Testing the "opt:root" escaping control capabilities.
>>>>templates/test.tpl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<opt:root escaping="no">
{$htmlVar}
</opt:root>
>>>>data.php
$view->htmlVar = '<p>foo</p>';
>>>>expected.txt
OUTPUT
>>>>result.txt
<p>foo</p>