<h1 id="4-richer-templating">4 Richer Templating<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#4-richer-templating"></a></h1>
<h2 id="goals">Goals<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#goals"></a></h2>
<p>More powerful templating features for Dendron</p>
<h2 id="details">Details<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#details"></a></h2>
<h2 id="proposal">Proposal<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#proposal"></a></h2>
<p>Use <a href="https://mozilla.github.io/nunjucks/">nunjucks</a> to customize Dendron</p>
<h3 id="example">Example<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#example"></a></h3>
<ul>
<li>overriding properties in a link</li>
</ul>
<pre><code>{{ ![[foo]] | config(prettyRef = false) }}
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>
<p>rendering a note ref with a custom template</p>
<pre><code>{{ ![[people.john]] | template("person") }}
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>
<p>raw note</p>
<pre><code>---
title: John Snow
homepage: https://john.dendron.wiki
discord: @john123
email: john@hey.me
---
</code></pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>template</p>
<pre><code>{% block content %}

# [{{fm.title}}]({{fm.homepage}})

</code></pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>discord: {{fm.discord}}</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>email: {{fm.email}}</p>
<p>{% endblock %}</p>
<pre><code></code></pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>output</p>
<pre class="language-md"><code class="language-md"><span class="token title important"><span class="token punctuation">#</span> [John Snow](https://john.dendron.wiki)</span>

</code></pre>
</li>
<li>
<p>discord: <a title="Private" href="https://wiki.dendron.so/notes/hfyvYGJZQiUwQaaxQO27q.html" target="_blank" class="private">@john123 (Private)</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p>email: <a href="/mailto:john@hey.me">john@hey.me</a></p>
<pre><code></code></pre>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="tradeoffs">Tradeoffs<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#tradeoffs"></a></h2>
<ul>
<li>pros</li>
<li>cons
<ul>
<li>slow down compilation time</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="related">Related<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#related"></a></h2>
<h2 id="people">People<a aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-heading icon-link" href="#people"></a></h2>
<hr>
<strong>Backlinks</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="/notes/f143ca38-dcc6-4cd3-b84b-997aec1160ef">Rfc</a></li>
</ul>

4 Richer Templating

dendron.dendron.docs


Welcome to the Dendron Developer Docs 

This contains all packages used in [Dendron](https://github.com/dendronhq/dendron).

The docs are organized into the following hierarchies:
- [[Development|dendron://dendron.docs/dev]] (`dev.*`): general development docs 
- [[Packages|dendron://dendron.docs/pkg]] (`pkg.*`): package specific docs
- [[Rfc|dendron://dendron.docs/rfc]] (`rfc.*`): proposals of new features from the Dendron Team and Community
