Cite

Cite is a template engine that respects newlines and indentation even in nested templates.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'cite'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install cite

Getting Started

Compiling a template from a file:

Cite.file(filename, options = {})

or compile a template from a string:

Cite.inline(template_string, options = {})

Options may include

:stream_name
:correct_indentation

Rendering a compiled template:

render([object = Object.new], [local_variables = {}])

where object is self in the context of the rendered template and local_variables may be a hash with keys made available as local variables within the template. Both arguments are optional

Templates

Cite can access local and instance variables on self as well as methods on self:

A local variable: {{= name }}
An instance-variable: {{= @name }}
A method call: {{= concat(name, @name) }}

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment. Run bundle exec cite to use the gem in this directory, ignoring other installed copies of this gem.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing