From 395471407a4f68d79dc545bb3bf09483fbc0eb75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: poyo <webmaster@poy.ooo>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 00:06:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] render markdown into html and save to _dist. Ensure ./_dist
 and ./content exist.

---
 _dist/0.html |  3 +++
 _dist/1.html |  3 +++
 _dist/2.html |  3 +++
 main.go      | 34 +++++++++++-----------------------
 markdown.go  |  1 +
 misc.go      | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 _dist/0.html
 create mode 100755 _dist/1.html
 create mode 100755 _dist/2.html
 create mode 100644 misc.go

diff --git a/_dist/0.html b/_dist/0.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1c1bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_dist/0.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h1 id="cookies">Cookies</h1>
+
+<p>blah <em>blah</em> <strong>blah</strong></p>
diff --git a/_dist/1.html b/_dist/1.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da1cf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_dist/1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h1 id="no-frontmatter-at-all">No frontmatter at all</h1>
+
+<p>No frontmatter at all!!</p>
diff --git a/_dist/2.html b/_dist/2.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1c1bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_dist/2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<h1 id="cookies">Cookies</h1>
+
+<p>blah <em>blah</em> <strong>blah</strong></p>
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0a60009..c060630 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -13,26 +12,11 @@ const OUTPUT_DIR = "./_dist"
 const UNTITLED_POST = "Untitled rambling."
 
 func main() {
-	dir, err := os.ReadDir(CONTENT_DIR)
-	if err != nil {
-		if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			log.Panic(err)
-		}
-
-		fmt.Printf("Your %s folder does not exist yet. Creating one for you... ", CONTENT_DIR)
-		err := os.Mkdir("./content", os.ModePerm)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Panic(err)
-		}
-		fmt.Print("Done!\n")
+	srcDir := EnsureDir(CONTENT_DIR)
+	// distDir := EnsureDir(OUTPUT_DIR)
+	EnsureDir(OUTPUT_DIR)
 
-		dir, err = os.ReadDir(CONTENT_DIR)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Panic(err) // it's over
-		}
-	}
-
-	posts, err := loadPosts(dir)
+	posts, err := loadPosts(srcDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic(err)
 	}
@@ -40,13 +24,17 @@ func main() {
 	if len(posts) == 0 {
 		fmt.Printf("No posts could be found at %s\n", CONTENT_DIR)
 	} else {
-		// convert to html
+		for i, post := range posts {
+			post.Html = mdToHtml(post.Content)
+			os.WriteFile(path.Join(OUTPUT_DIR, fmt.Sprint(i)+".html"), post.Html, os.ModePerm)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 type Post struct {
 	Frontmatter Frontmatter
-	Content     string
+	Content     []byte // markdown
+	Html        []byte // html
 }
 
 func loadPosts(dir []os.DirEntry) ([]Post, error) {
@@ -62,7 +50,7 @@ func loadPosts(dir []os.DirEntry) ([]Post, error) {
 
 		files = append(files, Post{
 			Frontmatter: parsedFrontmatter,
-			Content:     content,
+			Content:     []byte(content),
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/markdown.go b/markdown.go
index 77d2326..f136a55 100644
--- a/markdown.go
+++ b/markdown.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gomarkdown/markdown/parser"
 )
 
+// converts markdown into HTML.
 func mdToHtml(input []byte) []byte {
 	extensions := parser.CommonExtensions | parser.AutoHeadingIDs | parser.NoEmptyLineBeforeBlock
 	p := parser.NewWithExtensions(extensions)
diff --git a/misc.go b/misc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ac34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func EnsureDir(path string) []os.DirEntry {
+	dir, err := os.ReadDir(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("The '%s' directory does not exist yet. Creating one for you... ", path)
+		err := os.Mkdir(path, os.ModePerm)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Print("Done!\n")
+
+		dir, err = os.ReadDir(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(err) // it's over
+		}
+	}
+	return dir
+}
-- 
2.54.0