Using shortcodes in html content

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No, that doesn’t work; shortcodes are for content files (but there is nothing you cannot do in a template file that a shortcode file can).

What you can do, if all you want is a HTML file and do not need markdown content etc., you can do put the html directly into /content, so /content/test.html:

<html>
<h1>Test</h1>

{{< foo >}}
</html>

Will work and accessible at http://localhost:1313/test/ or http://localhost:1313/test.html if uglyUrls.

This is a somewhat hidden feature in Hugo.

As to reading the “example.cpp”, see https://github.com/spf13/hugo/pull/2008

I will probably wrap that up later today.

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