Rather than directly invoke command-line Python (and Mako) from the assets Rakefile, or call an external Python script, use a Django management command to preprocess all asset template files. An "asset template file" is defined as a static asset file with a file extension indicating that it needs to be run through a template engine prior to Sass/CoffeeScript compilation or packaging with other assets. The preprocess_assets management command will look through all of the files listed in the `STATICFILES_DIRS`, preprocessing each as needed. Preprocessing strips off the special template file extension, creating a new file in the process. Currently, the only variable accessible in an asset template file is the `THEME_NAME`, defined in the settings.
The code in this directory is based on:
django-mako Copyright (c) 2008 Mikeal Rogers
and is redistributed here with modifications under the same Apache 2.0 license
as the orginal.
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django-mako
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This module provides a drop in replacement of Django templates for Mako
Templates.
Django: http://www.djangoproject.com/
Mako: http://www.makotemplates.org/
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How to install?
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$ sudo python setup.py install