[Zope3-dev] "here" vs "context" for templates in content space

Steve Alexander steve@cat-box.net
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:46:10 +0200


Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> Templates used for views have a context variable for refering to
> the context of the view, the thing being viewed.
> 
> Templated pages, which are templates used in content space, like
> traditional zpt templates, have a "context" variable for refering to
> the folder containing the template.
> 
> We decided to use "context" in both cases, but the meaning of "context"
> is a little different in the two cases. I wonder if it would be better
> to use "here" to make things more familiar for Zope 2 users?

It is better to use 'container' if what we're talking about is the thing 
the template is contained within.

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Steve Alexander