Jinja2 for word templating

Question

I would like to use jinja2 for word templating like mentioned is this short article. The problem I'm facing is as follows, if I put {{title}} in my word-file the resulting xml can look like this:

<w:r><w:t>{{</w:t></w:r><w:proofErr w:type="gramStart"/><w:r><w:t>title</w:t></w:r><w:proofErr w:type="gramEnd"/><w:r><w:t>}}</w:t></w:r></w:p>

so it is impossible for jinja to replace this accordingly. Is there a possibility to prevent word from splitting {{title}} in separate text elements? (if I copy from a text-editor it works fine)

Answer 1

This is an issue that is in word, relating to the proofErr tag.

You have two solutions:

• If you want to stick with Jinja2, you should always write your tags in one stroke. Eg, never hit backspace or edit a tag. You can also copy/paste it from an other editor.

• I wrote a library, Docxtemplater that works even if the text-elements are splitted, eg it would replace:

  <w:r>
   <w:t>
     {{
   </w:t>
  </w:r>
  <w:proofErr w:type="gramStart"/>
   <w:r>
    <w:t>title</w:t>
   </w:r>
  <w:proofErr w:type="gramEnd"/>
   <w:r>
    <w:t>}}</w:t>
   </w:r>
  

  by:

  <w:r>
    <w:t>
      Your title
    </w:t>
  </w:r>
  <w:proofErr w:type="gramStart"/>
  <w:r>
    <w:t></w:t>
  </w:r>
  <w:proofErr w:type="gramEnd"/>
  <w:r>
    <w:t></w:t>
  </w:r>
  

Docxtemplater can be programmed over a CLI or in JS Browser/Node.JS