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#site-generator #ssg #directory #html #txt #input-file #output-directory

app rost_gen

A simple static site generator

Owned by Eakam1007.

2 stable releases

1.0.1 Nov 25, 2022

#2542 in Command line utilities

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MIT license

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rost_gen

A simple static site generator that generates basic .html files from .txt files.

Getting started

This project requires that you have Rust and Cargo installed on your device. Run the following to install in your desired directory:

cargo install rost_gen --root <path_to_directory>

For example:

cargo install rost_gen --root /my_dir

This will install the executable inside the ./my_dir/bin directory. Run the project by changing into the install directory:

cd /my_dir/bin

Usage

./rost_gen[.exe] [OPTION]
Option Description
-v, --version Print tool name and version
-h, --help Print help message with a list of options
-i, --input [PATH] Provided a path to a text(.txt) or Markdown (.md) file, generate an html file
Provided a path to a directory, generate html files for all text(.txt) and Markdown (.md) files in that directory
Warning: will output generated html files to the ./dist directory, replacing any existing content
-o, --output [PATH] Optional: Use to specify an output directory:
-i, --input [INPUT_PATH] -o, --output [OUTPUT_PATH]

This will not delete any existing content in the specified directory. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created
-l, --lang [LANG] Optional: Use to specify the language (lang attribute of the html tag) of html file. Defaults to "en-CA"
-c, --config [PATH] Flags accept a file path to a JSON config file.

Features

  • Specify a title in text and Markdown files

    Specify a title in the text and Markdown files by leaving two blank lines after the first line: 
    This is a title 


First line of text
    The first line will then be used as the title for generated html file, and the generated html body will include a <h1> tag with the title: 
    <body>
  <h1>
    This is a title
  </h1>
  <p>
    First line of text
  </p>

  • Seperate paragraphs with blank lines

    Excluding the title, specify the end of a paragraph and the start of a new paragraph by seperating them with blank lines: 
    This is a title


First line of first paragraph

First line of second paragraph
Second line of second paragraph
    This will result in two <p> tags in the generated html: 
    <h1>
  This is a title
</h1>
<p>
  First line of first paragraph
</p>
<p>
  First line of second paragraph
  Second line of second paragraph
</p>

Markdown (.md) File Features

  • Header detection

    # This line is header

    will be converted to

    <h1>
  This line is header
</h1>

  • Thematic Break detection (horizontal rule)

    ---

    will be converted into

    <hr />

    This is only supported for lines that just have the above markdown text

  • [This is a link](https://www.example.com)

    will be converted to

    <a href="https://www.example.com">This is a link</a>

    Any text before or after the markdown in the same line will be preserved as is

Examples

  • One input file

    To convert the "file_to_convert.txt" in current directory:

    ./rost_gen --input ./file_to_convert.txt

    or to convert "file_to_convert.md" in current directory:

    ./rost_gen --input ./file_to_convert.md

  • One or multiple input files in a directory

    To convert all .txt files in the "folder_with_input_files directory" in the current directory:

    ./rost_gen -i ./folder_with_input_files

  • Specify an output directory:

    Output to the "custom_output_dir" in the current directory:

    ./rost_gen -i ./file_to_convert.txt -o ./custom_output_dir

  • Specify language for generated html:

    ./rost_gen -i ./file_to_convert.txt -l fr

    This will update the lang tag of the html tag in the generated html file:

    <html lang="fr">
...

    Running config JSON files

    ./rost_gen -c ./ssg-config.json

Dependencies

~4–14MB
~174K SLoC