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Swig template engine and Sails.js - how to change tagControls

I want to change default Swig tagControls {% ... %} to {? ... ?} I am using sails.js framework.

I add to config folder swig.js file, which contains:

module.exports.swig = {

  SwigOpts: {
    'tagControls':  ['{?', '?}']
  }

};

But it doesn't work, view in the browser look like this:

{? for user in users ?}
{? user.email ?}
{? endfor ?}

So, tags wasn't interpreted. Is my config file wrong? Standard tags {% ... &} works fine.

Solution

  • Something like this should work: in your config/views.js

    engine: {
  ext: 'swig', // Or `html`, whatever you are using
  fn: function (pathName, locals, cb) {
    var swig = require('swig');
    swig.setDefaults({tagControls: ['{?', '?}']});
    return swig.renderFile(pathName, locals, cb);
  }
},

    As for the config/swig.js and module.exports.swig, I don't think it's being processed automatically.