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+LuCI has a simple regex based template processor which parses HTML-files to Lua functions and allows to store precompiled template files.
+The simplest form of a template is just an ordinary HTML-file. It will be printed out to the user as is.
+
+In LuCI every template is an object with an own scope. It can therefore be instantiated and each instance can has a different scope. As every template processor. LuCI supports several special markups. Those are enclosed in `<% %>`-Tags.
+
+By adding `-` (dash) right after the opening `<%` every whitespace before the markup will be stripped. Adding a `-` right before the closing `%>` will equivalently strip every whitespace behind the markup.
+
+
+# Builtin functions and markups
+## Including Lua code
+*Markup:*
+	
+	<% code %>
+	
+
+
+## Writing variables and function values
+*Syntax:*
+	
+	<% write (value) %>
+	
+
+*Short-Markup:*
+	
+	<%=value%>
+	
+
+## Including templates
+*Syntax:*
+	
+	<% include (templatename) %>
+	
+
+*Short-Markup:*
+	
+	<%+templatename%>
+	
+
+
+## Translating
+*Syntax:*
+	
+	<%= translate("Text to translate") %>
+	
+
+
+*Short-Markup:*
+	
+	<%:Text to translate%>
+	
+
+
+## Commenting
+*Markup:*
+	
+	<%# comment %>
+	
+
+# Builtin constants
+| Name | Value |
+---------|---------
+|`REQUEST_URI`|The current URL (without server part)|
+|`controller`|Path to the Luci main dispatcher|
+|`resource`|Path to the resource directory|
+|`media`|Path to the active theme directory|