PageTemplate History
Summary of noteworthy events in the history of PageTemplate
I'll admit it. This list is very bad. Nevertheless, I keep telling myself it's better than nothing.
- Version 1.0
- Basic logic structure (var, if, and in)
- Support for multiple Namespaces
- Version 1.1
- include content from external files
- Version 1.2
- New Command: unless
- Added support for CommentCommands
- Loop Metavariables:
__FIRST__,__LAST__,__ODD__ - include_path can be a list of paths
- Loosened rules for VariableCommands (check respond_to? rather than has_method?)
- Lessened penalty for missing files in IncludeCommands (returns an error string rather than raising an exception)
- Strengthened the system for running in tainted environments.
- Version 2.0
- Added Preprocessors
[%var sampleCode :escapeHTML %]
- Added a CaseCommand
- Better access of object fields and subfields
- Added Preprocessors
- Version 2.1
- LoopCommands can accept multiple iterators now
- Added else if functionality
- New Glossary allows HTML::Template-style syntax.
- Version 2.1.1
- In-memory caching
- Version 2.1.5
- Improvements on working with mod_ruby
- Version 2.1.7
- Added Namespace#delete method
- Version 2.2.0
- DefineCommand
- FilterCommand
- Fixed bug in FileSource#get_filename
