$ cat > engine.py << EOF
  > 
  > from mercurial import (
  >     pycompat,
  >     templater,
  >     templateutil,
  > )
  > 
  > class mytemplater(templater.engine):
  >     def _load(self, t):
  >         return self._loader(t)
  > 
  >     def process(self, t, map):
  >         tmpl = self._load(t)
  >         props = self._defaults.copy()
  >         props.update(map)
  >         for k, v in props.items():
  >             if b'{{%s}}' % k not in tmpl:
  >                 continue
  >             if callable(v) and getattr(v, '_requires', None) is None:
  >                 props = self._resources.copy()
  >                 props.update(map)
  >                 v = v(**pycompat.strkwargs(props))
  >             elif callable(v):
  >                 v = v(self, props)
  >             v = templateutil.stringify(self, props, v)
  >             tmpl = tmpl.replace(b'{{%s}}' % k, v)
  >         yield tmpl
  > 
  > templater.engines[b'my'] = mytemplater
  > EOF
  $ hg init test
  $ echo '[extensions]' > test/.hg/hgrc
  $ echo "engine = `pwd`/engine.py" >> test/.hg/hgrc
  $ cd test
  $ cat > mymap << EOF
  > changeset = my:changeset.txt
  > EOF
  $ cat > changeset.txt << EOF
  > {{rev}} {{node}} {{author}}
  > EOF
  $ hg ci -Ama
  adding changeset.txt
  adding mymap
  $ hg log --style=./mymap
  0 97e5f848f0936960273bbf75be6388cd0350a32b test

  $ cat > changeset.txt << EOF
  > {{p1rev}} {{p1node}} {{p2rev}} {{p2node}}
  > EOF
  $ hg ci -Ama
  $ hg log --style=./mymap
  0 97e5f848f0936960273bbf75be6388cd0350a32b -1 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
  -1 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 -1 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

invalid engine type:

  $ echo 'changeset = unknown:changeset.txt' > unknownenginemap
  $ hg log --style=./unknownenginemap
  abort: invalid template engine: unknown
  [255]

  $ cd ..