SafeString

[eden-lane]

How can I use new Handlebars.SafeString() ?

[ericf]

var Handlebars = require('handlebars');

[eden-lane]

Thanks. I thought so.

[ericf]

We use this approach all the time for our helpers: https://github.com/yui/pure-site/blob/master/lib/helpers.js

[eden-lane]

I see. I thought that I shouldn't require handlebars for optimization reasons, because express3-handlebars already includes it. Sorry for my misunderstood, I'm still new in node.js

[ericf]

You can always use the reference from your Express Handlebars instance, whichever is easiest for you, the perf difference won't matter if you're doing the require() once, at top of a module.

[eden-lane]

Okay, thank you for the detailed answer and for your time !

[antony]

Seems that even if I use new Handlebars().SafeString it is still escaped. Did this work for you @edencore ?

[antony]

Seems that there is an issue here. SafeString only works if I use my helper as:

{{#marker x y z}}{{/marker}} and does not work if I use {{marker x y z}}

Should I raise this as an Issue?

[eden-lane]

@aiten it works well for me. Here is the example: http://jsbin.com/EpixuCA/2/edit (if I understand you correct). But I guess this question is for Handlebars repository, not for this one.

[ghost]

I might be late to the party here, but you can prevent handlebars from escaping the output by using the triple-stash, e.g. {{{marker x y z}}}

[antony]

If this works it is a winner.

On 12 February 2014 10:05, habhab notifications@github.com wrote:

I might be late to the party here, but you can prevent handlebars from escaping the output by using the triple-stash, e.g. {{{marker x y z}}}

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[tuxsudo]

Ditto on issue where Handlebars.SafeString only works with block helpers.

[ericf]

Handlebars uses an instanceof check to determine whether a string is a SafeString. There can be a problem with this if you have multiple copies of Handlebars in your app, i.e. express-handlebars is using a different version or copy than what's in your app's package.json.

To mitigate this, simply have express-handlebars use the same Handlebars instance you have in your apps — which is used in your custom helpers — by passing a reference to your copy Handlebars when you configure Express Handlebars.