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11---
22title: Interlude
3−what: gives some various tips and tricks about Hakyll
3+what: gives some various tips and tricks about Hakyll (quite handy, read this!)
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55
66## Syntax-highlighting
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6969The benefit of this is simply prettier URL's. That is, if you consider
7070`example.com/about` prettier than `example.com/about.html`.
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72−## The gist of it
73−
74−- Auto-compilation is handy, but a rebuild is recommended before deploying your
75− site.
76−- You can enable pretty URL's in Hakyll. It is, however, not the default.
77−
7872## Default values
7973
8074At some point, you might want to use a number of global key-value pairs, for
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8983 that autocompilation mode will pick up changes in this file[^1].
9084
9185[^1]: Original idea by zenzike.
86+
87+## Markup in templates
88+
89+Most of the examples in these tutorials use HTML for templates. However, since
90+Hakyll 2.2, it is possible use other markup languages in your templates. Simply
91+use an appropriate extension, and Hakyll will pick it up. For example, you could
92+write your `templates/post.markdown` template as:
93+
94+ # $title
95+
96+ _On $date_
97+
98+ $body
99+
100+__Warning__: you shouldn't use markdown for your "root" template, as these
101+templates will never insert things like the doctype for you -- so you always
102+need at least one top-level HTML template.