**Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹** @amdt · May 17, 2018, 02:59

**Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹** @amdt · May 17, 2018, 02:59

Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹 @amdt

What do I need a #StaticSiteGenerator for if I have #m4 and #Make? 🤔

**Jordi** @JordiGH@mathstodon.xyz · May 17, 2018, 03:06

**Jordi** @JordiGH@mathstodon.xyz · May 17, 2018, 03:06

@amdt We actually used to generate the octave.org website precisely with m4 and make, but times have changed and now it's jekyll and rake.

**Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹** @amdt · May 17, 2018, 03:27

**Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹** @amdt · May 17, 2018, 03:27

@JordiGH I just read the relevant discussion on octave-maintainers; seems the contributor used what they knew (always a good reason!). Do you think m4 and Make are sufficient for a simple weblog?

**Jordi** @JordiGH@mathstodon.xyz · May 17, 2018, 03:28

**Jordi** @JordiGH@mathstodon.xyz · May 17, 2018, 03:28

@amdt Sure, why not. It's m4 so it's clumsy, but it can be done. Worse things have been done in m4.

**Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹** @amdt · May 17, 2018, 03:32

**Alastair M. D. Touw 🌹** @amdt · May 17, 2018, 03:32

@JordiGH I think I’ll give it a try, thanks for the advice! 😊

**steckerhalter 🇨🇭 🍥 ☕** @steckerhalter · 2018-05-17T06:07:05Z

steckerhalter 🇨🇭 🍥 ☕ @steckerhalter

@amdt
at any rate, #hugo is much better in my experience than #jekyll
@JordiGH

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