Re: Can I include a file or run a command from within a resource file?

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

Brian Cameron wrote:
> 
> My page headers and page footers are stored in a separate file, which
> normally get pulled into my pages via dynamic HTML.  One way I could
> simulate this behavior so my mhonarc archive has the same look & feel
> would be to use the "IdxPgBegin" and "IdxPgEnd" resources and copy
> in the same files.
> 
> However, I hate duplicating this info in two places.  Is it possible
> for me to specify that the value for "IdxPgBegin" and "IdxPgEnd" are
> the contents of another file, or that the value for "IdxPgBegin" is
> the output of a command like "cat that_other_file"?  Is there another
> or better way to do what I am trying?

Can you do something with server-side processing, such as getting mhonarc
to really generate .shtml instead?  I've been working on a configuration
where mhonarc actually generates PHP calls instead of the HTML elements,
allowing me to make formatting changes by just editing the functions in
the PHP include file.

In your case if your server supports .shtml you could just define the
IdxPgBegin and IdxPgEnd elements to include the relevent external file. 
Note that if you change the HtmlExt resource though that you will probably
have to rebuild your mhonarc archive from scratch.

- Andrew
-- 
Every great idea appears crazy to start with.