Chapter 5 Customizing Generation with GTL

.block macro

The .block macro is used to add a header and/or a footer to its content when it is not empty.

.block [(head)]
	block-input
.endblock[(tail)]

The following parameters are available:

Parameter Description
head [optional] Generated before output, if there is one.

Type: Simple template
block-input Parameter used to input text

Type: Complex template
tail [optional] Appended to the output, if there is one

Type: Text

The output is a concatenation of head, the evaluation of the block-input and tail.

Example:

.block (<b>)
The current text is in bold
.endblock (</b>)

 

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