lib/spontaneous/extensions/string.rb in spontaneous-0.2.0.alpha2 vs lib/spontaneous/extensions/string.rb in spontaneous-0.2.0.alpha3

@@ -6,10 +6,21 @@
     module String
       def /(path)
         File.join(self, path.to_s)
       end
 
+      def or(alternative)
+        return alternative if empty?
+        self
+      end
+
+      alias_method :'|', :or
+
+      def value(format = :html)
+        self
+      end
+
       HTML_ESCAPE_TABLE = {
         '&' => '&',
         '<' => '&lt;',
         '>' => '&gt;',
         '"' => '&quot;',
@@ -32,9 +43,14 @@
 
       def escape_js
         self.gsub(/(\\|<\/|\r\n|[\n\r"'])/) { JS_ESCAPE_MAP[$1] }
       end
 
+      # Makes it easier to pass either a field or a String around
+      # in templates
+      def to_html
+        self
+      end
     end
   end
 end