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How to Make a Generator

#58 How to Make a Generator

Jul 16, 2007 | 11 minutes | Tools
Rails comes with many built-in generators, but what if you want to customize them or make your own? Rails gives you a great way to do this which you will learn in this episode.
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ruby 
# app_layout_generator.rb (see link above for full source)
class AppLayoutGenerator < Rails::Generator::NamedBase
  def manifest
    record do |m|
      m.template "layout.rhtml",   "app/views/layouts/#{file_name}.rhtml"
      m.file     "stylesheet.css", "public/stylesheets/#{file_name}.css"
    end
  end
end