Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by leoncvlt » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file
leoncvlt.github.io

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by badhombres » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 12:38 AM UTC

I’m not sure what the benefits are over just regular html

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by schwartzworld » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 12:47 AM UTC

badhombres wrote: post #2

I’m not sure what the benefits are over just regular html

Or pandoc.

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by alephnan » Sat, Jun 05, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

schwartzworld wrote: post #3

badhombres wrote: post #2

I’m not sure what the benefits are over just regular html

Or pandoc.

or markdown

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by leoncvlt » Sun, Jun 06, 2021, 8:35 AM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #4

schwartzworld wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or pandoc.

or markdown

Can you create a multi-page website from a single file in pandoc or markdown?

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by leoncvlt » Sun, Jun 06, 2021, 8:45 AM UTC

badhombres wrote: post #2

I’m not sure what the benefits are over just regular html

Same benefits that any tool with a higher level of abstraction might have over its lower-level ancestors - less verbosity, and faster / easier ways to achieve certain things (in this case, creating simple text-based websites) while keeping the complexity under the bonnet (you'd have to re-implement the multi-page logic using the CSS :target selector when using regular html if you want the same functionality as my tool).

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by alephnan » Sun, Jun 06, 2021, 5:45 PM UTC

leoncvlt wrote: post #5

alephnan wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

or markdown

Can you create a multi-page website from a single file in pandoc or markdown?

Sounds like a feature for features sake. Your response also sounds like “but can you do this?!?!” Can’t say I’m remotely impressed. Anyone who needs this weird feature could just add a string delimiter to their markdown file, and use a Unix until to partioning. Still not sure why multi pages should be in the same file, sounds like a horrible “feature”. Each webpage has a distinct url with the last bit being the filename…

Also sounds like you have a conflict of interest to inflate the merits of this project

Re: Show HN: Generate minimalist, fast no-JS websites from a single plain text file

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Post by leoncvlt » Sun, Jun 06, 2021, 9:22 PM UTC

alephnan wrote: post #7

leoncvlt wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you create a multi-page website from a single file in pandoc or markdown?

Sounds like a feature for features sake. Your response also sounds like “but can you do this?!?!” Can’t say I’m remotely impressed. Anyone who needs this weird feature could just add a string delimiter to their markdown file, and use a Unix until to partioning. Still not sure why multi pages should be in the same file, sounds like a horrible “feature”. Each webpage has a distinct url with the last bit being the filen…

No, I'm just sharing a weekend project. If your first reaction is "anyone who needs this weird feature could just add a string delimiter to their markdown file, and use a Unix until to partioning" then it's clearly not something for you.