Default haml in views

[pablox-cl]

I created a new app and then ran:

rails g nifty:layout --haml

I expected that it should work with haml since then, but everytime I use the nifty:scaffold I've to specify --haml at the end... is there any way to make it default?

[rainerfrey]

AFAIS there are two "issues" with your request:

• nifty:layout and nifty:scaffold are largely independent of each other (with a loose dependency via a helper method that scaffold uses, and that can be generated by layout)
• rails does not provide a standard way for generators to store preferences in a project

If this will be addressed at all, I ask to make the implementation general, and also remember the options for the test framework.

[pablox-cl]

• Oh, okay I didn't know that they were so independent from each other =P.
• I didn't know either that generators could store some preferences. I guess I could try to find another way to include the --haml part :P

Thanks for your answer =)

[ryanb]

Rails 3 has a way to specify defaults like this, it would be great if nifty generators could listen for these defaults, I haven't built this into the gem yet though.

[rainerfrey]

cool. In such a case it is nice to be proven wrong. Can you give a pointer on how to store defaults with/for a generator (rails doc, or some starting point in the rails sources ...)?

[ryanb]

See the Configuring Generators docs for where to set default behavior.

[rainerfrey]

Ah thanks Ryan. Never noticed that part.