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+# CMake script file to process a text file by wrapping every line in double quotes.
+# Input file must not abuse quotes, staying with single quotes is probably best.
+# note also empty lines cannot be stripped: they have a meaning (separator) in markdown
+# so we use file( READ ... ) to read the full file content, including empty lines
+
+file( READ ${inputFile} buffer )
+
+file( WRITE ${outputFile} "// Do not edit this file, it is autogenerated by CMake from an .md file\n" )
+
+# Replace each EOL char by "\n" + " + EOL
+STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "\\\\n\"\n\"" buff_m ${buffer})
+
+# Write the buffer between quotes
+file( APPEND ${outputFile} "_HKI( \"" ${buff_m} "\" )\n" )