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@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ Renders the inlined template string.
=== Accessing Variables in Templates
-Templates are evaluated within the same context as the route blocks. Instance
-variables set in route blocks are available in templates:
+Templates are evaluated within the same context as route handlers. Instance
+variables set in route handlers are direcly accessible by templates:
get '/:id' do
@foo = Foo.find(params[:id])
@@ -199,12 +199,11 @@ Templates may be defined at the end of the source file:
NOTE: In-file templates defined in the source file that requires sinatra
are automatically loaded. Call the use_in_file_templates!
-method explicitly if you have in-file templates in another source file.
+method explicitly if you have in-file templates in other source files.
=== Named Templates
-It's possible to define named templates using the top-level template
-method:
+Templates may also be defined using the top-level template method:
template :layout do
"%html\n =yield\n"
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ is rendered. You can disable layouts by passing :layout => false.
== Helpers
Use the top-level helpers method to define helper methods for use in
-route blocks and templates:
+route handlers and templates:
helpers do
def bar(name)
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ route blocks and templates:
Before filters are evaluated before each request within the context of the
request and can modify the request and response. Instance variables set in
-filters are accessible by routes and templates.
+filters are accessible by routes and templates:
before do
@note = 'Hi!'
@@ -272,8 +271,7 @@ Or set the status and body ...
== Passing
-A route can punt processing to the next matching route using the pass
-statement:
+A route can punt processing to the next matching route using pass:
get '/guess/:who' do
pass unless params[:who] == 'Frank'
@@ -480,5 +478,6 @@ To update the Sinatra sources in the future:
help? Have a patch?
* {Lighthouse}[http://sinatra.lighthouseapp.com] - Issue tracking and release
planning.
+* {Twitter}[http://twitter.com/sinatra]
* {Mailing List}[http://groups.google.com/group/sinatrarb]
* {IRC: #sinatra}[irc://chat.freenode.net/#sinatra] on http://freenode.net