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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Evaluating Ruby code and Configuration Settings – Glyph Documentation</title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="author" content="Fabio Cevasco" /> <meta name="copyright" content="Fabio Cevasco" /> <meta name="robots" content="all, follow" /> <meta name="Revisit-After" content="2 Days" /> <meta name="language" content="en" /> <meta name="target_country" content="en-us" /> <meta name="country" content="United States" /> <meta name="description" content="H3RALD - Fabio Cevasco's Web Site" /> <meta name="keywords" content="h3rald, fabio cevasco, glyph" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.png" type="image/png" /> <meta content="44.388041;9.073248" name="ICBM" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/styles/html5reset.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/styles/style.css" /> <!--[if lte IE 8]> <script src="/js/html5.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <!--[if lte IE 6]> <div id="ie-warning"> This site is not compatible with Internet Explorer 6 or lower. 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However, it is possible to evaluate simple ruby code snippets using the <code>ruby</code> macro (aliased to <code>%</code>), like this:</p> <ul> <li><code>%[2 + 2]</code> → 4</li> <li><code>%[Time.now]</code> → Fri Oct 22 22:51:14 +0200 2010</li> <li><code>%[Glyph::VERSION]</code> → 0.4.2</li> </ul> <p>The scope for the code evaluation is the Kernel module, (with all inclusions required by Glyph itself).</p> <p>Although it is possible to retrieve Glyph configuration settings in this way (e.g. <code>%[cfg('document.author')]</code>), the <a href="/glyph/book/macros/macros_core.html#m_config"><code>config</code></a> macro (aliased to <code>$</code>) makes things slightly simpler (e.g. <code>$[document.author]</code>).</p> <nav><a href="/glyph/book/text_editing/inclusions.html">Including Files and Snippets ←</a><a href="/glyph/book/index.html">Contents</a><a href="/glyph/book/text_editing/conditionals.html">→ Conditional Macros</a></nav> </section> </article> <footer> <section class="ads"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-2871497824158668"; /* 728x90, created 9/10/10 */ google_ad_slot = "3963343166"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </section> <section> <nav> <a href="/about/">ABOUT</a>|<a href="/contact/">CONTACT</a> </nav> <p>H3RALD Web Site v8.1 — © 2010 — <em>Fabio Cevasco</em></p> </section> </footer> </section><!-- #container end --> <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=ABQIAAAAr6RY1Z6dchG_sX9WDLSy3xRlq2n1sm52B5HDRR5tm6o8XM18FhR56xHNNH6CsX86uN5VoTrglpyOyQ" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- <script src="/js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script> --> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/jquery-timeago.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/jquery-easing.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/jquery-fancybox.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/jquery-toc.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/date.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/feeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/search.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/hyphenator.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="/js/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- Start Google Analytics --> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-18587377-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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