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class=979572723-07062006>Jeff - ok, I like this last round: all-caps is too much
like SHOUTING_AT_ME, simple bracket w/out the # is recognizably something a bit
different that usual by still close enough to ruby string subst. notation to be
comfortable, I think. Latter also argues for following ruby var naming
convection (snake_case)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006>So I like:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006>{template_full_path}<BR>{template_path}<BR>{template_path_no_ext}
or *<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=979572723-07062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=979572723-07062006>where {template_path} is rel
path within template src dir. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=979572723-07062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=979572723-07062006>And at this point I'd drop
"*" completely. mv:generate="{template_path}.xxx" generates .xxx
extension, mv:generate="{template_path}" with no extension picks up default
output file extension (.rhtml; could be made a config setting if
necessary)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></FONT>
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class=979572723-07062006>That last _no_ext guy is still awk. What if we
just take the point of view that neither {template_path} or {template_full_path}
include file ext and be done with it. Support <FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>{extension}</FONT> to allow reference the template's
extension if needed (tho I don't know how useful that is)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=979572723-07062006>Rather than <SPAN
class=979572723-07062006><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3>{parent}</FONT></SPAN>, maybe <SPAN class=979572723-07062006><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3>{template_dir_path}</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=979572723-07062006>, which is '' for template
file in the root templates src dir and 'foo/bar' for nested
guys.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=979572723-07062006>Not sure we need the following, maybe defer and just
activate if we get request?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><SPAN class=979572723-07062006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT><BR>{filename}<BR>{basename}<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006>I don't think we need to bring controller/action into
this - it's a notion from a diff space (dispatch routing, and even there there's
issue between url routing paths and controller impl hieriarchies). We just
need to deal with file paths here, I think.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=979572723-07062006>So... I like this. It's simple and it's
pretty clear to a reader, and it handles the cases I've come up with
so far.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=979572723-07062006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=979572723-07062006>??maybe we need escape convention someday to allow
generating a file name containing squigglies, but I wouldn't worry about it
until the problem arises.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=979572723-07062006>~ Deb</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>