Re: [Templates] Chomping without joining lines
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On 2004-12-15 10:27 AM, Vivek Khera wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2004, at 1:11 PM, Len Weisberg wrote:
>> I am using TT2 for generating Apache configuration files. (This is
>> done offline, ie before running Apache, not under mod_perl.) I can't
>> figure out a simple way to use any of TT2's flavors of chomp in
>
> I do the same using tpage:
> tpage httpd.conf.tt > httpd.conf
> no special settings of any sort.
> who cares about extra blank lines in the generated file?
Well, obviously I do, or I wouldn't have asked.
> only the computer will ever read that.
I didn't make myself clear. I don't just use the config on the fly in
Apache. The config file is kept around, eyeballed occasionally to check
new directives, distributed to a number of machines, used as an audit trail,
etc. This could all be done without any chomping, but I'd rather not.
> judicious
> use of [%- -%] takes care of the places where it might be important.
This time I thought I did make myself clear. I don't want something so
important to require "judicious" use.
What I'm looking for is a flavor of a "chomp" option, somewhat analogous to
how CHOMP_COLLAPSE targets the specific needs of HTML. Is it possible to
devise a CHOMP_NOJOIN option that would just do the right thing?
This is not a show-stopper for me, as my filter works fine as a workaround.
It just seems conceivable that there may be a way of doing this without
another pass over the entire output.
Thanks for thinking about this with me.
-Len
> Vivek Khera, Ph.D. +1-301-869-4449 x806
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