Unable to register template helper in json

[carlosanunes]

Hi,

I seem unable to register a handlebars helper in a json. Although the helper is registered it does not call the specified function, it only prints the "function name".

This is the syntax I am using :

"metalsmith-templates": {
    "engine": "handlebars",
    "helpers" : { "<helper_name>" : "<function_name>" }
}

[carlosanunes]

Changed a bit the syntax and now I am getting this error :

Metalsmith · Object function_name has no method 'call'

[hced]

I am also very fond of knowing where and how to register Handlebars helpers. I'm using Metalsmith in the CLI fashion.

For instance, I've got these two helpers, which I don't really know where to put (I'm not a progammer):

Handlebars.registerHelper('capitalize', function(title) { return title.capitalize(); });

Handlebars.registerHelper("formatDate", function(datetime) {
if (moment) {
f = DateFormats['long'];
return moment(datetime).format(f);
}
else {
return datetime;
}
});
var DateFormats = {
short: "DD MMMM - YYYY",
long: "MM/DD/YYYY"
};

[ianstormtaylor]

Hey thanks for this sorry for the delay. Now that https://github.com/superwolff has split out this plugin into two separate plugins—layouts and in-place—I'm going to deprecate the metalsmith-templates plugin, so that we can use the simpler ones instead. I'm going to close this PR, but feel free to re-open there!

Added a deprecation notice to the readme.