'''[http://www.wjduquette.com/expand/index.html%|%expand]''', by [William
Duquette], is a [macro] and/or template processor written in Tcl.  Its main
component was later repackaged in [Tcllib] as [textutil::expand].



** Disambiguation **

    [{*}]:   formerly known as [{expand}]



** See Also **

   [THP]:   

   [code generation]:   

   [castle]:   contains a macro facility

   [Template And Macro Processing]:   



** Description **

'''expand''' is a useful tool for conversion of [tcl]-based documents into
other formats. The range of applications include

   * Generation of website with uniform look & feel.
   
   * Conversion of manpages in a tcl-based markup to HTML, nroff, TMML, etc. See [doctools].

   * Generation and setup of Makefiles for an extension based upon a template.

   * Provide a generic support to update a set of files depending on single definition file (tcl script).


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