Support for variable replacement?

[danishin]

Is there a way to insert dynamic variables into the parser and replace placeholders in .md?

If not, is there a plan for the support in the future?

Thanks.

Great library btw 🎉 🎉

[joshbruce]

Closing as stale.

Flagged as a proposal for future consideration once we get beyond fixing known defects. See #1106

[umdstu]

Can this be revisited now that #1106 is closed?

[UziTech]

@umdstu If you create a new issue with more explanation we would be interested in this. This could most likely be implemented by using an custom extension.

[umdstu]

Roger that, thanks!

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[calculuschild]

If you plan to make a custom extension, here's some possible inspiration: I think it's been proposed elsewhere on the interwebs to make use of the existing RefLink syntax for simple string replacement, since RefLinks are essentially just a "fancier" version of a placeholder variable. I.e.:

My name is [name].

[name] : Bob the builder

although you would need some way to identify whether the variable is a URL or just text. GitHub does a similar thing with Footnotes although they use a special token ^ to mark the difference between a footnote and a link. [^1] : Footnote 1

I have been thinking about a similar extension for my own project, and we've been looking at just using quotes:

My name is [name].
This is not a variable but a [link].

[name] : "Bob the builder"
[link] : www.google.com "Google"

I don't know how deep you would want to get into recursive markdown parsing or nested variables or anything:

My name is [name].

[name] : "Bob the **builder** of [structure]."
[structure] : "bridges"