about

eureka is a simple static site generator based on the generator for 100r.co.

eureka simply reads .htm files in ./inc/ and applies a template around them, giving them a <header>, <nav>, and <footer>. The <nav> content is also located in inc/meta.nav.htm, and, contrary to 100r.co's engine, special rules are applied when templating around it to render the landing page (index.html).

In addition, there is a thumbnailer that uses ImageMagick to create low-bandwidth thumbnails at 500px wide and 16 colors, and store them in a subdirectory alongside the full size images. eureka has a function to automatically replace the inline images within pages with the thumbnails, but leave the links they point to untouched.

Eureka also parses a twtxt file at SITEROOT/twtxt.txt and displays the latest three entrires on the front page. It expects the file to be in descending order.

usage

1. Run ./build.sh to copy the default config header to config.h and create the inc directory (and meta.nav.htm) if it doesn't exist.
2. Edit your config; see below for details.
3. Create your CSS and other assets if necessary and put them in your SITEROOT.
4. Edit your inc/meta.nav.htm to create your nav structure (see the markup section below).
5. Create a new page, eg inc/my_first_page.htm (see the markup section below).
6. Edit your inc/meta.nav.htm again to reference your new page.
7. Run ./build.sh again! You will be warned of any orphaned files.

build options

Currently these build options are supported, and they must be supplied in this order if used together:

• -r: Regenerate all thumbnails
• -d: Delete the latest twtxt entry; if used together with -t, the new entry replaces the old one
• -t: Add the next arg (quoted string) as a twtxt entry

Combined argument format like ./build.sh -rdt "twt stuff" is not supported. Use this format instead:

./build.sh -r -d -t "twt stuff"

debugging

If you run into issues with your markup crashing eureka, edit the build.sh file to uncomment the linux debug build line and comment the fast build; this will show you a stack trace of where you are running into buffer overflows, and give you a hint of where your markup is messed up. To see the individual file that has the error, also uncomment the line in fpinject() that prints the file names.

markup

There is a markup language which makes writing long blog posts, memex entries, etc easier by reducing the need for typing out HTML tags:

// shorthand for crosslinking (assuming the file is inc/page_name.htm)
{page name}

// shorthand for transclusion (assuming the file is inc/page_name.htm)
{/page name}

// shorthand for arbitary link
{*destination url|text}

// shorthand for an image you can click to see the full sized version
{:anchor-id|image url|alt text}

// shorthand for an image with arbitrary link destination
{?anchor-id|destination url|image url|alt text}

// shorthand for an audio player
{_/path/to/media}

// shorthand for a video player
{]id|/path/to/video|/path/to/thumbnail|fallback alt text for thumbnail image if HTML5 video is not supported}

// shorthand for paragraphs, can embed other markup inside it
{&paragraph text {with a link} {@and some bold text}}

// shorthand for ordered lists, can embed other markup inside it
{#
  {-item one}
  {-item two}
  {-item three}
}

// shorthand for unordered lists, can embed other markup inside it
{,
  {-item one}
  {-item two}
  {-item three}
}

// shorthand for bold
{@bold text}

// shorthand for italic
{~italic text}

// shorthand for code
{`short code}

// shorthand for pre
{$longer code}

// shorthand for quote
{'short quote}

// shorthand for blockquote
{>longer quote}

// shorthand for strikethrough
{\crossed-out text}

// shorthand for level 3 heading 
{!heading text}

// shorthand for level 4 heading
{.heading text}

// shorthand for publish date (renders as <time class='publish-date'>)
{+2022-02-22}

configuration

The following macros are available in config.h to customize to your liking.

• LEXICON_SIZE: max size of the Lexicon, corresponds to the number of pages eureka can keep track of
• TAG_BODY_SIZE: max size for an individual markup body (ie, a markup token as above, minus the curly brackets and the rune), in bytes
• NAME: the title of the site
• DOMAIN: currently unused
• LOGO: HTML to put in the header h1 verbatim
• ABOUT: HTML content for the front page, placed between <header> and <nav>
• CONTACT: the contact info line at the bottom of every page (except the front page, where it would typically already be in @ABOUT
• FOOTER: arbitrary footer HTML
• LICENSE: the license link at the bottom of every page
• SITEROOT: the path where the rendered HTML is placed
• MAINCSS and FRONTCSS: to differentiate styles used for the landing page and the rest of the site