Feature request: "layouts" config option, similar to "includes"

[jvhellemond]

It would be great if there was a layouts config option to configure a directory where layouts can be found (if the path does not start with a "."), similar to the "includes" option for resolving include paths. Could that option be added?

[oscarotero]

include and layout are just two ways to import template files but the file loader doesn't know which tag originates the import.

But you can create your own loader with a different behavior. Take a look to the default file loader. It's just a class with two methods: load and resolve. You can create your own resolve logic, for example, if the path starts with layout:, search the files in a different directory.

export class MyLoader implements Loader {
  resolve(from: string, file: string): string {
    if (file.startsWith(".")) {
      // relative path
    }

    if (file.startsWith("layout:") {
      // look in the layouts folder
    }

    // look in includes folder.
  }
}

[jvhellemond]

Aha, thanks for the pointer. I like the idea of a path qualifier, like layout:. For now, I just put my template in the includes directory :)