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D.gnu - Switching gdcproject sources over to markdown

reply "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:
Hi,

I'm in the process of switching over the gdcproject.org sources 
over from html [sic] to markdown format to allow ease of editing.

Currently I am using just a generic markdown script to generate 
the static webpages (ie: Markdown.pl) - though I hear that vibe.d 
supports markdown, so it may be an opportunity to get gdc/vibe.d 
hooked up and running the gdcproject.org site. :-)

There's also in the works a /news site with will be a kinda like 
blog of all things gdc-related.  Again in markdown and this time 
using Chronicle to compile the pages (maybe end up writing a 
version in D if I get round to it).


Pretty much all html files are easily translatable, given that 
the way I wrote the pages are very basic to begin with.  Only one 
that is somewhat complex is the downloads page, which I'm told is 
generated by another script.  ;)

Johannes, does this affect things you are doing?


Regards
Iain
Jun 11 2014
next sibling parent reply Johannes Pfau <nospam example.com> writes:
Am Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:24:04 +0000
schrieb "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw gdcproject.org>:


 Hi,
 
 I'm in the process of switching over the gdcproject.org sources 
 over from html [sic] to markdown format to allow ease of editing.
 
 Currently I am using just a generic markdown script to generate 
 the static webpages (ie: Markdown.pl) - though I hear that vibe.d 
 supports markdown, so it may be an opportunity to get gdc/vibe.d 
 hooked up and running the gdcproject.org site. :-)


Great! Markdown rocks, although github-flavored markdown is a great
improvement over plain markdown.


 
 There's also in the works a /news site with will be a kinda like 
 blog of all things gdc-related.  Again in markdown and this time 
 using Chronicle to compile the pages (maybe end up writing a 
 version in D if I get round to it).
 
 
 Pretty much all html files are easily translatable, given that 
 the way I wrote the pages are very basic to begin with.  Only one 
 that is somewhat complex is the downloads page, which I'm told is 
 generated by another script.  ;)
 
 Johannes, does this affect things you are doing?


As long as I can keep the downloads page as html there's no problem ;-)

If you want the download page in markdown as well I'll have to port
the mustache template[1] to markdown. I guess that could work, but I'd
probably have to use html for the tables anyway.

[1]
https://github.com/jpf91/gdc-build-configs/blob/master/downloads.mustache
Jun 11 2014
parent "Iain Buclaw via D.gnu" <d.gnu puremagic.com> writes:
On 11 June 2014 10:40, Johannes Pfau via D.gnu <d.gnu puremagic.com> wrote:

 Am Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:24:04 +0000
 schrieb "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw gdcproject.org>:


 Hi,

 I'm in the process of switching over the gdcproject.org sources
 over from html [sic] to markdown format to allow ease of editing.

 Currently I am using just a generic markdown script to generate
 the static webpages (ie: Markdown.pl) - though I hear that vibe.d
 supports markdown, so it may be an opportunity to get gdc/vibe.d
 hooked up and running the gdcproject.org site. :-)


 Great! Markdown rocks, although github-flavored markdown is a great
 improvement over plain markdown.


 There's also in the works a /news site with will be a kinda like
 blog of all things gdc-related.  Again in markdown and this time
 using Chronicle to compile the pages (maybe end up writing a
 version in D if I get round to it).


 Pretty much all html files are easily translatable, given that
 the way I wrote the pages are very basic to begin with.  Only one
 that is somewhat complex is the downloads page, which I'm told is
 generated by another script.  ;)

 Johannes, does this affect things you are doing?


 As long as I can keep the downloads page as html there's no problem ;-)

 If you want the download page in markdown as well I'll have to port
 the mustache template[1] to markdown. I guess that could work, but I'd
 probably have to use html for the tables anyway.

