[Koha] Template Toolkit Syntax for Slips & Notices

[Katrin]

Hi Radek,

sorry, missed to send my question to the list earlier today. I am not 
sure if <<count>> ever worked for those, we have only used it for 
DUEDGST and PREDUEDGST so far. Could you file a bug? I think the count 
needs to be updated every time a checkout/return is recorded.

Katrin

On 04.01.2017 13:25, Radek Šiman wrote:
> Hi Katrin,
>
> we tried it in CHECKIN/CHECKOUT/RENEWAL as I remember (a month or two 
> ago).
>
> Radek
>
> Dne 04.01.17 v 12:44 Katrin Fischer napsal(a):
>> Hi Radek,
>> do you mean the due/predue digests or the checkout and checkin notices?
>> Katrin
>> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 04. Januar 2017 um 11:53 Uhr
>> *Von:* "Radek Šiman" <radek.siman at centrum.cz>
>> *An:* koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>> *Betreff:* Re: [Koha] Template Toolkit Syntax for Slips & Notices
>> Hi,
>>
>> we also really appreciate the TT option to have in notices. We tried it
>> and faced a problem especially with those digest letters. If you use
>> digests only, most of the letter is prepared for the first round and
>> then its updated with iterated data items as they come. This means that
>> placeholders like <<count>> are not updated anymore so we can see
>> letters saying eg. "you returned 3 items", but in the fact there is much
>> more of them listed in:
>> ----
>> <<biblio.title>>
>> ----
>> Maybe it's a bug and not a TT issue...?
>>
>> Regards
>> Radek
>>
>> Dne 04.01.17 v 8:24 Katrin napsal(a):
>> > +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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