:format option for HAML #5

jhindle · 2009-11-27T01:17:24Z

Is there currently a way to set the ':format' option for HAML to change the doctype?

This would be good so the doctype could be changed to HTML4 or HTML5

curthasselschwert · 2010-02-22T18:30:25Z

I was thinking this as well, but you can just do this in your layout:

<!DOCTYPE html>
%html
  %head
    ...

jhindle · 2010-02-22T18:44:38Z

HAML's :format option also effects how self-closing tags are formatted.

XHTML requires an ending slash:

<img src="foo.jpg" alt="bar" />

HTML4 and HTML 5 do not:

<img src="foo.jpg" alt="bar">

curthasselschwert · 2010-02-22T19:37:43Z

You're right! I hadn't even considered closing tags. I second the idea of the :format option for HAML.

jou · 2010-05-20T09:38:07Z

I have implemented a way to pass options to Haml in my branch, so you can put this in your _config.yml:

haml_options:
  format: :html5

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