 [1]
 https://github.com/jpf91/gdc-build-configs/blob/master/downloads.mustache


Yah, I'd probably want to avoid using too many technologies in one
tree if possible.  We should move to merge in your moustache changes
into the main gdcproject pages though...  Maybe wrap it all into a
*cough* makefile.
Jun 11 2014
prev sibling parent reply "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:
On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 09:24:05 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 I'm in the process of switching over the gdcproject.org sources 
 over from html [sic] to markdown format to allow ease of 
 editing.

 Currently I am using just a generic markdown script to generate 
 the static webpages (ie: Markdown.pl) - though I hear that 
 vibe.d supports markdown, so it may be an opportunity to get 
 gdc/vibe.d hooked up and running the gdcproject.org site. :-)


Actually, I went straight for vibe.d, because it was the path of 
least resistance for mixing in html templates with markdown - 
plus, since I've recently [1][2] (re)fixed dub and vibe.d with 
the update to 2.065, thought it was best to plough through it in 
a day while it was still fresh on TODO my list.

All contents have been converted.  Just improving some parts of 
the documentation page, and then will begin testing for real.

/news is still in the works, I have an idea how to manage that in 
vibe.d.

Regards
Iain.
Jun 15 2014
next sibling parent "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw gdcproject.org> writes:
On Sunday, 15 June 2014 at 11:28:22 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 09:24:05 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 I'm in the process of switching over the gdcproject.org 
 sources over from html [sic] to markdown format to allow ease 
 of editing.

 Currently I am using just a generic markdown script to 
 generate the static webpages (ie: Markdown.pl) - though I hear 
 that vibe.d supports markdown, so it may be an opportunity to 
 get gdc/vibe.d hooked up and running the gdcproject.org site. 
 :-)


 Actually, I went straight for vibe.d, because it was the path 
 of least resistance for mixing in html templates with markdown 
 - plus, since I've recently [1][2] (re)fixed dub and vibe.d 
 with the update to 2.065, thought it was best to plough through 
 it in a day while it was still fresh on TODO my list.

 All contents have been converted.  Just improving some parts of 
 the documentation page, and then will begin testing for real.

 /news is still in the works, I have an idea how to manage that 
 in vibe.d.


[1] 
https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commit/118678441cc18c447f1580fe17627e957dd29f70
[2] 
https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/GDC/commit/6090d4bffdb5052c5949fd2fcf787baa8c2073ef
Jun 15 2014
prev sibling parent reply "Iain Buclaw via D.gnu" <d.gnu puremagic.com> writes:
On 15 June 2014 12:28, Iain Buclaw via D.gnu <d.gnu puremagic.com> wrote:

 On Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 09:24:05 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:

 Hi,

 I'm in the process of switching over the gdcproject.org sources over from
 html [sic] to markdown format to allow ease of editing.

 Currently I am using just a generic markdown script to generate the static
 webpages (ie: Markdown.pl) - though I hear that vibe.d supports markdown, so
 it may be an opportunity to get gdc/vibe.d hooked up and running the
 gdcproject.org site. :-)


 Actually, I went straight for vibe.d, because it was the path of least
 resistance for mixing in html templates with markdown - plus, since I've
 recently [1][2] (re)fixed dub and vibe.d with the update to 2.065, thought
 it was best to plough through it in a day while it was still fresh on TODO
 my list.

 All contents have been converted.  Just improving some parts of the
 documentation page, and then will begin testing for real.

 /news is still in the works, I have an idea how to manage that in vibe.d.



Raised a pull request to switch gdcproject.org over to vibe.d

https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6
Jun 22 2014
parent reply "Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:
Also replace links to wiki.gdcproject.org with wiki.dlang.org.
Jun 27 2014
parent "Iain Buclaw via D.gnu" <d.gnu puremagic.com> writes:
On 27 June 2014 21:18, Kagamin via D.gnu <d.gnu puremagic.com> wrote:

 Also replace links to wiki.gdcproject.org with wiki.dlang.org.


It does no harm either way.  The redirect isn't going anywhere. :)

(PS: Raise a PR!)
Jun 27 2014