Filter support for Haml

[hcthoemmes]

Hi folks – this is my first time really writing code for the web (and I'm only a novice programmer in any case), and I've gotta say eleventy is making it a lot of fun ÷] There are a lot of opportunities that I wasn't aware of, one of the most interesting is definitely the use of templating languages.

I took a gander through the ones that are presently supported, and to be honest, none of them seemed more simple to me than just writing my own HTML, save Haml. I'd like to use it for my project, but I noticed there's no support for filters. Linked questions towards the same end: are there any plans to implement that support in the near future? Is there some sort of hacky workaround to get Haml filters to work in a project? Can you use the filters of other languages? Regarding that last one: I did notice that, in the 6-minute blog tutorial, Liquid syntax was used within an HTML document, so I'm hopeful but unsure.
If I missed something in the documentation that discusses this, please point me in its direction!!

[btrem]

I don't use HAML in my project. Having a bit of experience with jinja, I went with nunjucks (which is a js port of jinja). For the most part, I use universal filters, e.g.,

eleventyConfig.addFilter("toArray", function(value) {
  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
    return value;
  }
  return [value];
});

Does that not work in Haml?

[hcthoemmes]

Hi Brian,

Haml does indeed have universal filters – but, according to the documentation, Haml's universal filters aren't supported by 11ty. I'm using Pug now, as it has a similar layout.

[btrem]

Haml does indeed have universal filters – but, according to the documentation, Haml's universal filters aren't supported by 11ty.

When I said "universal filters," I didn't mean Haml specific filters, but rather the opposite: filters that work with any template language. It appears from reading the docs on filters that they are only available in some template languages, and haml isn't one of them.

I'm using Pug now, as it has a similar layout.

Good to hear that you have a way to move forward.