[Typo3-dev] Smarty integration

[Bart Veldhuizen]

Hi Dominic,

I noticed :) Anyway, based on the reactions here and some private 
conversations I'm convinced to spend another few weeks learning 
Typoscript first. After that, I'll see!

Thanks everyone!

Bart

Dominic Stockdale wrote:
> I have to agree with Ingmar that I'm not sure what the point of 
> integrating Smarty would be but have a look at the extension repository 
> someone appears to have just done it.
> 
> - Dom
> 
> Ingmar Schlecht wrote:
> 
>> Hi Bart,
>>
>> Bart Veldhuizen wrote:
>>
>>> - While I feel that this is within my reach, I run into some problems 
>>> because most of the core functions of Typo generate full HTML instead 
>>> of 'clean' content structures. For example, in 
>>> class.tslib_content::IMGTEXT(), I would like to receive the 'bare' 
>>> data, unmixed with HTML. 
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, IMGTEXT() produces hardcoded HTML. So why use IMGTEXT() at all?
>> You should better use IMG_RESOURCE(), it simply returns the image file 
>> name.
>>
>>> Alternatively, are there any plans to further separate content and 
>>> presentation?
>>
>>
>>
>> See Dan's ObTS http://typo3.org/1427+M553dd386840.0.html for a new 
>> approach on this.
>>
>>> - Does my Smarty approach make sense, or have I completely missed the 
>>> concept of TypoScript and should I just study a bit longer?
>>
>>
>>
>> Well... I must admit I think it doesn't make much sense, but I would 
>> love to see you prove me wrong :)
>>
>>> - Are there any Smarty integration projects going on already?
>>
>>
>>
>> No, but Kasper and Robert are currently programming some other cool 
>> things to make developing templates easier.
>>
>> - Ingmar
>>
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