Re: [xwiki-devs] Fwd: [ANNOUNCE] Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1 release available

fyi -Vincent Begin forwarded message: > From: Nathan Bubna<nbubna(a)apache.org> > Date: April 28, 2010 12:53:50 AM GMT+02:00 > To: Velocity Developers List<dev(a)velocity.apache.org>rg>, Velocity Users List<user(a)velocity.apache.org>rg>, announce(a)apache.org > Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1 release available > > The Velocity developers are please to announce the availability of > Velocity Engine 1.7-beta1. > > Downloads can be found here: > http://velocity.apache.org/download.cgi > > A great deal of work has been done since the 1.6 branch. Here's a taste: > > - Your macros can now be called with bodies when you want: > #macro(foo)Here is $bodyContent#end > #@foo()body content!#end > - Quotes can be escaped in strings by doubling them: > #set( $foo = "$person said, ""$comment"" " ) > #set( $bar = 'Joe said, ''Hi!'' ' ) > - The flawed #literal directive has been replaced with: > #[[ This is included but not parsed, so #if and $foo need no escaping.]]# > > Also included are namespacing improvements, better #break and #stop, > bracketed index syntax, and more! For full details, please see the > change log: > http://velocity.apache.org/engine/devel/changes-report.html > > This should work as a drop-in replacement for Velocity 1.6.3 in the > vast majority of cases. However, there have been a number of > deprecations (should result in warnings in your log output) and a few > minor behavioral changes, all of which are explained in the change > log. :)