X-Git-Url: https://git.r.bdr.sh/rbdr/r.bdr.sh/blobdiff_plain/24346307a0ca8947c000e0cadc6061834804447a..4494d9a0a29b42278e2fd155e617c585c7108b61:/blog.gmi diff --git a/blog.gmi b/blog.gmi index 323e156..8b83a23 100644 --- a/blog.gmi +++ b/blog.gmi @@ -9,7 +9,41 @@ Command line tool to author and manage a semi-ephemeral™ blog with a gemini ar ## Install -At the moment only installation from source is available. Clone this repository and run `pnpm install -g .`. This will add the `blog` command to your shell. +### Homebrew + +You can install using homebrew. + +``` +% brew tap rbdr/apps git@git.sr.ht:~rbdr/homebrew-apps +% brew install rbdr/apps/blog +``` + +### Prebuilt Packages +You can find pre-built packages for linux @ build.r.bdr.sh. There you can +find a `.tar.gz` that includes only the binary, or `.rpm` and `.deb` +distributions for fedora and debian that include a manpage. + +Binaries are provided for x86_64 and aarch64. + +Unstable releases are built directly from the main branch, while tagged +versions have their own release and can be considered more stable. + +=> gemini://build.r.bdr.sh/blog blog pre-built releases @ gemini +=> https://build.r.bdr.sh/blog blog pre-built releases @ https + +### From Source + +Make sure you have rust and Make installed. Clone the repository, and run: + +``` +% make -e profile=release +``` + +Then copy the file somewhere in your PATH + +``` +% cp ./target/release/blog /usr/local/bin +``` ## Usage I: Authoring @@ -19,7 +53,7 @@ Create a `.gmi` gemini file. You can add this to the blog using the following command: ``` -blog --add path/to/blog_post.gmi +blog add path/to/blog_post.gmi ``` This it will shift all posts and remove the oldest one if the limit of posts is reached (defualts to 3). This will also regenerate the static files. @@ -29,7 +63,7 @@ This it will shift all posts and remove the oldest one if the limit of posts is If you need to make corrections to the latest post, use: ``` -blog --update path/to/blog_post.gmi +blog update path/to/blog_post.gmi ``` This will replace the latest with the contents of the `path` without shifting the existing entries. It will also regenerate files. @@ -39,7 +73,7 @@ This will replace the latest with the contents of the `path` without shifting th Adding and updating posts regenerates the blog and archive, but you can always regenerate manually (eg. if you updated your static assets or templates): ``` -blog --generate +blog generate ``` ## Usage II: Publishing @@ -51,7 +85,7 @@ Publishing the blog and archive requires `rsync`. You can publish to any valid `rsync` target (eg. ruben@coolserver.local:blog) ``` -blog --publish +blog publish ``` This publishes the static files, including the html index, rss feed and plaintext version of the ephemeral blog. @@ -61,7 +95,7 @@ This publishes the static files, including the html index, rss feed and plaintex You can also publish the archive of posts as a gemlog by passing a valid rsync target ``` -blog --publish-archive +blog publish-archive ``` This will include *all the posts* in gemtext format. @@ -71,15 +105,15 @@ This will include *all the posts* in gemtext format. Blog supports saving snapshots of the blog in git, and you can add and remove remotes with the following commands: ``` -blog --add-remote -blog --remove-remote +blog add-remote +blog remove-remote ``` If a remote is present, it will be pulled before adding or updating, and pushed after it finishes. You can manually trigger this by calling ``` -blog --sync-up -blog --sync-down +blog sync-up +blog sync-down ``` The blog will always sync down before adding to avoid going out of sync. @@ -97,22 +131,60 @@ You can override the default templates by creating a `templates` directory insid For the ephemeral blog you can create `feed.xml`, `index.html`, and `index.txt` inside of `templates`. These files are then parsed with [dot][dot] and passed the following variables: ``` -it.posts > +posts > // The array of posts +has_posts // Whether the posts array has any posts or not +posts_length // The number of posts in the posts array + +Post + +id // The id of the post + +created_on // The numerical timestamp when the blog post was added + +created_on_utc // The RFC-2822 String of post creation date + +title // The title of the post + +raw // The raw gemini text of the template + +html // The parsed html generated from the gemini + +escaped_html // Same as html, but escaped for inclusion in XML +``` + +To customize your gemini and gopher archives you can provide an `index.gmi` and `index.gph` files that will be used as templates for the archive. However the data structure is different: + +``` +posts > // The array of posts +archive_length // The number of archive posts in the posts array Post - +id // The numerical timestamp when the blog post was added. - +createdOn // The UTC String of post creation date. (only feed.xml) - +title // The title of the post. (only feed.xml) - +raw // The raw gemini text of the template. - +html // The parsed html generated from the gemini. + +id // The id of the post + +slug // The slug of the post (used to generate URLs) + +title // The title of the post +``` + +### The Template Syntax + +The template is a subset of DoT. You can print values, iterate over arrays, or check conditionals. The template does not allow expressions. You can only reference keys in the structure above. + +You can print values + +``` +{{= posts.raw }} ``` -To customize your gemini archive you can provide an `index.gmi` file that will be used as a template for the archive. However the data structure is different, as it's just the gemini URL strings: +You can iterate over collections. With the format COLLECTION: MEMBER, where MEMBER will become part of the template below, and the template will be repeated for each member of COLLECTION. ``` -it.posts > +{{~ posts: post }} +{{= post.html}} +{{~}} ``` +Finally, you can do conditionals. To negate a conditional you can prepend !. + +``` +{{# !has_posts }} +

There are no posts

+{{#}} +``` + +=> https://olado.github.io/doT/index.html DoT template language. + ### Using Static Files Any files inside the `static` directory of your blog data root (`$XDG_DATA_HOME/blog`) will be copied as is. This is useful for any images, javascript files or stylesheets that you use in your posts or templates. @@ -159,7 +231,11 @@ The default is `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/blog`. ## Changelog +* 7.0.0 Rewritten in rust, supports gopher (geomyidae format). * 6.0.0 Use custom templates, use XDG directories. + +=> ./blog_6.0.0.gmi Deprecated documentation for blog 6.0.0 + * 5.0.2 Internal template changes * 5.0.1 Dependency update * 5.0.0 Publish using rsync instead of s3