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2244	'Hitting returns' in template files are interpreted as NewLines while I want it interpreted as nothing	chengqi@…	Adrian Holovaty	"= introduction =
hi, I am trying to use django's view-template to export some contents to a text files with some format, e.g. carriage return, indentionh etc. But seems every control statement of django templte(if/for/else) are all interpreted as new lines in the exported TXT files, which make my exported files ugly. The followings are my code related:

= code =
 * views
  {{{
!#python

    categories = Category.objects.filter(field__in=request.POST.getlist(""categories""))
    limits = request.POST.getlist(""category_limits"")

    response = HttpResponse(mimetype=""text/csv; charset=utf-16-be"")
    response[""Content-Disposition""] = ""attachment; filename=indesign_export.txt""
    template = loader.get_template(""indesign_export.txt"")
    context = viewdata(city, categories, limits)
    response.write(unicode(template.render(context), ""utf-8"").encode(""utf-16-be""))
    return response
}}}
 * templates indesign_export.txt    
{{{
<UNICODE-MAC>
{% for category in categories %}
  {% for subcategory in category.subcategories %}
    {% for listing in subcategory.listings %}
      {% if listing.english_menu_ok %} English menu,                        {% endif %}
      {% if listing.wifi_ok %}         Wi-Fi internet,                      {% endif %}
    {% endfor %}
  {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
}}}

 * Currently what resolution I have is not using Templare.reder(), I mean writing the contents directly to a file, whose content will be outputed as HttpResponse('file_content'). But this violates the MVC priciples, no VIEW, that is templates in django.

 * So I think this is a bug of the template system. Thanks."	defect	closed	Template system	dev	normal	invalid			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0