[Koha] Template Toolkit Syntax for Slips & Notices

[Jonathan Druart]

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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
>
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