12. Merge Templates ↑
12.1 Merge Delimiters
Notenik will recognize either of two sets of command and variable delimiters automatically. The choice of delimiters will be triggered by the first command-beginning delimiters encountered. The new delimiters are generally recommended, since they are more likely to be treated kindly by various HTML editors when creating your template files.
| Meaning | Original Delimiters | New Delimiters |
|---|---|---|
| Start of Command | << | <? |
| End of Command | >> | ?> |
| Start of Variable | << | =$ |
| End of Variable | >> | $= |
| Start of Variable Modifiers | & | & |
Beginning with Version 15.9.0, any of the command/variable delimiters may be escaped by preceding each character with a backslash. Such coding can allow merge variables to have variable names that are constructed in one pass, preserving the escaped characters for processing in a second pass (as with a generated include file).
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