# Template system **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [25 May 2003 11:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121 "2003-05-25T11:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andreas\_S2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Andreas\_S2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andreas_S2)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2003 11:13 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/1 "2003-05-25T11:13:04Z")
Hello, I need a template system for Plain text (Email), HTML (Web shop) and Latex (Invoices). Which one would you recommend? TIA Andreas > **···** > > – > AVR-Tutorial, über 350 Links > Forum für AVRGCC und MSPGCC > -\> [http://www.mikrocontroller.net](http://www.mikrocontroller.net) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Herrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jack\_Herrington](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jack_Herrington)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2003 16:22 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/2 "2003-05-25T16:22:50Z")
ERB is a good choice: [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=erb](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=erb) -Jack Herrington [http://www.codegeneration.net](http://www.codegeneration.net) > **···** > > On 5/25/03 4:13 AM, “Andreas Schwarz” [usenet@andreas-s.net](mailto:usenet@andreas-s.net) wrote: > > > I need a template system for Plain text (Email), HTML (Web shop) and > > Latex (Invoices). Which one would you recommend? ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Mail\_Archive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@Dave\_Mail\_Archive](https://rubytalk.org/u/Dave_Mail_Archive)\ **Post date:** [25 May 2003 18:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/3 "2003-05-25T18:18:44Z")
Andreas Schwarz wrote: > Hello, > > I need a template system for Plain text (Email), HTML (Web shop) and > Latex (Invoices). Which one would you recommend? I use the Template.rb class from RDoc for all these (and other uses too). It’s simple, and doesn’t insist on HTML-like tags for markup. Cheers Dave ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Borch2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@Anders\_Borch2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Anders_Borch2)\ **Post date:** [27 May 2003 21:51 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/4 "2003-05-27T21:51:38Z")
Andreas Schwarz wrote: > Hello, > > I need a template system for Plain text (Email), HTML (Web shop) and > Latex (Invoices). Which one would you recommend? > > TIA > Andreas how about eruby? I know it mostly aims at sgml documents, but it _would_ let you embed ruby code into almost any document… > **···** > > – > dc -e 4dd_od3_ddn1-0nn1dnd+nn3dn1+n3\*1+ddn1+dn2-n5dn1+dnrn1-p | tr > 0123456 yorh@k. | dd conv=lcase ---
**Author:** ![Shirai\_Kaoru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Shirai\_Kaoru](https://rubytalk.org/u/Shirai_Kaoru)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2003 01:21 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/5 "2003-05-28T01:21:46Z")
Hi. Do you know amrita - template system for HTML/XML? [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=amrita](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=amrita) If you want to use its approach for e-mail or TeX, try misen. [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=misen](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=misen) Example 1 (SGML/HTML/XML or various plain text): > **···** > > * * * > > #!/usr/bin/env ruby > #-_-ruby-_- > require "misen/style" > require “misen/util” > > source = '\ > > # title will be inserted here > > ' data = { :title =\> "hello world", :body =\> "misen is text template library like Amrita." } print Misen.expand\_text(Misen::STYLE\_SGML, source, data) > ## =begin Expected: > > # hello world > > misen is text template library like Amrita. > > =end ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ## Example 2 (LaTeX): > > #!/usr/bin/env ruby > #-_-ruby-_- > require "misen/expand" > require "misen/parse" > require “misen/style-tex” > > source = \<\<‘EOF’ > \documentclass{article} > \title{\misen:title} > \begin{document} > \maketitle > \begin{misen:body} > body will be inserted here > \end{misen:body} > \end{document} > EOF > > data = { > :title =\> “hello world”, > :body =\> “misen is text template library like Amrita.” > } > > parsed = Misen.new\_parser(Misen::STYLE\_TEX).parse\_text(source) > printer = Misen::ExpandPrinter.new($stdout) > printer.expand\_nodes(parsed, data) > > =begin > > ## Expected > > \documentclass{article} > \title{hello world} > \begin{document} > \maketitle > misen is text template library like Amrita. > \end{document} > > ## =end > > – > Shirai,Kaoru [shirai@korinkan.co.jp](mailto:shirai@korinkan.co.jp) > Korinkan Ltd. ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_S2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Andreas\_S2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andreas_S2)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2003 20:17 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/6 "2003-05-28T20:17:50Z")
Shirai,Kaoru wrote: > Do you know amrita - template system for HTML/XML? > > [http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=amrita](http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=amrita) > > If you want to use its approach for e-mail or TeX, try misen. Hmmm, I think that’s a bit oversized and not flexible enough. For example I have to chop and/or pad strings for e-mail templates; that would be easy in ERuby, but is it possible with misen? ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_S2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Andreas\_S2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Andreas_S2)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2003 20:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/template-system/6121/7 "2003-05-28T20:18:07Z")
Anders Borch wrote: > Andreas Schwarz wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I need a template system for Plain text (Email), HTML (Web shop) and > > Latex (Invoices). Which one would you recommend? > > > > TIA > > Andreas > > how about eruby? I know it mostly aims at sgml documents, but it _would_ > let you embed ruby code into almost any document… Yes, I already thought about it and it seems to be the best solution. > **···** > > – > AVR-Tutorial, über 350 Links > Forum für AVRGCC und MSPGCC > → [http://www.mikrocontroller.net](http://www.mikrocontroller.net)