global_init()

Initialize the Chameleon template engine.

Usage

Source

global_init(
    template_folder,
    auto_reload=False,
    cache_init=True,
    restricted_namespace=True
)

Parameters

template_folder: str

Path to the template directory

auto_reload: bool = False

Whether to auto-reload templates on change

cache_init: bool = True

Whether to cache initialization (skip if already initialized)

restricted_namespace: bool = True

If True, only TAL/METAL/i18n namespaces are allowed. If False, allows attribute-based JS frameworks like Alpine.js to use shorthand syntax (@click, :class, etc.)