'Hitting returns' in template files are interpreted as NewLines while I want it interpreted as nothing

[chengqi@…]

introduction

hi, I am trying to use django's view-template to export some contents to a text files with some format, e.g. carriage return, indentionh etc. But seems every control statement of django templte(if/for/else) are all interpreted as new lines in the exported TXT files, which make my exported files ugly. The followings are my code related:

code

• views

  !#python
  
      categories = Category.objects.filter(field__in=request.POST.getlist("categories"))
      limits = request.POST.getlist("category_limits")
  
      response = HttpResponse(mimetype="text/csv; charset=utf-16-be")
      response["Content-Disposition"] = "attachment; filename=indesign_export.txt"
      template = loader.get_template("indesign_export.txt")
      context = viewdata(city, categories, limits)
      response.write(unicode(template.render(context), "utf-8").encode("utf-16-be"))
      return response
  

• templates indesign_export.txt

  <UNICODE-MAC>
  {% for category in categories %}
    {% for subcategory in category.subcategories %}
      {% for listing in subcategory.listings %}
        {% if listing.english_menu_ok %} English menu,                        {% endif %}
        {% if listing.wifi_ok %}         Wi-Fi internet,                      {% endif %}
      {% endfor %}
    {% endfor %}
  {% endfor %}
  

• Currently what resolution I have is not using Templare.reder(), I mean writing the contents directly to a file, whose content will be outputed as HttpResponse('file_content'). But this violates the MVC priciples, no VIEW, that is templates in django.

• So I think this is a bug of the template system. Thanks.

[Jacob]

This is expected template behavior. Every character you type -- yes, including newlines -- is echoed into the output unless it's a template tag or variable. You might take a look at the ​spaceless tag, or just be careful about where you put newlines.

[Adrian Holovaty]

Milestone Version 0.93 deleted