mdbook-tera

Tera preprocessor for mdBook
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$ mdbook-tera --help
mdbook-tera 0.2.0
A mdBook preprocessor that renders Tera

USAGE:
    mdbook-tera [OPTIONS] [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
        --json <FILE>                Sets context from JSON file
        --template-include <GLOB>    Include tera templates matching a glob expression [default: **/*.tera]
        --template-root <PATH>       Root directory to include templates from [default: ./src]
        --toml <FILE>                Sets context from TOML file

SUBCOMMANDS:
    help        Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    supports    Check whether a renderer is supported by this preprocessor

Usage

First install the tera preprocessor.

cargo install mdbook-tera

Then in your book.toml file, add the tera preprocessor as below.

Default Configuration

# Default options, load a TOML context file from ./src/context.toml
[preprocessor.tera]

JSON Configuration

[preprocessor.tera]
command = "mdbook-tera --json ./src/context.json"

Usage in Markdown files

See example-book for a basic usage.

Simply define your values in the context.toml file, and use them in tera statements. You can access the book context with the key ctx.

# My Heading

{{ my_value }}