See if this works better

qsgen2

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fi
 if [[ ${generator} == "native" ]]; then
         # Usage: ${engine} ${1} - Where 1 is the file you want to convert
         engine=_html
-        file_ext=tpl
+        export file_ext=tpl
 elif [[ ${generator} == "markdown" ]]; then
     if [[ ! -f /usr/bin/markdown ]]; then
         _msg other "Please install the 'discount' package to use Markdown."
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ elif [[ ${generator} == "markdown" ]]; then
     else
         # Usage: ${engine} ${1} - Where 1 is the file you want parsed
         engine="/usr/bin/markdown ${1} -d"
-        file_ext=md
+        export file_ext=md
     fi
 fi
 if (${debug}) _msg debug "Using the ${generator} engine"