Compile-able layouts? Eg. haml

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Hey everyone,

I’d like to write my layout files in haml, but it seems like jekyll treats layout files differently than pages and posts. I haven’t found anything about it in here, but perhaps it was a question that was answered and then nuked in the data loss.

I’ve kludged together the solution in the past, but since upgrading to 3.4, the kludge no longer works. Before digging in, I wanted to consult the community to see if there’s anything out there already.

Update: The third code snippet now contains a monkeypatch which allows layouts to compile.

Cheers!

  • vox

I’m using a really simple haml converter plugin:

module Jekyll
  class HamlConverter < Converter
    safe true

    def setup
      return if @setup
      require 'haml'
      @setup = true
    rescue
      STDERR.puts 'do `gem install haml`'
      raise FatalException.new('Missing dependency: haml')
    end

    def matches(ext)
      ext =~ /haml/i
    end

    def output_ext(ext)
      '.html'
    end

    def convert(content)
      setup
      engine = Haml::Engine.new(content)
      engine.render
    end
  end
end

In the past (v3.1ish) I was able to use something like this monkeypatch to make layouts renderable:

module Jekyll
  class Layout
    alias plain_init initialize

    def initialize *args
      plain_init *args
      self.content = transform
    end
  end
end

Update, this modified monkeypatch is what’s needed to get Layouts to compile or render under 3.4.0:

module Jekyll
  class Layout
    alias plain_init initialize

    def initialize *args
      plain_init *args
      self.content = _renderer.convert content
    end

    def extname
      @ext
    end
  end
end