partial compiler option for preventIndent

[ericlowry]

With Handlebars 2.0, partials get indented automatically in the resulting document.
This is great most of the time, unless you are generating content with

 or <textarea> tags where whitespace matters.

I need a way to specify that I want to set the compiler options to include the 'preventIndent = true' flag when loading partials...
Thanks!

[ericf]

Okay, interesting…

You can hack this in by overriding the compileTemplate() method:
https://github.com/ericf/express-handlebars/blob/master/lib/express-handlebars.js#L58-65

If you're up for it, it would be great if you created a PR to add a feature to support passing compile-time options. I never had a need for it, which is why I didn't even realize they exist. I think it might make sense to set the compilerOptions during instance creation of ExpressHandlebars, since this doesn't seem like a think you'd want to specify during render time.

[ericf]

In #105 I've added a new config property: compilerOptions, plus I've replaced the compileTemplate() hook with _compileTemplate() and _precompileTemplate() both of which are passed the compilerOptions. Let me know if this new options satisfies what you are after here.

[ericf]

Closing this since #105 was merged.

[jme783]

Hi there, I'm running into this and would like to use the new compilerOptions config property with preventIndent. After trying to implement, I'm still noticing an indent in my preformatted code. Does this look correct?

app.engine('.hbs', exphbs({
  defaultLayout: 'main',
  extname: '.hbs',
  partialsDir: 'views/partials/',
  compilerOptions: {
    preventIndent: true
  }
}));
app.set('view engine', '.hbs');

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[jme783]

Solved! I just had to make sure I was updated to the newest version of express-handlebars, 2.0.0 👍