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23356	Unable to create template tag which behaves similar to {% verbatim %}	Jacob Rief		"Currently it is impossible to create custom template tags which behave similar to {{{ {% verbatim %} }}}.
The reason is in {{{Lexer.create_token()}}}. There, the class member {{{self.verbatim}}} is set for template blocks in ""verbatim"" state. It is impossible to turn on that state from outside, ie. a template tag.

Fixing this, would be as simple as changing {{{if block_content[:9] in ('verbatim', 'verbatim ')}}} to {{{if block_content.startswith('verbatim')}}} or to {{{if block_content[:9] in ('verbatim', 'verbatim ', 'verbatim_')}}}.
Then all template tags beginning with verbatim..., would start in ""verbatim"" state. I don't assume this will break any existing code; who starts the name of a templatetag with 'verbatim...' if not for that purpose?

Background information why this is useful:
Templates syntax for Django and AngularJS is very similar, and with some caveats it is possible to reuse a Django template for rendering in AngularJS. I therefore attempted to add a context sensitive variation of the verbatim tag to this app https://github.com/jrief/django-angular, but was hindered by this issue.

BTW: This part of the Django code did not change from 1.6 up to master.

"	Cleanup/optimization	new	Template system	dev	Normal		verbatim		Accepted	1	0	0	1	0	0