From 01a6e567a20096f6033cc603667f4e900d2a44c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris McDonough Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:42:53 +0000 Subject: Move to Chameleon. --- docs/narr/templates.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/narr/templates.rst') diff --git a/docs/narr/templates.rst b/docs/narr/templates.rst index 80b530a8c..dce66ae3d 100644 --- a/docs/narr/templates.rst +++ b/docs/narr/templates.rst @@ -5,25 +5,35 @@ A :term:`template` is a usually file on disk which can be used to render data provided by a :term:`view`, surrounded by more static information. -Templating With :term:`z3c.pt` (ZPT) Page Templates ---------------------------------------------------- +Templating With :term:`Chameleon` (:term:`chameleon.zpt`) Page Templates +------------------------------------------------------------------------ Like Zope, :mod:`repoze.bfg` uses Zope Page Templates (:term:`ZPT`) as -its default templating language. However, :mod:`repoze.bfg` uses a -different implementation of the :term:`ZPT` specification than Zope -does: the :term:`z3c.pt` templating engine. This templating engine +its default and best-supported templating language. However, +:mod:`repoze.bfg` uses a different implementation of the :term:`ZPT` +specification than Zope does: the :term:`Chameleon` +:term:`chameleon.zpt` templating engine. This templating engine complies with the `Zope Page Template `_ template specification and is significantly faster. -Given that there is a :term:`z3c.pt` template named ``foo.html`` in a -directory in your application named ``templates``, you can render the -template from a view like so: +.. note:: :mod:`repoze.bfg` can also allow for the use of Genshi-style + templates via the ``chameleon.genshi`` package, support for which + is built-in to :mod:`repoze.bfg`. The :mod:`repoze.bfg` API + functions for getting and rendering Chameleon Genshi-style + templates mirrors the Chameleon ZPT-style API completely; only the + template files themselves must differ. See :ref:`template_module` + for more information about using Genshi-style templates within + :mod:`repoze.bfg`. + +Given that there is a :term:`chameleon.zpt` template named +``foo.html`` in a directory in your application named ``templates``, +you can render the template from a view like so: .. code-block:: python :linenos: - from repoze.bfg.template import render_template_to_response + from repoze.bfg.chameleon_zpt import render_template_to_response def sample_view(context, request): return render_template_to_response('templates/foo.html', foo=1, bar=2) @@ -35,18 +45,18 @@ Relative to the directory in which the ``views.py`` file which names it lives, which is usually the :mod:`repoze.bfg` application's :term:`package` directory. -``render_template_to_response`` always renders a :term:`z3c.pt` +``render_template_to_response`` always renders a :term:`chameleon.zpt` template, and always returns a Response object which has a *status code* of ``200 OK`` and a *content-type* of ``text-html``. If you need more control over the status code and content-type, use the -``render_template`` function instead, which also renders a z3c.pt -template but returns a string instead of a Response. You can use -the string manually as a response body: +``render_template`` function instead, which also renders a ZPT +template but returns a string instead of a Response. You can use the +string manually as a response body: .. code-block:: python :linenos: - from repoze.bfg.template import render_template + from repoze.bfg.chameleon_zpt import render_template from webob import Response def sample_view(context, request): result = render_template('templates/foo.html', foo=1, bar=2) @@ -71,7 +81,7 @@ an XSLT as follows: .. code-block:: python :linenos: - from repoze.bfg.template import render_transform_to_response + from repoze.bfg.xslt import render_transform_to_response from lxml import etree node = etree.Element("root") return render_transform_to_response('templates/foo.xsl', node) @@ -85,7 +95,7 @@ You can also pass XSLT parameters in as keyword arguments: .. code-block:: python :linenos: - from repoze.bfg.template import render_transform_to_response + from repoze.bfg.xslt import render_transform_to_response from lxml import etree node = etree.Element("root") value1 = "'app1'" -- cgit v1.2.3