Introduce "pad()" helper.

Introduce a helper to emit padded strings / arrays of strings.

dist/helpers/generic-helpers.js

@@ -522,6 +522,21 @@ Generic template helper definitions for HackMyResume / FluentCV.
       } else {
         return options.inverse(this);
       }
+    },
+    pad: function(stringOrArray, padAmount, unused) {
+      var PAD, ret;
+      stringOrArray = stringOrArray || '';
+      padAmount = padAmount || 0;
+      ret = '';
+      PAD = require('string-padding');
+      if (!String.is(stringOrArray)) {
+        ret = stringOrArray.map(function(line) {
+          return PAD(line, line.length + Math.abs(padAmount), null, padAmount < 0 ? PAD.LEFT : PAD.RIGHT);
+        }).join('\n');
+      } else {
+        ret = PAD(stringOrArray, stringOrArray.length + Math.abs(padAmount), null, padAmount < 0 ? PAD.LEFT : PAD.RIGHT);
+      }
+      return ret;
     }
   };
 

src/helpers/generic-helpers.coffee

@@ -487,6 +487,21 @@ GenericHelpers = module.exports =
 
 
 
+  pad: (stringOrArray, padAmount, unused ) ->
+    stringOrArray = stringOrArray || ''
+    padAmount = padAmount || 0
+    ret = ''
+    PAD = require 'string-padding'
+    if !String.is stringOrArray
+      ret = stringOrArray
+        .map (line) -> PAD line, line.length + Math.abs(padAmount), null, if padAmount < 0 then PAD.LEFT else PAD.RIGHT
+        .join '\n'
+    else
+      ret = PAD stringOrArray, stringOrArray.length + Math.abs(padAmount), null, if padAmount < 0 then PAD.LEFT else PAD.RIGHT
+    ret
+
+
+
 ###*
 Report an error to the outside world without throwing an exception. Currently
 relies on kludging the running verb into. opts.