Ace is now +/- stable.

bin/ace

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ end
 puts
 
 rules.generators.each do |generator_klass|
-  puts "Running #{generator_klass}"
+  puts "~ Running #{generator_klass}"
   generator = generator_klass.new
   begin
     if generator.respond_to?(:run)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end
 
 puts
 
-Ace::Item.instances.each do |item|
-  puts "Generating #{item.output_path}"
+Ace::Item.all_instances.each do |item|
+  puts "~ Generating #{item.output_path}"
   item.save!
 end

lib/ace.rb

@@ -34,14 +34,24 @@ module Ace
   # This class represents the items which will be
   # eventually rendered like concrete posts, tags etc.
   class Item
-    @@subclasses ||= Array.new
     def self.inherited(subclass)
-      @@subclasses << subclass
+      self.subclasses << subclass
+    end
+
+    def self.subclasses
+      @subclasses ||= Array.new
     end
 
-    @@instances ||= Array.new
     def self.instances
-      @@instances
+      @instances ||= Array.new
+    end
+
+    def self.all_subclasses
+      self.subclasses + self.subclasses.map(&:subclasses).flatten
+    end
+
+    def self.all_instances
+      self.all_subclasses.map(&:instances).flatten
     end
 
     def self.before_filters
@@ -111,11 +121,11 @@ module Ace
     end
 
     def save!
-      content = self.render.chomp # so filters can influence output_path
+      content = self.render # so filters can influence output_path
 
       FileUtils.mkdir_p File.dirname(self.output_path)
       File.open(self.output_path, "w") do |file|
-        file.puts content
+        file.puts(content)
       end
     end
   end

lib/ace/filters/haml.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require "haml"
 require "ace/filters"
 
+# This is just a plain Haml, no template inheritance.
 module Ace
   class HamlFilter < Filter
     # http://haml.hamptoncatlin.com/docs/rdoc/classes/Haml/Engine.html

lib/ace/filters/layout.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 require "ace/filters"
 require "template-inheritance"
 
-TemplateInheritance::Template.paths << File.join(Dir.pwd, "layouts")
+layouts = File.join(Dir.pwd, "layouts")
+unless TemplateInheritance::Template.paths.include?(layouts)
+  TemplateInheritance::Template.paths.unshift(layouts)
+end
 
 module Ace
   class LayoutFilter < Filter

lib/ace/filters/template.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+require "ace/filters"
+require "template-inheritance"
+
+layouts = File.join(Dir.pwd, "layouts")
+unless TemplateInheritance::Template.paths.include?(layouts)
+  TemplateInheritance::Template.paths.unshift(layouts)
+end
+
+TemplateInheritance::Template.paths << File.join(Dir.pwd, "content")
+
+module Ace
+  class TemplateFilter < Filter
+    def call(item, content)
+      if item.output_path
+        item.output_path = item.output_path.split(".")[0..-2].join(".")
+      end
+
+      relative_path = item.original_path.sub("content/", "")
+      template = TemplateInheritance::Template.new(relative_path)
+      return template.render(item: item)
+    end
+  end
+end