I use M4 and make.

M4 is a venerable, standard macro language and make is great for keeping everything in sync. It's also really easy to learn.

define(`_foo',`<H1>$1</H1>')dnl
_foo(`That was easy')dnl

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Now you know how to use M4.

Okay, maybe it's not that simple...

Here's the link to the manual for Gnu's M4. http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/manual/html_node/index.html

It's great for writing re-usable chunks (_my_header(), _my_footer(), etc..). Not so great for complex formatting (e.g., automatically generating a table of contents from all your different sections)

-Pileofrogs

In reply to Re: Off-Line Content Management Scheme? by pileofrogs
in thread Off-Line Content Management Scheme? by ozboomer

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