Re: [htmltmpl] TMPL_SET -- this would be nice to have.

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> Dear List,
>
> In most of my templates, I have a header and a footer templates that ge=
t
> included from the main template, which I assume is a very common
> scenario.  My problem is that <title> tag is in the header template and
> it needs to change for each template.  There are two approaches that I
> can currently use:
>
> 1. Put <title> tag into main template.  This works, but I do not believ=
e
>    having <title> outside of <head> is correct HTML[1].
>
> 2. Set title from CGI script.  This is not very convenient and, in my
>    mind, breaks the paradigm.
>
> The best solution, in my mind, would be something like this:
>
> ----  template search_results.tmpl  ----
> <TMPL_SET NAME=3D'TITLE' VALUE=3D'Search Results'>
> <!-- this is where title is used -->
> <TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=3D"_header.tmpl">
> <some_html_here>
> <TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=3D"_footer.tmpl">
> ----  end of template  ----
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. Is this feasible to implement?
> 2. Is such feature compatible with HTML::Template philosophy?
> 3. (Bonus question) is there another approach besides the two above tha=
t
>    I can use right now?
>
> Thank you,
>
>   - Dmitri.

1) Already answered - yes.

2) Not sure ...

3) Here it is:

<html>
<head>
<title> Whatever </title>
</head>
<body>
<TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=3D"_header.tmpl">
....
<TMPL_INCLUDE NAME=3D"_footer.tmpl">

Anyway, I walked the similar path when I needed some things added to the =
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HTML-Template
and many sugested TemplateToolkit ...

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