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Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> Steven Noels wrote:
> 
>>>does forrest support any sort of conditional-on-output mechanism?
>>>like <if target="html"> .. </if>?
>>
>>Nope. This is hidden in the sitemap/stylesheets.
> 
> 
> is there no hope for it appearing at a higher level where real users
> (not x*-savvy developers) might take advantage of it?

We must ask the project manager :)

Seriously: while I see some value in this verbatim inclusion of 
external, non-XML fragments, I don't see much value in conditional 
behaviour. It's the kind of stuff which gets thrown back in your face, IMHO.

</Steven>
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