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Comment by arve0

6 years ago

markdown-it [1] has a number of plugins that let you add extra features to commonmark. For adding attributes, I wrote markdown-it-attrs [2]. Combine that with a flexible static site generator, like metalsmith [3], and you have a solution adjustable to your needs.

1: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it 2: https://github.com/arve0/markdown-it-attrs 3: https://metalsmith.io/

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battery_cowboy  6 years ago

I intend to use this setup, modified a bit, it's pretty much just what I was looking for: a very modular static generation tool that still uses a language I can read easily before generation, even if it isn't a 100% standard/stock language.

I was running into issues where some feature idea I had (ex: a way to expire an article based on some "code", like a function to check if Debian 10 is EOL yet in an article on how to install Debian 10) wouldn't be supported by my static generator, so I wanted to write my own or fork it, but instead I can just write modules for metalsmith or markdown-it for different features I need, it's perfect.