NAME
   Text::MicroMason - Simplified HTML::Mason Templating

DESCRIPTION
   Text::MicroMason interpolates blocks of Perl code embedded into text
   strings, using the simplest features of HTML::Mason.

   Here's an example of Mason-style templating, taken from the HTML::Mason
   manpage:

       % my $noun = 'World';
       Hello <% $noun %>!
       How are ya?

   Interpreting this template with Text::MicroMason produces the same
   output as it would in HTML::Mason:

       Hello World!
       How are ya?

   A complete discussion of the supported syntax and the way it is
   compiled is provided in the module's inline POD.

MOTIVATION
   The HTML::Mason module provides a useful syntax for dynamic template
   interpretation (sometimes called embedded scripting): plain text (or
   HTML) containing occasional chunks of Perl code whose results are
   interpolated into the text when the template is "executed."

   However, HTML::Mason also provides a full-featured web application
   framework with mod_perl integration, a caching engine, and numerous
   other functions, and there are times in which I'd like to use the
   templating capability without configuring a full Mason installation.

   Thus, the Text::MicroMason module was born: it supports the core aspects
   of the HTML::Mason syntax ("<%...%>" expressions, "%...\n" and
   "<%perl>...</%perl>" blocks, "<& file &>" includes, "%ARGS" and
   "$_out->()" ), and omits the features that are web specific (like
   autohandlers) or are less widely used (like "<%method>" blocks).

 Related Modules

   You may well be thinking "yet another dynamic templating module?
   Sheesh!" And you'd have a good point. There certainly are a variety of
   templating toolkits on CPAN already; even restricting ourselves to those
   which use Perl syntax for both interpolated expressions and flow control
   (as opposed to "little languages") there's a fairly crowded field,
   including Template::Toolkit, Template::Perl, Text::Template, and
   Text::ScriptTemplate, as well as those that are part of full-blown web
   application frameworks like Apache::ASP, ePerl, HTML::Embperl, and
   HTML::Mason.

   Nonetheless, I think this module occupies a useful niche: it provides a
   reasonable subset of HTML::Mason syntax in a very light-weight fashion.
   In comparison to the other modules listed, MicroMason aims to be fairly
   lightweight, using one eval per parse, converting the template to an
   cacheable unblessed subroutine ref, eschewing method calls, and
   containing just over a hundred lines of Perl code.

 Compatibility with HTML::Mason

   See the HTML::Mason manpage for a much more full-featured version of the
   capabilities provided by this module.

   If you've already got HTML::Mason installed, configured, and loaded into
   your process, you're probably better off using it rather than this
   package. HTML::Mason's "$interp->make_component()" method allows you to
   parse a text string without saving it to disk first.

   The following sets of HTML::Mason features are not supported by
   Text::MicroMason:

   *   No %attr, %shared, %method, or %def blocks.

   *   No |h or |u options to escape the result of interpolated
       expressions.

   *   No $m Mason interpreter context.

   *   No $r request object

   *   No shared files like autohandler and dhandler.

   *   No mod_perl integration or configuration capability.

DISTRIBUTION, INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT
 Version

   This is version 1.07 of Text::MicroMason.

 Prerequisites

   This module should work with any version of Perl 5, without platform
   dependencies or additional modules beyond the core distribution.

 Installation

   You should be able to install this module using the CPAN shell
   interface:

     perl -MCPAN -e 'install Text::MicroMason'

   Alternately, you may retrieve this package from CPAN or from the
   author's site:

   * http://search.cpan.org/~evo/

   * http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/E/EV/EVO

   * http://www.evoscript.org/Text-MicroMason/dist/

   After downloading the distribution, follow the normal procedure to
   unpack and install it, using the commands shown below or their local
   equivalents on your system:

     tar xzf Text-MicroMason-*.tar.gz
     cd Text-MicroMason-*
     perl Makefile.PL
     make test && sudo make install

 Release Status

   This module's CPAN registration should read:

     Name            DSLIP  Description
     --------------  -----  ---------------------------------------------
     Text::
     ::MicroMason    Rdpfp  Simplified HTML::Mason Templating

   This module should be categorized under group 11, Text Processing
   (although there's also an lesser argument for placing it 15 Web/HTML,
   where HTML::Mason appears).

   This module has been available on CPAN for over two years, with a
   relatively stable interface and feature set. If you encounter any
   problems, please inform the author and I'll endeavor to patch them
   promptly.

 Tested Platforms

   This release has been tested succesfully on the following platforms:

     5.6.1 on darwin

   Earlier releases have also tested OK on a wide variety of platforms. You
   may review the current test results from CPAN-Testers:

   * http://testers.cpan.org/show/Text-MicroMason.html

 Support

   If you have questions or feedback about this module, please feel free to
   contact the author at the below address. Although there is no formal
   support program, I do attempt to answer email promptly.

   I would be particularly interested in any suggestions towards improving
   the documentation, correcting any Perl-version or platform dependencies,
   as well as general feedback and suggested additions.

   Bug reports that contain a failing test case are greatly appreciated,
   and suggested patches will be promptly considered for inclusion in
   future releases.

   To report bugs via the CPAN web tracking system, go to
   "http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Text-MicroMason" or send mail
   to "Dist=Text-MicroMason#rt.cpan.org", replacing "#" with "@".

CREDITS AND COPYRIGHT
 Author

   Developed by Matthew Simon Cavalletto at Evolution Softworks. More free
   Perl software is available at "www.evoscript.org".

   You may contact the author directly at "[email protected]" or
   "[email protected]".

 The Shoulders of Giants

   Based on the superb HTML::Mason, originally developed by Jonathan
   Swartz.

 Feedback and Suggestions

   My sincere thanks to the following users who have provided feedback:

     Pascal Barbedor
     Mark Hampton
     Philip King
     Daniel J. Wright
     William Kern
     Tommi Maekitalo

 Copyright

   Copyright 2002, 2003 Matthew Simon Cavalletto.

   Portions copyright 2001 Evolution Online Systems, Inc.

 License

   You may use, modify, and distribute this software under the same terms
   as Perl.

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