Sorry, I'm not as smart as the other kids. ha. Thanks. It's working perfectly now with... = Haml::Engine.new(@stuff).render(self)
Best Regards, Bilson On Jan 18, 7:12 pm, "Nathan Weizenbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The way Rails helpers work is that they're defined for the ActionView::Base > class. This class is then instantiated, and it's used as the context in > which the template is evaluated. To specify such a context for Haml, you > need to pass the ActionView::Base object to Haml::Engine#render. Note that > if you're doing this from within a helper, "self" is the current > ActionView::Base instance. > > On Jan 18, 2008 4:03 PM, bilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I read the Engine docs, but I'm not picking up on how I get the > > helpers like "link_to" and "image_tag" to work. It is recognizing > > Ruby code and Haml tags and converting to HTML, but not Rails helpers. > > > Best Regards, > > Bilson > > > On Jan 13, 6:28pm, "Nathan Weizenbaum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Check out the docs for Haml::Engine: > >http://haml.hamptoncatlin.com/docs/rdoc/classes/Haml/Engine.html. It > > should > > > answer all your questions, but if it doesn't, feel free to ask again. > > > > On Jan 13, 2008 1:00 AM, bilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This live preview is awesome. Adding the :ruby filter is better than > > > > using script/console. Live testing. Haml rocks! > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Bilson > > > > > On Jan 13, 3:45 am, bilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have this sort of working, though I doubt this is a very good way. > > > > > I added a parse_haml method that I found posted for a different use. > > > > > I threw the method into application.rb and made it a helper... > > > > > > application.rb > > > > > ----------------- > > > > > > def parse_haml(string) > > > > > engine = Haml::Engine.new(string) > > > > > engine.render > > > > > end > > > > > helper_method :parse_haml > > > > > > Now I can pull a string formatted as Haml out of the database and > > > > > display it appropriately. Even cooler is that I added a form > > observer > > > > > and have a live preview of the textarea going as I type. I also made > > > > > a background image for the textarea that shows 2 space columns to > > make > > > > > the textarea into a usable text editor. > > > > > > The one thing that doesn't work is that none of the ActionView > > helper > > > > > methods are available. Is it possible to reinsert ActionView into > > the > > > > > chain? > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > Bilson > > > > > > On Jan 12, 9:22 pm, bilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a simple way to use HAML markup for a content management > > > > > > system? Basically I just want to... > > > > > > - Enter haml markup into a textarea and save to a database > > > > > > - Retrieve the text string from the database and display as HTML > > > > > > > I don't see a helper that takes a string of HAML markup and > > returns > > > > > > HTML, but I'm probably overlooking it. I guess the HAML lab is > > > > > > essentially doing this, so there must be a way. I would also like > > to > > > > > > suppress evaluation of Ruby code for this facility. Is there > > anyway > > > > > > to suppress_eval only for specific controllers or views or does it > > > > > > have to be application-wide? > > > > > > > BTW - HAML is the greatest plugin ever. > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Bilson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
