Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
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Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
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Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#2Do you have plans for Latex by any chance?
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#3> Instead of fiddling with options and themes, your focus is strictly on writing and publishing content.
> FAQ (e.g. themes, command line options, support)
Just saying.
In the long term I suspect Md2blog will evolve to be little different to Jekyll.
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#4Do you have plans for Latex by any chance?
Do you mean embedding Latex in a Markdown code block and having that render at build time (perhaps to SVG) that is embedded in (or linked from) HTML?
If so, that might be something I could look into. Version 1 of md2blog actually did almost exactly that for Graphviz diagrams (but I removed that feature because, frankly, I didn't understand the Graphviz license). A quick look indicates that Latex also has its own unique license that is... quite lengthy.
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#5Do you have plans for Latex by any chance?
Do you mean embedding Latex in a Markdown code block and having that render at build time (perhaps to SVG) that is embedded in (or linked from) HTML? If so, that might be something I could look into. Version 1 of md2blog actually did almost exactly that for Graphviz diagrams (but I removed that feature because, frankly, I didn't understand the Graphviz license). A quick look indicates that Latex also has its own uniq…
Mathjax has server-side rendering now, which could be used for this purpose.
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#6I definitely have spent too long learning and fiddling with SSG’s.
Going to give this a try!
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#7> Instead of fiddling with options and themes, your focus is strictly on writing and publishing content. > FAQ (e.g. themes, command line options, support) Just saying. In the long term I suspect Md2blog will evolve to be little different to Jekyll.
My solution to scope creep was to put the "generic static site generator" part in a separate library (modeled after Metalsmith), so that I can leave md2blog as featureless as possible.
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#8> Instead of fiddling with options and themes, your focus is strictly on writing and publishing content. > FAQ (e.g. themes, command line options, support) Just saying. In the long term I suspect Md2blog will evolve to be little different to Jekyll.
The thing is that this cycle is important, because you can learn it when it's easy to learn and as it evolves. Jekyll has been very frustrating for me to learn because of all the accumulated cruft, even if it solves very real problems. Sometimes you just need to restart to get the new people on board.
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#9I definitely have spent too long learning and fiddling with SSG’s. Going to give this a try!
I’d greatly appreciate it if you let me know how it goes (even if you hate it).
I built it for my own needs, but I’d like to know if anyone else finds it useful. Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs
#10This looks great! I actually made a very similar tool called Markblog[1].
We did a lot the same way (even using Deno!), but we did themes a little differently. I used custom CSS-files, but your approach is even simpler.
Not to detract from Md2blog, I just want to add it to the converstaion for anyone interested in these things :) Keep up!