Syntax

Stencil's syntax is designed to reduce typing as much as possible and to feel like the text and output commands are naturally woven together.

Overview

All text in a Stencil template is output without modification. Only outputs are processed by the template engine.

To begin a dynamic section you always use the '$' and to end it you always use the ';'.

		$myVal;
	

Different output commands can take "Blocks" of text. To define a block you wrap it in '{' and '}'.

		$if x {
			This text is in a block
		};
		
		$if y { This text is too }
	

Some commands, and user defined macros, can take more than one block.

		$if x {
			This text is in a block
		}
		else {
			A second block
		};
	

That's the basics!

You can read all the details about outputs, expressions, functions, macros, etc. using the syntax reference at the right.