Haml sucks for content: http://chriseppstein.github.com/blog/2010/02/08/haml-sucks-for-content/
But if you insist, my post there has some good hints on how. Also here's the docs on how to manage whitespace: http://haml-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.HAML_REFERENCE.html#whitespace_preservation chris On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Serenity <[email protected]> wrote: > Since I already know that the standard response to this question is > "why would you want to do that use erb", I will start out with the > why: > > I have a complex haml template that already generates a marked up > version of my output. It's actually a series of partials that call one > another. > > I need a text version of the same output. The code is already in > place, and already works. RIpping the markup out of the haml is easy. > Rewriting the whole thing in ERB would be a pain. > > It seems sad that I would have to port a big chunk of code to ERB just > because haml does not want to let me force an extra newline and some > leading spaces in a couple of places. > > Not to metion, haml's self-closing blocks are nice. and, oh, by the > way, they are a big part of the reason that porting to ERB would be a > pain. > > So, with that said, is there a way to get haml to put out an extra > newline and some extra leading spaces in certain places? > > Thanks, > Avram > > -- > 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] <haml%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en. > > -- 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.
