Chisel

Chisel is a simple python static blog generation utility by David Zhou.

Usage

$ python3 chisel.py

Sample entry

sample.markdown:

Title
3/2/2009

This is now the body of the post.  By default, the body is evaluated and parsed with markdown.

Another line.

Entry format is described as follows:

• Line 1: Enter a title
• Line 2: Enter date in m/d/Y
• Line 3: Blank line
• Line 4: Content in Markdown here onward

Adding Steps

Use the @step decorator. The main loop passes in the master file list and jinja2 environment.

Settings

Change these settings:

• SOURCE: Location of source files for entries (must end with a /), e.g., SOURCE = "./blog/"
• DESTINATION: Location to place generated files (must end with a /), e.g., DESTINATION = "./explort/"
• HOME_SHOW: Number of entries to show on homepage, e.g., HOME_SHOW = 15
• TEMPLATE_PATH: Path to folder where tempaltes live (must end with a /), e.g., TEMPLATE_PATH = "./templates/"
• TEMPLATE_OPTIONS: Dictionary of options to give jinja2, e.g., TEMPLATE_OPTIONS = {}
• TEMPLATES: Dictionary of templates (required keys: 'home', 'detail', 'archive'), e.g.,

  TEMPLATES = {
      'home': "home.html",
      'detail': "detail.html",
      'archive': "archive.html",
  }

• TIME_FORMAT: Format of human readable time stamp. Default: "%B %d, %Y - %I:%M %p"
• ENTRY_TIME_FORMAT: Format of date declaration in second line of posts. Default: "%m/%d/%Y"
• FORMAT: Callable that takes in text and returns formatted text. Default: FORMAT = lambda text: markdown.markdown(text, extensions=['markdown.extensions.footnotes'])