fixes issue #13

picard/lib/picard/request_extensions.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var request_extensions = {
     scope.headers.push([ 'Content-Type', scope.type  || 'text/html' ])
     scope.headers = locals._set_cookies.call(req, scope.headers)
     
-    if ( scope.status == 500 )
+    if ( scope.status == 500 && !scope.template )
       req.send_data(scope)
     else
       locals._build_document.call(req, scope)

sample_app/app.js

@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ get('/foo/bar/*:baz', function(params) {
   return {text: "Globbed params for 'baz': " + params.baz}
 })
 
+get('/status/500', function(env){
+  env.on_screen({ // render a template
+    status: 500, 
+    template: 'advanced',
+    commands: commands
+  })
+})
+
 // controllers are groups of routes nested under a "route_set"
 require('./controllers/ops_controller')
 require('./controllers/test_controller')

sample_app/spec/app_spec.rb

@@ -297,4 +297,10 @@
     res = Curl::Easy.perform(base_url + '/anonymous_fail_route')
     res.body_str.should include("foo is not defined")
   end
+  
+  it 'should allow template rendering if the status is 500' do
+    res = Curl::Easy.perform(base_url + '/status/500')
+    res.body_str.should include('is even')
+    res.header_str.should include('500')
+  end
 end