defopts_to_hash(opts_string)
opts_hash ={}
arr = opts_string.split(';;')
arr.each do |option|
option = option.split("=")
key, value = option[0].strip, option[1].strip
opts_hash[key]= value
end
opts_hash
rescue=> e
raise"error in template_filter.rb: opts_to_hash()"end