Is it possible to use variables in _Template?

[tevino]

For example:

_Template.md

Date: {{YYYY-MM-DD}}

# {{page_name}}

Body

...

[dometto]

Hi! No, this is not possible at the moment. But you could perhaps define a Macro to achieve both ends:

• a Date() macro that outputs the current date using ruby's built in date functions
• a CurrentPage() macro that uses Gollum's Macro class new active_page method

If you end up implementing these Macro's, please open a PR at gollum-lib -- we would be very interested!

[tevino]

@dometto Thanks for the info, I don't know ruby, but I'll give it a try.

[tevino]

It seems that Macro is expanded at rendering time, in that case, a Date() macro outputs the current date is not very useful.

What I wanted is a macro expanded in edit mode, so that what's written in the result markdown files is the expanded content instead of the macro markup. Is there anything like that? @dometto