webgen users - Feb 2011 - Making {include_file} work well with Maruku

I write most of my webpage in Maruku, but there are two places where I 
want to include code samples.  I use the {include_file} tag to include 
the code samples.  For example:

   ---
   title: "Example"
   --- name:content pipeline:tags,maruku
   Please look at the following code:

      {include_file: {filename: Example.java}}

   Here is an applet:

   <applet ...>
      <param name="initial" value="{include_file: {filename: 
Example.java}}"
   </applet>

In the first case, only the first line is placed in a <pre> block.  The 
rest of the lines are just dumped out at the top level.

In the second case, Maruku complains because the "value" attribute
ends
up expanding to multiple lines.  Is there a way to tell {include_file} to 
escape newlines as well?

Thanks!
-- Kannan

Kannan Goundan wrote:
> I write most of my webpage in Maruku, but there are two places where I
> want to include code samples.  I use the {include_file} tag to include
> the code samples.  For example:
> 
>    ---
>    title: "Example"
>    --- name:content pipeline:tags,maruku Please look at the following
>    code:
> 
>       {include_file: {filename: Example.java}}
> 
>    Here is an applet:
> 
>    <applet ...>
>       <param name="initial" value="{include_file:
{filename:
> Example.java}}"
>    </applet>
> 
> In the first case, only the first line is placed in a <pre> block. 
The
> rest of the lines are just dumped out at the top level.
> 
> In the second case, Maruku complains because the "value"
attribute ends
> up expanding to multiple lines.  Is there a way to tell {include_file}
> to escape newlines as well?
> 
> Thanks!
> -- Kannan
I kinda worked around the problem by switching to ERB and writing Ruby 
code to pull in the file.  Is there a way to embed Ruby code in Markdown 
content?

On 2011-02-07 07:58 +0000 Kannan Goundan wrote:
> I kinda worked around the problem by switching to ERB and writing
> Ruby code to pull in the file.  Is there a way to embed Ruby code in
> Markdown content?
You can use the ERB and Maruku content processors together but you need
to be aware of the order in which they are used. It is normally better
to first use the ERB processor and then Maruku because Maruku might
mangle the special start/end tags that ERB uses.

So, the following works as expected:

    --- pipeline:erb,maruku

    > This is a paragraph in a blockquote.

    <% 5.times do %>
    * This is an item
    <% end %>

    Here is a paragraph after the list.

So just use the normal ERB syntax (<% ... %>) anywhere you like and make
sure that you output correct Markdown syntax!

Best regards,
  Thomas