+.TH PAGE 1 "2024-03-13" "1.3.1" "Page Manual"
+.SH NAME
+page \- gemtext based static website generation tool for gemini and http.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B page
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+page is a tool that lets you create a static website from a directory of
+gemtext files.
+.PP
+To use, go to the directory containing the site, and run \fBpage\fR. It will
+create two directories in the parent directory using the same name but
+appending \fB_html\fR and \fB_gemini\fR.
+.SH FOLDER STRUCTURE
+The website directory has some requirements for page to work correctly. It
+must contain \fIgemtext\fR and a \fIlayout\fR, and optionally may contain
+static files.
+.SH GEMTEXT
+.P
+Any file with ending \fI.gmi\fR is interpreted as gemtext and will be parsed
+as html with the following rules:
+.TP
+\- The first two lines are checked for front matter
+.TP
+\- If the first or second line starts with \fB--- title:\fR, the text following will be treated as the title of the page and the line will be removed from the output.
+.TP
+\- If the first or second line starts with \fB--- description:\fR, the text following will be treated as the description of the page and the line will be removed from the output.
+.TP
+\- URLs that end with the extension \fI.gmi\fR will be replaced with \fI.html\fR unless the url begins with \fIgemini:\fR
+.P
+Example, this could be index.gmi. The first link will be converted to html but the second won't:
+.nf
+\f(CW
+--- title: Home
+--- description: Clemland is dedicated to all things sound
+
+# Welcome to Clemland
+
+My projects are located here:
+
+=> /projects.gmi Projects
+
+This is a good gemini page:
+
+=> gemini://r.bdr.sh/page.gmi
+\fR
+.fi
+.SH LAYOUT
+A file called _layout.html at the root of the element. It must be present. It
+should include the three following keywords, \fBexactly as shown\fR.
+.TP
+.B {{ title }}
+will get replaced with the front matter title of the gemtext file.
+.TP
+.B {{ description }}
+will get replaced with the front matter description of the gemtext file.
+.TP
+.B {{ content }}
+will get replaced with the body of the gemtext file.
+.P
+For example:
+.nf
+\f(CW
+<!DOCTYPE HTML>
+
+<html lang="en">
+ <head>
+ <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+ <meta name="author" content="Clem Fandango">
+ <meta name="description" content="{{ description }}">
+
+ <title>Clemland {{ title }}</title>
+
+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css">
+ </head>
+ <body>
+ <main>
+ {{ content }}
+ </main>
+ </body>
+</html>
+\fR
+.fi
+.SH STATIC FILES
+Any file that isn't gemtext or the layout will be copied as-is. This includes
+hidden files! The only ones that are excluded are .git and .gitignore.
+.SH VERSION
+.BR 1.3.1
+.SH HOMEPAGE
+.I https://r.bdr.sh/page.html
+.SH AUTHORS
+\ Rubén Beltrán del Río <\fIpage@r.bdr.sh\fP>