Testing the spacify() function.

>>>>templates/test.tpl
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<opt:root>
{spacify('hi universe')}
{spacify('hi universe', '-')}
</opt:root>

>>>>expected.txt
OUTPUT

>>>>result.txt
h i   u n i v e r s e
h-i- -u-n-i-v-e-r-s-e