Editing 15 Homepages at Once in vim
I'm editing 15 homepages at once using vim, creating necessary files and folders, and writing a configuration file for a Jekyll website. This configuration file includes a list of plugins, a theme name, an author, a permalink, a Google Analytics ID, a title, a description, and an apex - all saved in the apex directory of the website. Come read my blog post to learn more!
Editing 15 Homepages Simultaneously with vim - A Step-by-Step Guide
By Michael Levin
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Let’s edit 15 homepages at once! So I start out with the file that creates my all.sh file that lets me edit 15 journal.md files at once (which gets sliced & diced into these blogs using pip install blogslicer)…
import shutil
from pathlib import Path
from subprocess import run
# SET ROOT OF RELEASE SYSTEM
ghp = "/mnt/c/Users/mikle/github/"
# FOLDERS WHICH MUST EXIST PER SITE
ensure_folders = '''_data
\includes
\layouts
\posts
\sass
assets/css
assets/images'''.split('\n')
# DELETE OLD HELPERS BECAUSE APPEND
if Path('all.sh').exists():
Path('all.sh').unlink()
with open('sites.txt', 'r') as fh:
with open('all.sh', 'a') as fw:
fw.write(f"vim ./journal/journal.txt ")
for i, site in enumerate(fh):
site = site.rstrip()
print(i + 1, site)
fw.write(f" ./{site}/journal.md")
# Ensure existence of each Jekyll folder
for afolder in ensure_folders:
afullpath = f'{ghp}{site}/{afolder}'
# print(afullpath)
Path(f'{afullpath}').mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
# Optional do-once items
shutil.copy(f'{ghp}helpers/templates/default.html', f'{ghp}{site}/_layouts/default.html')
with open('all.sh', 'a') as fw:
fw.write(f" ~/.vimrc")
fw.write(f" ./helpers/make_helpers.py")
fw.write(f" ./blast.sh")
run(["git", "commit", "-am", "Updated all.sh"], cwd=f"{ghp}/helpers/")
with open('gaids.txt') as fh:
for site in fh:
if site:
gaids = site.rstrip().split()
code = gaids[0]
apex = gaids[1]
title = ' '.join(gaids[2:])
title = f'{title} | {gaids[1]}'
aconfig = f'''plugins:
- jekyll-feed
theme: jekyll-theme-hacker
author: Mike Levin
permalink: /:slug/
gaid: {code}
title: {title}
description: Welcome to {title}
apex: {apex}'''
print(aconfig)
print()
with open(f'../{apex}/_config.yml', 'w') as fw:
fw.write(aconfig)
And here’s the revised one that outputs a hps.sh that will load the 15 sites into vim. Easy peasy! So I ought to do something with this newfound ability.
import shutil
from pathlib import Path
from subprocess import run
# SET ROOT OF RELEASE SYSTEM
ghp = "/mnt/c/Users/mikle/github/"
# FOLDERS WHICH MUST EXIST PER SITE
ensure_folders = '''_data
\includes
\layouts
\posts
\sass
assets/css
assets/images'''.split('\n')
# DELETE OLD HELPERS BECAUSE APPEND
for helper in ['all.sh', 'hps.sh']:
if Path(helper).exists():
Path(helper).unlink()
with open('sites.txt', 'r') as fh:
with open('hps.sh', 'a') as fw:
fw.write(f"vim")
for i, site in enumerate(fh):
fw.write(f" ./{site.rstrip()}/index.md")
with open('sites.txt', 'r') as fh:
with open('all.sh', 'a') as fw:
fw.write(f"vim ./journal/journal.txt")
for i, site in enumerate(fh):
site = site.rstrip()
print(i + 1, site)
fw.write(f" ./{site}/journal.md")
# Ensure existence of each Jekyll folder
for afolder in ensure_folders:
afullpath = f'{ghp}{site}/{afolder}'
# print(afullpath)
Path(f'{afullpath}').mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
# Optional do-once items
shutil.copy(f'{ghp}helpers/templates/default.html', f'{ghp}{site}/_layouts/default.html')
with open('all.sh', 'a') as fw:
fw.write(f" ~/.vimrc")
fw.write(f" ./helpers/make_helpers.py")
fw.write(f" ./blast.sh")
run(["git", "commit", "-am", "Updated all.sh"], cwd=f"{ghp}/helpers/")
with open('gaids.txt') as fh:
for site in fh:
if site:
gaids = site.rstrip().split()
code = gaids[0]
apex = gaids[1]
title = ' '.join(gaids[2:])
title = f'{title} | {gaids[1]}'
aconfig = f'''plugins:
- jekyll-feed
theme: jekyll-theme-hacker
author: Mike Levin
permalink: /:slug/
gaid: {code}
title: {title}
description: Welcome to {title}
apex: {apex}'''
print(aconfig)
print()
with open(f'../{apex}/_config.yml', 'w') as fw:
fw.write(aconfig)