A recfmt template is a text string that may contain template slots. Those slots are substituted in the template using the information of a given record. Any text that is not within a slot is copied literally to the output.
Slots are written surrounded by double curly braces, like:
{{...}}
Slots contain selection expressions, that are executed every time the template is applied to a record. The slot is then replaced by the string representation of the value returned by the expression.
For example, consider the following template:
Task {{Id}}: {{Summary}}
------------------------
{{Description}}
--
Created at {{CreatedAt}}
When applied to the following record:
Id: 123 Summary: Fix recfmt. CreatedAt: 12 December 2010 Description: + The recfmt tool shall be fixed, because right + now it is leaking 200 megabytes per processed record.
The result is:
Task 123: Fix recfmt. ------------------------ The recfmt tool shall be fixed, because right now it is leaking 200 megabytes per processed record. -- Created at 12 December 2010
You can use any selection expression in the slots, including conditionals and string concatenation.