Run external program

[lsignac]

Hi ! Thank you for developing Quarkdown.

Is there a way to run external code (local) and insert its output into the document?
I need a kind of .include, but the data to be included in not in a file but is produced by an external custom program.

[iamgio]

Hi @lsignac, running external code is in the to-do list, but its planning is difficult because of both security and performance reasons, thus it's not a priority at the moment.

Current workarounds:

• Run a script that computes your code and saves the output to file, to then invoke Quarkdown, which will use .include on that file;
• Run the computation via Quarkdown's scripting capabilities.

[lsignac]

(Running a script first and saving to an output file + Make) will do the job. Thank you !