The goal last time was a macro processor. I write a lot of math
articles. I get tired of writing <sup>2</sup>
every time I want a superscript 2. Even if I bind a function key to that
sequence of characters, it's hard to read. But now, with my new Blosxom
macro processor, I just insert a line into my article that says:
#define ^2 <sup>2</sup>
and for the rest of the article, ^2 is expanded to
<sup>2</sup>.
The world's worst
macro preprocessor
This is, without a doubt, an incredible idea and one I wish I had
thought of. I already use shortcuts like this, such as “---” for “—” (an em-dash) or “``” for the nice open double quote that are “baked” into the code
so to speak, but the ability to add more on a per-entry basis would be very
neat indeed.
I'll have to look into this a bit more.
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