From 9fce418b46c9f0894f429384ef9e3dabaeffbeb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:17 -0700 Subject: Change file hierarchy and rewrite makefile - File hierarchy is now as follows: - / - appendix/ < appendix source files - backlinks/ < backlink sources & builds - hapax/ < *.hapax source files - scripts/ < scripts, like *.js, *.hs, etc. - templates/ < templates for outputs - text/ < source files - trunk/ < assets, like css, images, heads, etc. - index.html - *.html - Makefile --- process.txt | 70 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 70 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 process.txt (limited to 'process.txt') diff --git a/process.txt b/process.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 955f0f3..0000000 --- a/process.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Autocento of the breakfast table -subtitle: process narrative -genre: prose - -id: process -toc: "Process narrative" - -project: - title: Front matter - class: front-matter -... - -## Hi. My name is Case Duckworth. This is my thesis. - -_Autocento of the breakfast table_ is an inter/hypertextual exploration of the workings of inspiration, revision, and obsession. -I've compiled this work over multiple years, and recently linked it all together to form a (hopefully) more cohesive whole. -To make this easier than collating everything by hand, I've relied on a process that leverages open-source technologies to publish my work onto a web platform. - -## Process steps - -1. Write poems. -2. Convert to Markdown. - - Markdown, originally by [John Gruber][], is a lightweight markup language that allows me to focus on the _content_ of my writing, knowing that I can work on the _presentation_ later. - - The original `markdown.pl` program is buggy and inconsistent with how it applies styles to markup. It also only works to convert text to HTML. - - Because of these limitations, I've used John MacFarlane's [extended Markdown syntax][], which lets me write richer documents and programmatically compile my work into multiple formats. -3. Compile to HTML with Pandoc. - - At first, I used this code in the shell to generate my HTML: - ```bash - for file in *.txt; do - pandoc "$file" -f markdown -t html5 \ - --template=template.html -o "${file%txt}html" - done - ``` - but this proved tedious with time. - - After a lot of experimenting with different scripting languages, I finally realized that [`GNU make`][] would fit this task perfectly. - - You can see my makefile [here][makefile]---it's kind of a mess, but it does the job. See below for a more detailed explanation of the makefile. -4. Style the pages with CSS. - - I use a pretty basic style for _Autocento_. You can see my stylesheet [here][stylesheet]. -4. Use [Github][] to put them online. - - Github uses `git` under the hood---a Version Control System developed for keeping track of large code projects. - - My workflow with `git` looks like this: - - Change files in the project directory---revise a poem, change the makefile, add a style, etc. - - (If necessary, re-compile with `make`.) - - `git status` tells me which files have changed, which have been added, and if any have been deleted. - - `git add -A` adds all the changes to the _staging area_, or I can add individual files, depending on what I want to commit. - - `git commit -m "[message]"` commits the changes to git. This means they're "saved"---if I do something I want to revert, I can `git revert` back to a commit and start again. - - `git push` pushes the changes to the _remote repository_---in this case, the Github repo that serves . - - Lather, rinse, repeat. -5. Write Makefile to extend build capabilities. - - As of now, I've completed a _[Hapax legomenon][]_ compiler, a [back-link][] compiler, and an updater for the [random link functionality][] that's on this site. - - I'd like to build a compiler for the [Index of first lines][] and [Index of common titles][] once I have time. - -## The beauty of this system - -- I can compile these poems into (almost) any format: `pandoc` supports a lot. -- Once I complete the above process once, I can focus on revising my poems. -- These poems are online for anyone to see and use for their own work. - -[John Gruber]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ -[extended Markdown syntax]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#pandocs-markdown -[`GNU make`]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html -[makefile]: https://github.com/duckwork/autocento/blob/gh-pages/makefile -[stylesheet]: https://github.com/duckwork/autocento/blob/gh-pages/style.css -[Github]: https://github.com -[Hapax legomenon]: hapax.html -[back-link]: makefile -[random link functionality]: trunk/lozenge.js -[Index of first lines]: first-lines.html -[Index of common titles]: common-titles.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81