Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Mark Rivers" <[email protected]> · Thu, 3 Jun 2004 11:47:17 -0500

Hi,
> If you specify default values in the "pattern" line, then you 
> still have to change all substitution files that use your extended 
> template. Although it becomes easier, because you just need to change
the 
> "pattern" lines.
> 
> To keep an extended template backward compatible, you would need to
> specify the default values in the template file.
> 
> Two possibilities to specify default values would be:
> a) where you use a substitution variable: "$(MDEL=0.1)"
> b) in a comment line with a new keyword: #default{MDEL="0.1"}

I guess I misunderstood Bernhard's suggestion.  I would like to add the
defaults to the template file as you suggest, so that it is not
necessary to mofify the substitutions files.

Mark

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System