PageTemplate History

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
• 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