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Andreas Stenius 11 years ago
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@@ -5,15 +5,27 @@ ErlyDTL compiles Django Template Language to Erlang bytecode.
 
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/erlydtl/erlydtl.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/erlydtl/erlydtl)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/erlydtl/erlydtl.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/erlydtl/erlydtl)
 
 
-*Supported tags*: autoescape, block, blocktrans, comment, cycle, extends, filter, firstof, for, if, ifchanged, ifequal, ifnotequal, include, now, regroup, spaceless, ssi, templatetag, trans, verbatim, widthratio, with
+*Supported tags*: autoescape, block, blocktrans, comment, cycle,
+ extends, filter, firstof, for, if, ifchanged, ifequal, ifnotequal,
+ include, now, regroup, spaceless, ssi, templatetag, trans, verbatim,
+ widthratio, with
 
 
 _Unsupported tags_: csrf_token, url
 _Unsupported tags_: csrf_token, url
 
 
-*Supported filters*: add, addslashes, capfirst, center, cut, date, default, default_if_none, dictsort, dictsortreversed, divisibleby, escape, escapejs, filesizeformat, first, fix_ampersands, floatformat, force_escape, format_integer, format_number, get_digit, iriencode, join, last, length, length_is, linebreaks, linebreaksbr, linenumbers, ljust, lower, make_list, phonenumeric, pluralize, pprint, random, random_num, random_range, removetags, rjust, safe, safeseq, slice, slugify, stringformat, striptags, time, timesince, timeuntil, title, truncatechars, truncatewords, truncatewords_html, unordered_list, upper, urlencode, urlize, urlizetrunc, wordcount, wordwrap, yesno
+*Supported filters*: add, addslashes, capfirst, center, cut, date,
+ default, default_if_none, dictsort, dictsortreversed, divisibleby,
+ escape, escapejs, filesizeformat, first, fix_ampersands, floatformat,
+ force_escape, format_integer, format_number, get_digit, iriencode,
+ join, last, length, length_is, linebreaks, linebreaksbr, linenumbers,
+ ljust, lower, make_list, phonenumeric, pluralize, pprint, random,
+ random_num, random_range, removetags, rjust, safe, safeseq, slice,
+ slugify, stringformat, striptags, time, timesince, timeuntil, title,
+ truncatechars, truncatewords, truncatewords_html, unordered_list,
+ upper, urlencode, urlize, urlizetrunc, wordcount, wordwrap, yesno
 
 
 _Unsupported filters_: _none_
 _Unsupported filters_: _none_
 
 
-Project homepage: <http://code.google.com/p/erlydtl/>
+Project homepage: <https://github.com/erlydtl/erlydtl/wiki>
 
 
 Language reference: <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/>
 Language reference: <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/>
 
 
@@ -43,100 +55,104 @@ Four ways:
 
 
 Options is a proplist possibly containing:
 Options is a proplist possibly containing:
 
 
-* `out_dir` - Directory to store generated .beam files. If not specified, no
-.beam files will be created.
+* `out_dir` - Directory to store generated .beam files. If not
+  specified, no .beam files will be created.
 
 
-* `doc_root` - Included template paths will be relative to this directory;
-defaults to the compiled template's directory.
+* `doc_root` - Included template paths will be relative to this
+  directory; defaults to the compiled template's directory.
 
 
-* `custom_tags_dir` - Directory of DTL files (no extension) includable as tags.
-E.g. if $custom_tags_dir/foo contains `<b>{{ bar }}</b>`, then `{% foo bar=100 %}` 
-will evaluate to `<b>100</b>`. Get it?
+* `custom_tags_dir` - Directory of DTL files (no extension) includable
+  as tags.  E.g. if $custom_tags_dir/foo contains `<b>{{ bar }}</b>`,
+  then `{% foo bar=100 %}` will evaluate to `<b>100</b>`. Get it?
 
 
-* `custom_tags_modules` - A list of modules to be used for handling custom
-tags. The modules will be searched in order and take precedence over
-`custom_tags_dir`. Each custom tag should correspond to an exported function
-with one of the following signatures: 
+* `custom_tags_modules` - A list of modules to be used for handling
+  custom tags. The modules will be searched in order and take
+  precedence over `custom_tags_dir`. Each custom tag should correspond
+  to an exported function with one of the following signatures:
 
 
-    some_tag(TagVars)          -> iolist()
-    some_tag(TagVars, Options) -> iolist()
+      some_tag(TagVars)          -> iolist()
+      some_tag(TagVars, Options) -> iolist()
 
 
-The `TagVars` are variables provided to a custom tag in the template's body
-(e.g. `{% foo bar=100 %}` results in `TagVars = [{bar, 100}]`).
-The `Options` are options passed as the second argument to the `render/2` call
-at render-time. (These may include any options, not just `locale` and
-`translation_fun`.)
+  The `TagVars` are variables provided to a custom tag in the
+  template's body (e.g. `{% foo bar=100 %}` results in `TagVars =
+  [{bar, 100}]`).  The `Options` are options passed as the second
+  argument to the `render/2` call at render-time. (These may include
+  any options, not just `locale` and `translation_fun`.)
 
