lino.utils.jinja¶

This defines the Counter class, a utility used in Jinja templates to generate self-incrementing counters for sections, subsections and any other sequences.

Installation¶

You can add the Counter class either to your local context or to the global namespace.

>>> from jinja2 import Environment
>>> from lino.utils.jinja import Counter
>>> env = Environment()
>>> env.globals.update(Counter=Counter)

Basic usage in a template¶

Using the Counter in your template is easy: You instantiate a template variable of type Counter, and then call that counter each time you want a new number. For example:

>>> s = """
... {%- set art = Counter() -%}
... Easy as {{art()}}, {{art()}} and {{art()}}!
... """

Here is how this template will render :

>>> print(env.from_string(s).render())
Easy as 1, 2 and 3!

Counter parameters¶

When defining your counter, you can set optional parameters.

>>> s = """
... {%- set art = Counter(start=17, step=2) -%}
... A funny counter: {{art()}}, {{art()}} and {{art()}}!
... """
>>> print(env.from_string(s).render())
A funny counter: 19, 21 and 23!

Resetting a counter¶

When calling your counter, you can pass optional parameters. One of them is value, which you can use to restart numbering, or to start numbering at some arbitrary place:

>>> s = """
... {%- set art = Counter() -%}
... First use: {{art()}}, {{art()}} and {{art()}}
... Reset: {{art(value=1)}}, {{art()}} and {{art()}}
... Arbitrary start: {{art(value=10)}}, {{art()}} and {{art()}}
... """
>>> print(env.from_string(s).render())
First use: 1, 2 and 3
Reset: 1, 2 and 3
Arbitrary start: 10, 11 and 12

Nested counters¶

Counters can have another counter as parent. When a parent increases, all children are automatically reset to their start value.

>>> s = """
... {%- set art = Counter() -%}
... {%- set par = Counter(art) -%}
... = Article {{art()}}
... == # {{par()}}
... == # {{par()}}
... = Article {{art()}}
... == # {{par()}}
... == # {{par()}}
... == # {{par()}}
... Article {{art()}}.
... == # {{par()}}
... """
>>> print(env.from_string(s).render())
= Article 1
== # 1
== # 2
= Article 2
== # 1
== # 2
== # 3
Article 3.
== # 1

(This module's source code is available here.)

Functions

_test()

Classes

Counter([parent, start, step])

Represents a counter.

class lino.utils.jinja.Counter(parent=None, start=0, step=1)¶

Bases: object

Represents a counter. Usage see