patBBCode describers meet patTemplate :: a programmer's best friend

I have added the patTemplate driver to the new Describer class included with patBBCode: this driver uses a patTemplate template file or loaded templates to generate the tag guide, leaving nearly total control in layout. The effect can best be seen by comparing the very simple HTML Driver output with the new patTemplate driver output.

In addition to making it possible to let patBBCode render its tag guide automatically directly in your site's design, the patTemplate driver has a series of options you can set, namely:

• injectContent: whether to inject the content into the loaded templates directly, or return the rendered list as a string. This is very useful if you want to inject the content directly in place into an existing template your application has already loaded.
• sortBy: sorting of the tags list. Possible values are 'tagName' to order by tag names alphabetically, 'attributes' to sort by tags with or without attributes, or set to 'null' to disable completely.
• sortDir: sorting direction. asc|desc
• containerTemplate: sets the name of the template containing the whole tags list
• entryTemplate: the name of the template for each tag
• attributesTemplate: the name of the template with the attributes list
• variablePrefix: a prefix prepended to all variables in the templates - use if some of the standard variable names collide with existing ones in your application

These changes are currently only available in CVS, so you can view the changes in our WebCVS or download the latest CVS snapshot.