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+(import 
+  (scheme base) 
+  (scheme write)
+  (scheme cyclone util)
+  (srfi 1))
+
+;; TODO: move this somewhere useful
+(define (index-of lst x)
+ (define (find lst idx)
+   (cond 
+     ((null? lst) #f)
+     ((eq? (car lst) x) idx)
+     (else (find (cdr lst) (+ idx 1)))))
+ (find lst 0))
+
+;; goal is:
+;; [`load`](api/scheme/load.md#load)
+;(define line "docs/api/scheme/base.md:- [`denominator`](#denominator)")
+(define line "docs/api/scheme/process-context.md:- [`get-environment-variables`](#get-environment-variables)")
+(let* ((lis (string->list line))
+       (s-file 5)
+       (e-file (index-of lis #\:))
+       (file (substring line s-file e-file))
+       (s-fnc (+ 1 (index-of lis #\`)))
+       (e-fnc (+ s-fnc (index-of (string->list (substring line (+ 0 s-fnc) (string-length line))) #\`)))
+       (fnc (substring line s-fnc e-fnc)))
+ (display
+  (string-append 
+   "[`" fnc "`](" file "#" fnc ")")))