Genshi (templating language)

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Genshi
Developer(s) Edgewall Software
Initial release August 3, 2006 (2006-08-03)
Stable release 0.6 / April 22, 2010 (2010-04-22)
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Template Engine
Website genshi.edgewall.org

Genshi is a template engine for XML-based vocabularies written in Python. Genshi is used to easily insert generated output into XML-based languages, usually HTML, and reuse elements between documents. Genshi is based on Kid and aims to implement some of its functionality while processing templates faster.[1]

Genshi can be used with several Python web frameworks, such as CherryPy,[2][3] TurboGears,[4] Pylons[5] and web2py.[6] Genshi has replaced Kid in the TurboGears 2.x web framework.[7]

Genshi markup

Genshi makes use of namespaces to embed instructions into HTML. A typical instruction is given as an attribute, with a Python expression inside the quotes. For example, the following will render a paragraph that shows 4:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/">
    <body>
        <p py:content="2 + 2">This will be replaced with 4</p>
    </body>
</html>

Because of the use of namespaces, Genshi can be used in WYSIWYG HTML editors.[8][9]

Differences between Kid and Genshi

  • Genshi directly interprets templates (unlike Kid, which generates Python code)[10]
  • Genshi uses XInclude for template reuse[10]
  • Genshi adds attributes Kid does not have, like py:choose[10]

References

  1. ↑ "What is Genshi?". Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  2. ↑ "CherryPy – Genshi". Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  3. ↑ "Genshi - CherryPy Tools - Trac". Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  4. ↑ "Genshi Templating". Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  5. ↑ "Genshi Templates - Pylons Cookbook". Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  6. ↑ "web2py: Enterprise Web Framework". Retrieved 2009-09-26. 
  7. ↑ Ramm, Mark. "TurboGears 1.1 and Beyond". Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  8. ↑ "Choosing a templating language". Retrieved 2010-05-30. 
  9. ↑ "Choosing a templating language". Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Comparing Genshi to Kid". Retrieved 2008-01-20. 

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