@@ -70,6 +70,27 @@ and renders <p><textarea>Foo&#x000A;Bar</textarea></p> +=== How do I make my long lines of Ruby code look nicer in my Haml document? + +Put them in a helper or your model. + +Haml purposefully makes it annoying to put lots of Ruby code into your templates, +because lots of code doesn't belong in the view. +If you take that huge +link_to_remote+ call +and move it to a +update_sidebar_link+ helper, +it'll make your view both easier to read and more semantic. + +If you absolutely must put lots of code in your template, +Haml offers a somewhat awkward multiline-continuation tool. +Put a <tt>|</tt> (pipe character) at the end of each line you want to be merged into one +(including the last line!). +For example: + + %p= @this.is(way.too.much). | + code("and I should"). | + really_move.it.into( | + :a => @helper) | + === I have Haml installed. Why is Rails (only looking for <tt>.html.erb</tt> files | rendering Haml files as plain text | rendering Haml files as blank pages)? There are several reasons these things might be happening. FAQ 6fc675ef4e5193cccb117999fb13436f86c7ec77 Nathan Weizenbaum nex342@gmail.com http://github.com/nex3/haml/commit/c273243725e9aa38a9581ab0ac6f38380c6ff6b7 c273243725e9aa38a9581ab0ac6f38380c6ff6b7 2008-05-15T18:34:35-07:00 2008-05-15T18:34:35-07:00 Add a section on multiline to the FAQ. 65f4a3426d2003c233c1921be1ddf8ee939a35fe Nathan Weizenbaum nex342@gmail.com