Meta Symbols in WebLord, the Document Assembly Tool
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Meta Symbols in Files

Meta symbols are always introduced with a hash ('#') symbol in the first column and are followed immediately (without intervening space or other symbols) with a keyword according to the table below.

Please note that the '#' symbol is otherwise used to mark the remainder of a line as a comment. The above paragraph represents the only case where this symbol functions as something else.

Properties

Keyword Description

#requires-version

Indicates that the contents of the file requires at least a particular version of WebLord to successfully process.

Example: #requires-version 2.3.0


#include Include the given file.

Example: #include "html-image.wl"


#try-include Attempt to include the given file, but don't produce an error if the file is unavailable.

Example: #try-include "my-tools.wl"



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