looking for template package

[Robert Kern]

On 2009-03-03 20:06, Neal Becker wrote:
> I'm looking for something to do template processing.  That is, transform
> text making various substitutions.  I'd like to be able to do substitutions
> that include python expressions, to do arithmetic computations within
> substitutions.
>
> I know there are lots of template packages, but most seem aimed at web use.
> This is just text processing, not part of any web stuff.
>
> Any suggestions?

For this kind of purpose, I like Ian Bicking's Tempita. It's a single Python 
file and allows basically arbitrary Python. It has a Django-ish syntax without 
all of the restrictions that Django templates will impose on you.

   http://pythonpaste.org/tempita/

If you find you need template inheritance, though, it would be worth your while 
to upgrade to a fuller templating package. I like Mako for that.

   http://makotemplates.org/

-- 
Robert Kern

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  an underlying truth."
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