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Select a custom Liquid template file for the output.
If not given, this option defaults to the value of
template, which if not given defaults to ourbigbook.liquid.html.The repository of this documentation for example has a sample
ourbigbook.liquid.html at: ourbigbook.liquid.html.If no template is present, the default template at one point was:This will get out of sync sooner or later with the code, but this should still serve as a good base example for this documentation.
<!doctype html>
<html lang=en>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8>
<title>{{ title }}</title>
<style>{{ style }}</style>
</head>
<body class="ourbigbook">
{{ body }}
</body>
</html>The the above example, you can see a few or our predefined template variables:
title: the title based on the toplevel header of the pagestyle: our default stylesheetbody: the main rendered body
We chose Liquid as our template language because it is server-side safe. This allows you to to download the OurBigBook repository of anyone and just compile it yourself without the fear that it will install malware in your computer, see also Section "
--unsafe-ace".Also, if we ever some day offer a compilation service, Liquid is designed to prevent arbitrary code execution and infinite loops in templates.