From d115a3e759e4812fb6417da41aa2ad507415004c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 12:39:23 -0500 Subject: Move README to I/index.lh and symlink --- I/index.lh | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 178 insertions(+) create mode 100644 I/index.lh (limited to 'I') diff --git a/I/index.lh b/I/index.lh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b84431 --- /dev/null +++ b/I/index.lh @@ -0,0 +1,178 @@ +

UNK

+ +

a very small static site generator

+ +__UNK__ is an experiment in minimalism. +It is a templating static site generator +with an included markup language +that all fits with 1000 bytes. +There are three main scripts: + + + +__UNK__ and __LHT__ are 250 bytes each, for a total of 500 bytes. +__TM__ takes up the remaining 500 bytes +of the target 1000 bytes. +You are, of course, free to make the template file as large +and involved as you like. + +

DETAILS

+ +

unk

+ +__UNK__ takes a set of files in a directory, applies a template to them, +and output them into another directory as HTML files ready for a server. +To keep a very small size, __UNK__ delegates most file processing to __TM__, +the main template. It delegates by using an idea found in +shab: +each input file is read as a `heredoc`, which enables +shell interpolation. +So the template, as opposed to the engine, +can do all the heavy-lifting of index generation and navigation and such. + +Content goes into the following (hard-coded) directories: + + + +If there is no __TM__ in the directory where __UNK__ is run, +one will be created that will simply `cat` the file being processed. + +The following variables are made available to __TM__: + + + +as well as this function: + + + +and these aliases (though they're more an artefact of saving space +in the script, but they can be used in templates): + +
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  • c: cat
    • +
  • q: test
    • +
  • e: echo
    • +
+ +As mentioned above, templates can be nested. +Simply call another template from __TM__ with the __X__ function. + +

lht

+ +__LHT__ stands for *Less HyperText*, +because that's what you're writing when you're writing it +(though not much less than HTML). +Basically, +blank lines are interpreted as <p> tag breaks, +unless the previous source paragraph started with +< and ended with >. +It also has support for three inline spans: + +
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  • *em* + as em
    • +
  • __strong__ + as strong
    • +
  • `code` as code
    • +
+ +Everything else is just HTML. +This means that a valid `.lht` file is *almost* a valid `.md` file, +except where it nests HTML and Markdown +(so it's not really, but you can run it through Markdown in a pinch +and get the basic idea across. +This file, for example, is both `index.lht` and `README.md` +(they're just symlinked to each other), +so it's got some weirdness to keep things compatible between Markdown and LHT. +But if you're just writing for LHT, it can be much simpler.). + +__LHT__ was inspired, in part, by +Writing HTML in HTML +by John Ankarstrom, +as well as some other articles I can't think of right now. +I liked the idea, but some tags in HTML are just annoying to write +over and over, and take me out of the flow of writing prose. +So I fixed those few tags. +__The inline tags are definitely subject to change.__ + +

Why?

+ +I was bored and decided I'd try to write a static site generator +that could fit in a +toot +(500 characters). +I +wrote +a few +of them, +making them smaller and smaller each time. +By the end, I was left with a *tiny* script +that delegated almost *all* the work to the template file. +That script became __UNK__ in this repo. + +I was feeling pretty high on my horse after writing the tiny SSG, +so I thought, +maybe +I could try for a tootable Markdown converter next +boy, was I wrong about that. +Markdown is *way* too complicated to fit in 500 bytes. +So I just wrote the Really Important Parts: <p> +and some inlines. + +

LEGAL

+ +Copyright © 2019 Case Duckworth +<acdw@acdw.net>. + +This work is free. +You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of +the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, +as published by Sam Hocevar. +See the LICENSE file for more details. + +

Why this license?

+ +I was going to go with a stricter license like the GPL, +but realized that + +
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  1. this software isn't so important or time-consuming that I need + others to credit me or redistribute the project under the same terms, + and
    2. +
  2. the GPL is way too long for a project like this. + It's over 35 times bigger than the entirety of this project, + not counting the content or this README. + It would weigh down the entire undertaking. + The WTFPL, by contrast, is a trim 443 characters, + which is right in keeping with the smallness of this project.
    3. +
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