Re: [Gnumed-devel] placeholders

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:48:30PM +0000, Jim Busser wrote:

> >> The latter, "at all". I misunderstood the bit about the //
> >> … where, above, you wrote  (Do not include // in the
> >> template !) would it be correct for you to instead put
> >> 
> >>     (Do not include // in the template *except" as above !)
> > 
> > No. The template is used for formatting lines for output.
> > What you are referring to is the placeholder definition.
> > 
> > The template is part of the placeholder definition.
> > 
> > That is WHY it must not contain "//".
> 
> Ah, ok, I was thinking "do not include // in your LaTex
> form" because I wrongly was thinking about *that* (the form)
> as a 'template' for generating letters, which I suppose it
> is, except that such use conflicts with what you are meaning
> to be understood as a template *within* placeholders.

Oh, I see. Well, those parts never even reach the *document*
template. In fact. placeholders don't even know exactly
where there output ends up. It needn't be a document
template at all.

Karsten
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