[asterisk-users] FYI: Block Comments

[Steve Edwards]

On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Joshua Colp wrote:

> how many of you know about templates?

(You may get more replies with a more 'on-target' subject. I lost 
interest in 'block comments' but was curious why the thread was still 
getting replies.)

Love templates. Use them in extensions.conf, sip.conf, and iax.conf every 
day.

Here's an example from extensions.conf:

[party-line](digit-timeout,h,i,max-timeout,pound-main,s)
         same = n,                       agi(write-cdr)
         same = n,                       background(${PROMPTS-PATH}/0116)
 	...

Where the templates look like:

[digit-timeout](!)
         exten = t,1,                    goto(${CONTEXT},s,1)
[h](!)
         exten = h,1,                    goto(finish-call,h,1)
[i](!)
       	exten = i,1,                    goto(${CONTEXT},s,1)
[max-timeout](!)
         exten = T,1,                    goto(max-time,s,1)
[pound-main](!)
         exten = #,1,                    goto(main-menu,s,1)
[s](!)
         exten = s,1,                    verbose(1,[${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}!${ANI}])

Note that the 's' template has to be the last template specified in the 
template list. Also, that '${EXTEN}@${CONTEXT}' makes for a quick 
cut-n-paste into the 'dialplan show' CLI command.

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