My epic quest to learn Template Toolkit

[anarres]

I thought this might be useful for anyone who's as baffled by Template Toolkit as I am ;-)

First off, I just wanted to get something, anything, to work, so I would be able to play with it. It turns out there are a few different ways to use Template Toolkit, and Dreamwidth uses it via the Perl Template module. I installed this module on my laptop by doing this:

$ sudo cpan Template

Then following this tutorial: Devshed: getting started with the Perl Template Toolkit, I put the following two files in the same directory:

destruction.tt:

People of [% planet %], your attention please.

This is [% captain %] of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council.

As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for destruction.

The process will take slightly less than [% time %].
Thank you.

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