML munging... :-)
>
> Our Roundup issue tracker uses TAL with python for its page generation 
> BTW...
>  
Yeah, I've used it before. Not a lot recently, but it's nice. Plus using 
macros and such it quite helpful (ie build a sidebar block macro, then 
include it where you want, perhaps conditionally based on a variable in 
'context').

Check out:
http://www.owlfish.com/software/simpleTAL/example.html

How hard do you think that'd be to incorporate into the PIW source Chad?

Cheers,
Bear