TEXT::TEMPLATE VERSION 0.1 alpha 27 December, 1995 COPYRIGHT The Text::Template module is Copyright 1995 Mark-Jason Dominus. You may use, modify, copy, and distribute it under the same terms as Perl itself. DESCRIPTION This module is for filling in templates. A template is a regular piece of text with tiny perl programs embedded in it. When a template is filled in, the perl programs are evaluated, and replaced with their values. This is useful for generating all sorts of program output, including HTML pages and error messages. Templates can reside in files external to the program that is filling them in, and they can be modified and maintained by persons unfamiliar with perl, because the perl parts of a template are encapsulated. PREREQUISITES None. HOW TO BUILD AND INSTALL perl Makefile.PL make make install No `test's yet; sorry. RECENT CHANGES This is the first general release. This is an ALPHA release. Future changes are very likely. Future incompatible changes are likely. TODO This package should fill in templates in a `Safe' compartment. The callback function that `fill_in' calls when a template contains an error should be eble to return an error message to the rest of the program. `my' variables in `fill_in' are still susceptible to being clobbered by template evaluation. Perhaps it will be safer to make them `local' variables. Perhaps there should be a utility method for emptying out a package. BUGS TO Mark-Jason Dominus, Plover Systems mjd@pobox.com