 
-* `custom_filters_modules` - A list of modules to be used for handling custom
-filters. The modules will be searched in order and take precedence over the
-built-in filters. Each custom filter should correspond to an exported filter,
-e.g.
+* `custom_filters_modules` - A list of modules to be used for handling
+  custom filters. The modules will be searched in order and take
+  precedence over the built-in filters. Each custom filter should
+  correspond to an exported filter, e.g.
 
 
-    some_filter(Value) -> iolist()
+      some_filter(Value) -> iolist()
 
 
-If the filter takes an argument (e.g. "foo:2"), the argument will be also be
-passed in:
+  If the filter takes an argument (e.g. "foo:2"), the argument will be
+  also be passed in:
 
 
-    some_filter(Value, Arg) -> iolist()
+      some_filter(Value, Arg) -> iolist()
 
 
-* `vars` - Variables (and their values) to evaluate at compile-time rather than
-render-time. 
+* `vars` - Variables (and their values) to evaluate at compile-time
+  rather than render-time. (Currently not strictly true, see
+  [#61](https://github.com/erlydtl/erlydtl/issues/61))
 
 
-* `reader` - {module, function} tuple that takes a path to a template and returns
-a binary with the file contents. Defaults to `{file, read_file}`. Useful
-for reading templates from a network resource.
+* `reader` - {module, function} tuple that takes a path to a template
+  and returns a binary with the file contents. Defaults to `{file,
+  read_file}`. Useful for reading templates from a network resource.
 
 
 * `compiler_options` - Proplist passed directly to `compiler:forms/2`
 * `compiler_options` - Proplist passed directly to `compiler:forms/2`
 
 
-* `force_recompile` - Recompile the module even if the source's checksum has not
-changed. Useful for debugging.
+* `force_recompile` - Recompile the module even if the source's
+  checksum has not changed. Useful for debugging.
 
 
-* `locale` - The locale used for template compile. Requires erlang_gettext. It
-will ask gettext_server for the string value on the provided locale.
-For example, adding {locale, "en_US"} will call {key2str, Key, "en_US"}
-for all string marked as trans (`{% trans "StringValue" %}` on templates).
-See README_I18N.
+* `locale` - The locale used for template compile. Requires
+  erlang_gettext. It will ask gettext_server for the string value on
+  the provided locale.  For example, adding {locale, "en_US"} will
+  call {key2str, Key, "en_US"} for all string marked as trans (`{%
+  trans "StringValue" %}` on templates).  See README_I18N.
 
 
-* `blocktrans_fun` - A two-argument fun to use for translating `blocktrans`
-blocks. This will be called once for each pair of `blocktrans` block and locale
-specified in `blocktrans_locales`. The fun should take the form:
+* `blocktrans_fun` - A two-argument fun to use for translating
+  `blocktrans` blocks. This will be called once for each pair of
+  `blocktrans` block and locale specified in `blocktrans_locales`. The
+  fun should take the form:
 
 
-    Fun(Block::string(), Locale::string()) -> <<"ErlyDTL code">> | default
+      Fun(Block::string(), Locale::string()) -> <<"ErlyDTL code">> | default
 
 
-* `blocktrans_locales` - A list of locales to be passed to `blocktrans_fun`.
-Defaults to [].
+* `blocktrans_locales` - A list of locales to be passed to
+  `blocktrans_fun`.  Defaults to [].
 
 
-* `binary_strings` - Whether to compile strings as binary terms (rather than
-lists). Defaults to `true`.
+* `binary_strings` - Whether to compile strings as binary terms
+  (rather than lists). Defaults to `true`.
 
 
 * `verbose` - Enable verbose printing of compilation results.
 * `verbose` - Enable verbose printing of compilation results.
 
 
-* `record_info` - List of records to look for when rendering the template. Each record info is a tuple with the fields of the record:
+* `record_info` - List of records to look for when rendering the
+  template. Each record info is a tuple with the fields of the record:
 
 
-    {my_record, record_info(fields, my_record)}
+      {my_record, record_info(fields, my_record)}
 
 
 
 
-Additional compiler options can be provided with the `ERLYDTL_COMPILER_OPTIONS`
-OS environment variable.
+Additional compiler options can be provided with the
+`ERLYDTL_COMPILER_OPTIONS` OS environment variable.
 
