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copied!<p>I am currently working through Michael Hartl's <a href="http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book?version=3.2" rel="nofollow">Rails Tutorial</a> while experimenting with some other things not covered in the book. After completing <a href="http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/filling-in-the-layout?version=3.2#top" rel="nofollow">Chapter 5</a>, where the static pages are created, I decided change the view code to HAML, internationalize the pages, and put the static content into separate (non-partial) Markdown files, using the RDiscount gem to render them. For example:</p> <p><strong>app/views/static_pages/about.html.haml</strong></p> <pre><code>- provide(:title, t('.about_us')) :markdown #{render file: "static_pages/about.#{params[:locale]}.md"} </code></pre> <p>Under the <strong>static_pages</strong> directory, I have Markdown files like <strong>about.en.md</strong>, <strong>about.it.md</strong>, <strong>about.ja.md</strong> etc, so interpolating in the <code>:locale</code> parameter is what determines which language Markdown file gets rendered.</p> <p>My questions are:</p> <ol> <li>The <strong>static_pages</strong> directory is a bit crowded with Markdown files, so are there any sensible default/best practice locations (perhaps outside of the <strong>app</strong> directory) to keep these Markdown files, where they could be presumably be edited by people who don't need to know about the inner workings of the app?</li> <li>What better ways are there to implement rendering multi-lingual Markdown files in views? My use of <code>:locale</code> and the double string-interpolation seems inelegant.</li> <li><p>Is there a way to change this code so that I can pass Ruby variables into the Markdown file? I know I can, for example, use a <code>#{language}</code> variable in the Markdown by just changing <strong>about.en.md</strong> into a HAML partial (<strong>_about.en.html.haml</strong>) and change the code to look something like:</p> <p><strong>app/views/static_pages/about.html.haml</strong></p> <pre><code>- provide(:title, t('.about_us')) :markdown #{render "about.#{params[:locale]}", language: 'Markdown!'} </code></pre> <p>But, is there a way to do this without changing the Markdown file into another type of file? If such a way exists, is it recommended/feasible? </p></li> </ol>

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