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Katie Liu
Katie Liu

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go-go-web - My txt to html converter!

#opensource

I have a released my first open source app, a command-line tool written in Python which converts .txt file(s) to .html. This is my first step to creating a full-fledged static site generator!

In my first release v0.0.1, the tool is capable of:

  • converting TIL posts written in a .txt file or a folder of .txt files to .html
  • specifying the output folder
  • specifying the url of a css stylesheet

GitHub Repo

Installation

  1. Download and install the latest version of python

  2. Open a terminal and navigate to where you want go-go-web to be stored. Clone this repository locally

git clone https://github.com/kliu57/go-go-web.git
cd go-go-web
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  1. Check that you have the latest version of the app. 
python convert.py --version
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Usage

Convert .txt to .html 

python convert.py -i <file or folder path>
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# Example (Convert one file)
python convert.py -i ./examples/til_post1.txt
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# Example (Convert a folder of files)
python convert.py -i ./examples
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  • Output(s) can be found in til folder

Specify Output Location 

python convert.py -i <file or folder path> -o <folder path>
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# Example
python convert.py -i ./examples/examples.txt -o ./examples
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Specify Stylesheet 

python convert.py -i <file or folder path> -s <stylesheet url>
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# Example
python convert.py -i ./examples/til_post2.txt -s https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tufte-css/1.8.0/tufte.min.css
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View App Version 

python convert.py --version` or `python convert.py -v
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View Usage Message 

python convert.py --help` or `python convert.py -h
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