[ale] Text compiler

[james.sumners at gmail.com (James Sumners)]

You could use a "static site generator" to do it. They are numerous.
http://www.metalsmith.io/ may be more than what you want, but is very high
on my list of candidates for when I dump Wordpress.

Or, just use Markdown via Pandoc (http://pandoc.org/).

On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Calvin Harrigan <calvin.harrigan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>     I've been looking for a tool that I can only describe as a text
> compiler. The basic feature would be the ability to use something like
> includes within a template file that references external files and compile
> an output file that would be the amalgam of the text in the template and
> the text of the referenced files.  Have you come across anything that does
> this?  I've turned up at least one candidate, but was hoping for some more
> ideas.  I guess I can code/script something up, but time isn't on my side.
> Especially if it has been done before.
>
> Thanks
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