[Koha] Template Toolkit Syntax for Slips & Notices

[Katrin]

+1 to what Bob said. I think we need the old syntax to be fully working 
at least for a longer transition time.

I can see that TT will allow us to have even nicer notices than we have 
now, so looking forward to having the option.

I think documentation will be really important in order to have 
libraries use the feature. We have some special constructs with the 
current syntax now. It would be nice to have mapping on how to achieve 
the same output or similar with the new TT syntax. I am thinking of 
things like:

<<date_due|dateonly>>
<<today>>
<item><<items.fine>></item>
<<items.content>>
...

Katrin

On 03.01.2017 12:40, Bob Birchall wrote:
> Its good to see the commitment to keeping the existing syntax as an 
> alternative to the new syntax - thank you!.   There are a massive 
> number of existing notice templates in Koha libraries and libraries 
> could face a significant cost to switch to the new syntax.  So as long 
> as the path involves introducing the new but retaining the old as an 
> alternative, we're in favour.
> Thanks for the initiative.
> Bob Birchall
> Calyx
>
> On 02/01/17 22:01, Jonathan Druart wrote:
>> Silence will be considered as an agreement.
>> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 16:03 Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey All!
>>>
>>> As you may know, Koha 16.11 supports the use of Template Toolkit 
>>> markup in
>>> Koha's slips and notices. This provides huge benefits over our current
>>> bespoke syntax, such as
>>> A) Consistency, we have odd tags like <<itemscontent>>
>>> B) Flow control, for example, we can hide labels for fields that are 
>>> empty
>>> C) Flexible, for example, maybe you want to mask part of a patrons 
>>> name on
>>> a print slip, with TT it's easy!
>>>
>>> Jonathan and I would really like to get moving on making Template 
>>> Toolkit
>>> the defacto way to deal with slips and notices in Koha. This is not a
>>> trivial undertaking, and we'd like to get it done in time for the 17.05
>>> release.
>>>
>>> To do this we will:
>>> A) Port all slips and notices to TT syntax
>>> B) Enable TT syntax in the slips and notices editor
>>> C) Document the new TT syntax of slips and notices
>>>
>>> These tasks will be accomplished on bugs 15278, 15277, and 15276
>>> respectively.
>>>
>>> I would like to stress that the existing Slips and Notices syntax will
>>> continue to work in 17.05, and you will *not* need to update your 
>>> existing
>>> templates during the 17.05 upgrade process.
>>>
>>> We are looking for community input on this project before we 
>>> proceed. Let
>>> us know what you think!
>>>
>>> Kyle
>>>
>>> http://www.kylehall.info
>>> ByWater Solutions ( http://bywatersolutions.com )
>>> Meadville Public Library ( http://www.meadvillelibrary.org )
>>> Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )
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