 
 
 
 Helper compilation
 Helper compilation
 ------------------
 ------------------
 
 
 Helpers provide additional templating functionality and can be used in
 Helpers provide additional templating functionality and can be used in
-conjunction with the `custom_tags_module` option above. They can be created
-from a directory of templates thusly:
+conjunction with the `custom_tags_module` option above. They can be
+created from a directory of templates thusly:
 
 
     erlydtl:compile_dir("/path/to/dir", my_helper_module_name)
     erlydtl:compile_dir("/path/to/dir", my_helper_module_name)
     
     
     erlydtl:compile_dir("/path/to/dir", my_helper_module_name, Options)
     erlydtl:compile_dir("/path/to/dir", my_helper_module_name, Options)
 
 
-The resulting module will export a function for each template appearing
-in the specified directory. Options is the same as for compile/3.
+The resulting module will export a function for each template
+appearing in the specified directory. Options is the same as for
+compile/3.
 
 
-Compiling a helper module can be more efficient than using `custom_tags_dir`
-because the helper functions will be compiled only once (rather than once
-per template).
+Compiling a helper module can be more efficient than using
+`custom_tags_dir` because the helper functions will be compiled only
+once (rather than once per template).
 
 
 
 
 Usage (of a compiled template)
 Usage (of a compiled template)
@@ -145,8 +161,8 @@ Usage (of a compiled template)
     my_compiled_template:render(Variables) -> {ok, IOList} | {error, Err}
     my_compiled_template:render(Variables) -> {ok, IOList} | {error, Err}
 
 
 Variables is a proplist, dict, gb_tree, or a parameterized module
 Variables is a proplist, dict, gb_tree, or a parameterized module
-(whose method names correspond to variable names). The variable 
-values can be atoms, strings, binaries, or (nested) variables.
+(whose method names correspond to variable names). The variable values
+can be atoms, strings, binaries, or (nested) variables.
 
 
 IOList is the rendered template.
 IOList is the rendered template.
 
 
@@ -155,40 +171,42 @@ IOList is the rendered template.
 
 
 Same as `render/1`, but with the following options:
 Same as `render/1`, but with the following options:
 
 
-* `translation_fun` - A fun/1 that will be used to translate strings appearing
-inside `{% trans %}` tags. The simplest TranslationFun would be `fun(Val) ->
-Val end`
+* `translation_fun` - A fun/1 that will be used to translate strings
+  appearing inside `{% trans %}` tags. The simplest TranslationFun
+  would be `fun(Val) -> Val end`
 
 
 * `locale` - A string specifying the current locale, for use with the
 * `locale` - A string specifying the current locale, for use with the
-`blocktrans_fun` compile-time option.
+  `blocktrans_fun` compile-time option.
 
 
-    my_compiled_template:translatable_strings() -> [String]
+      my_compiled_template:translatable_strings() -> [String]
 
 
-List of strings appearing in `{% trans %}` tags that can be overridden with
-a dictionary passed to `render/2`.
+  List of strings appearing in `{% trans %}` tags that can be
+  overridden with a dictionary passed to `render/2`.
 
 
-    my_compiled_template:translated_blocks() -> [String]
+      my_compiled_template:translated_blocks() -> [String]
 
 
-List of strings appearing in `{% blocktrans %}...{% endblocktrans %}` blocks;
-the translations (which can contain ErlyDTL code) are hard-coded into the
-module and appear at render-time. To get a list of translatable blocks before
-compile-time, use the provided `blocktrans_extractor` module.
+  List of strings appearing in `{% blocktrans %}...{% endblocktrans
+  %}` blocks; the translations (which can contain ErlyDTL code) are
+  hard-coded into the module and appear at render-time. To get a list
+  of translatable blocks before compile-time, use the provided
+  `blocktrans_extractor` module.
 
 
-    my_compiled_template:source() -> {FileName, CheckSum}
+      my_compiled_template:source() -> {FileName, CheckSum}
 
 
-Name and checksum of the original template file.
+  Name and checksum of the original template file.
 
 
-    my_compiled_template:dependencies() -> [{FileName, CheckSum}]
+      my_compiled_template:dependencies() -> [{FileName, CheckSum}]
 
 
-List of names/checksums of templates included by the original template
-file. Useful for frameworks that recompile a template only when the
-template's dependencies change.
+  List of names/checksums of templates included by the original
+  template file. Useful for frameworks that recompile a template only
+  when the template's dependencies change.
 
 
-    my_compiled_template:variables() -> [Variable::atom()]
+      my_compiled_template:variables() -> [Variable::atom()]
+
+  Sorted list of unique variables used in the template's body. The
+  list can be used for determining which variable bindings need to be
+  passed to the render/3 function.
 
 
-Sorted list of unique variables used in the template's body. The list can
-be used for determining which variable bindings need to be passed to the
-render/3 function.
 
 
 Differences from standard Django Template Language
 Differences from standard Django Template Language
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
@@ -204,3 +222,6 @@ From a Unix shell, run:
     make test
     make test
 
 
 Note that the tests will create some output in tests/output.
 Note that the tests will create some output in tests/output.
+
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