On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Timothy Clemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Regarding the Sage Notebook, I propose that we use a templating engine > instead of using Python string templates class and writing HTML code > in the Python code. I have converted the existing templates in Extcode > to templates that use the Jinja engine, see > http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/3923. I also moved the HTML > for the Account Settings page to a Jinja template, see > http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/3937.
Timothy, I strongly support your proposal to use Jinja to template the HTML generation code for the Sage notebook. Go for it! William > > I think using Jinja makes the Python code more readable. In addition, > I like be able to create a base template that other templates build > upon. Plus it's nice to be able to use for loops and if statements in > the templates. I use both in the templates at the two tickets. > > Jinja is a clone of the templating engine used in the most popular > Python web framework Django. I am very interested in the possibility > of migrating the Sage Notebook to Django. Moving all the Notebook's > HTML to Jinja templates is the first step in migrating. > > If Sphinx, a documentation system, is distributed with Sage then Jinja > would also be. See the sage-devel thread "Sphinx and the Sage > Documentation" at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/7b0b2f0b34f1f892/ > > Timothy > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
