Add basic jinja extension #417
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Django recommends creating a custom environment and adding things into it: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/templates/#django.template.backends.jinja2.Jinja2 (scroll down a bit). I don't see what adding an extension really adds over using this pattern, at least for this single template tag. If there were more, maybe. I may add one to my heroicons project, for example. |
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It doesn't add a whole lot that's true, it's more of a convenience. If I add django-htmx to my project and have no need for other custom tags then I only need to add one line to my template config. A few other libraries I use follow this pattern. If it adds more maintenance overhead than it's worth, happy to for this to be closed |
Out of interest, can you link to them? I think I’ll stick with the status quo here, for now. But I’ll keep an extension in mind if there are ever more tags. Thanks! |
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Mainly Wagtail - https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/jinja2.html#jinja2 Few other ones are for wagtail extensions (but most of those are maintained by us) |
Added a basic built-in jinja extension, should mean integrating with jinja templates requires a little less wiring up for the user, no need to create a custom extension in the project. If more template tags are added in the future they can be added to the built-in extension as well.