Markdown Function Call - a.k.a shortcodes

[rochacbruno]

Today I've seem this https://github.com/iamgio/quarkdown

While I don't have plans to support this format, I think we can borrow the function call idea.

So I propose that on a markdown text, having extra: functions: true we must parse and support.

---
title: foo
author: bruno
extra:
  functions: true
---

# Foo

.author_info

This is the normal text.


.youtube LINK

We basically will use a very simple detection of .{function} {params} on the markdown pre-processing and execute it.

---

How functions will get defined?

Options:

• Lua
• Rune https://github.com/rune-rs/rune
• Rhai
• Dyon
• Nova
• metacall

There are options https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust#scripting

Or even, simply Tera.

Functions can be a file templates/functions/youtube.tera and inside it we place Tera template, just like a macro definition

{% macro youtube .... %}

Markdown or HTML here

{% end macro %