handlebars-delimiters

Custom delimiters, for Handlebars templates.

Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save handlebars-delimiters

Release history

v1.0.0

• breaking changes: the .escapeDelims method was renamed to .escape
• adds a .replace method that replaces delimiters and returns a string

Usage

var delimiters = require('handlebars-delimiters');
var Handlebars = require('handlebars');
 
/**
 * Before
 */
 
var a = Handlebars.compile('{{ name }}<%= name %>')({name: 'Jon'});
console.log(a);
//=> 'Jon<%= name %>'
 
/**
 * After
 */
 
// Pass your instance of Handlebars and define custom delimiters
delimiters(Handlebars, ['<%=', '%>']);
var b = Handlebars.compile('{{ name }}<%= name %>')({name: 'Jon'});
console.log(b);
//=> '{{ name }}Jon'

API

Params

• Handlebars {Object}
• delimiters {Array}: Array with open and close delimiters, like ['<%', '%>']
• returns {undefined}

Example

var delimiters = require('handlebars-delimiters');
var handlebars = require('handlebars');
delimiters(handlebars, ['<%', '%>']);
// you can now use handlebars as usual, but with the new delimiters

.replace

Replace or delimiters in the given string.

Params

• str {String}: String with handlebars to replace or escape.
• source {String}: The delimiters regex source string to conver to a regular expression.
• escape {Boolean}: If true, replacements are escaped with a double-slash.
• returns {String}

Example

var replaced = delimiters.replace(str, ['<%=', '%>']);

.escape

Escape handlebars delimiters in the given string.

Params

• str {String}: String with handlebars to replace or escape.
• returns {String}

Example

var escaped = delimiters.escape(str);

About

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Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Contributors

Commits	Contributor
6	jonschlinkert
4	KingMario
2	AdamMcCormick

Building docs

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To generate the readme, run the following command:

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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