But isn't this what -# is for?

Hampton wrote:
> That's pretty cool man.
>
> Nice use of filters there! That's one area where I'm excited to see
> what people come up with in the future.... filters!
>
> Did you blog about this somewhere?
>
> -hampton.
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 6:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> When I started using haml, I had bunch of rhtml to convert to haml.
>>
>> So, I saved rhtml file as haml and started working.
>>
>> But I was new to haml and most of the files were too long to be
>> converted all at once. Also, I didn't like the idea, of making one
>> more backup file and move piece by piece to haml file.
>>
>> And sometimes, when I needed things working quickly, I didn't want to
>> convert everything, just some pieces I needed.
>>
>> Then, I read about filters and decided to implement my own.
>>
>> It's called nothing filter, because it renders nothing, really handy
>> to convert from old rhtml, html or even php. For example:
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> %p already converted
>>
>> :nothing
>>   <table>
>>   <tr>
>>   <td>this is old stuff not yet converted</td></td>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>> In this way, I can easily test piece by piece for haml errors and
>> proper rendering. This is especially usefull for people who are new to
>> haml (like me at that time).
>>
>> So, if you like the idea, you can include it in next version. Change
>> is trivial:
>> engine.rb:
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>    'nothing' => Haml::Filters::Nothing,
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> And filters.rb:
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>    class Nothing
>>       def initialize(text)
>>         @text = text
>>       end
>>       def render
>>         ""
>>       end
>>     end
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     
>
> >
>
>   


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