Awesome!  You might get an even better performance boost if you can move 
the timestamp checking into the Apache configuration, perhaps as rewrite 
rules.  I imagine it can be done, I'm just not a mod_rewrite whiz.

Sean

Evgeny wrote:
> This idea inspired me to refactor some code of mine, and create such a helper.
> Read all about it on my blog:
> http://blog.kesor.net/2007/07/30/haml-caching-cgi/
>
> Complete example is available.
>
> On 7/30/07, Sean Cribbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> IIRC, the Haml command line utility outputs to another file by
>> default.  Since CGI uses stdin/out, you'd have to pass some options to
>> Haml to force it to use stdout, or write a script that acts as the
>> handler and does that for you.  Keep in mind that Ruby's CGI interface
>> is really slow w.r.t. Apache -- a new interpreter has to be spawned
>> every time there is a request.  I would suggest implementing some sort
>> of caching, perhaps as part of the initial request.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> On 7/29/07, Mike Zillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>     
>>> This sounded like a fun idea, but no luck yet.
>>>
>>> I'm thoroughly enjoying HAML and SASS in my Rails application
>>> development. I wanted to use my local haml gem processor as a pre-
>>> processor for .haml files outside of Rails as well, so I could develop
>>> all of my HTML code with this incredible markup.
>>>
>>> The idea is that all files with the suffix .haml should be processed
>>> through haml, while the rest will retain their original processing. I
>>> tried adding the following lines to my .htaccess file (on Dreamhost)
>>> without success:
>>>
>>> AddType text/haml .haml
>>> AddHandler haml-file .haml
>>> Action haml-file /home/mikezillion/.gems/bin/haml
>>> Action text/haml /home/mikezillion/.gems/bin/haml
>>>
>>> This gives me a slow response, and a "Rails application failed to
>>> start properly" error, in a directory where I have not installed any
>>> Rails code. Can anyone spot the problem? If so, I'd love to get this
>>> working!
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>
> >
>
>   


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