[Templates] pre-compiling templates

[allan]

darren chamberlain wrote:

> There is no explicit "How to precompile" section, but there are hints
> scattered around.  See COMPILE_EXT, which your example shows that
> you've found, and COMPILE_DIR, which is the missing piece.
> 
> > from the command line with tpage or is it possible via a browser?
> 
> It is possible from anywhere you can invoke TT.

> my $template = Template->new({
>         INCLUDE_PATH  => "$websrc/" . APACHE_ADMIN_LIB,
>         PRE_PROCESS   => 'config',
>         COMPILE_EXT => '.ttc', # compile extension in same dir
>         COMPILE_DIR => '/tmp',
> });
> 
> This will put your templates in $COMPILE_DIR/path/to/the/original; i.e.,
> the template /foo/bar/baz.tt2 will go into /tmp/foo/bar/baz.tt2.

ok thanks. it turned out to really be a file permission problem to me,
solved now. it works as i would expect and really does increase performance.
thanks again!

/allan