gummibaum is LaTeX template engine. Sometimes you just want a template with placeholders and fill those placeholders with actual content, for example using placeholders $name in your tex code and replace them with a constant "John". Or you have data in form of a csv and create LaTeX code based on that data, for example creating a dynamic table.
gummibaum tries to be simple to use: It is not a LaTeX engine like LuaTeX but a simple static content creator that produces LaTeX output that can be compiled with pdflatex.
It supports two different modes: Expansion mode and template mode.
The easiest mode to understand is the expansion mode. It takes a LaTeX file as input, replaces certain placeholders with values and and can be used to iterate over specific parts of the file. The advantage is that you can write a .tex file that you can compile with pdflatex and test how it looks like. Then use gummibaum to replace constant fields or use an easy way to iterate over content. It is not as flexible as the template mode though.
Using Golangs template system and some additional functionality you can write LaTeX files that contain directives such as loops. This way you need to execute your template first to create a valid LaTeX file that can be compiled with pdflatex.
Expansion mode is more easy to understand but not as flexible as the template mode.
For usage information please see the Wiki and use ./gummibaum --help or ./gummibaum expand --help or ./gummibaum template --help.
Requires a go compiler ≥ 1.9. Use go get -u github.com/FabianWe/gummibaum/.... Then you can go build cmd/gummibaum/gummibaum.go.
Precompiled binaries are available in the releases section.
Windows is not tested, for Linux: Place the executable gummibaum (rename togummibaum) somewhere and execute it. The best thing is probably to put it in /usr/local/bin.
You can find the documentation on GoDoc.
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