Class: Jekylljournal::Journalhandler

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/jekylljournal/journalhandler.rb

Overview

This class is used to handle Jekyll Journals. It is generally called from the command line wrapper.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Journalhandler

Loads the config dotfile from the default directory and sets the application options



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# File 'lib/jekylljournal/journalhandler.rb', line 7

def initialize
  @options = { }

  config_file = File.join(ENV['HOME'],'.jekylljournal.yaml')
  if File.exists? config_file
    config_options = YAML.load_file(config_file)
    if !config_options
      puts 'Config file empty, please see the readme.'
    else
      @options.merge!(config_options)
    end
  else
    puts 'Config file not found, please create one.'
  end
end

Instance Method Details

#open ⇒ Object

Opens today’s post if it exists, otherwise it creates a new post, populates it with the default yaml frontmatter, then opens this newly created file.



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# File 'lib/jekylljournal/journalhandler.rb', line 27

def open
  today = Date.today.strftime '%Y-%m-%d'
  file_name = "#{@options[:blog_location]}/_posts/#{today}-#{today}.md"
  # create the file if it doesn't exist
  frontmatter = <<eol
---
layout: post
title: #{today}
tags: []
---

eol

  File.write file_name, frontmatter unless File.file? file_name

  puts "Opening #{file_name}"
  system 'vim', file_name
end

#preview ⇒ Object

Runs a preview jekyll server locally



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# File 'lib/jekylljournal/journalhandler.rb', line 62

def preview
  puts 'Starting preview server at localhost:4000'
  `cd #{@options[:blog_location]};jekyll serve;`
end

#save ⇒ Object

Adds and commits all new posts and assets to git, then pushes to the default repositories. TODO



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# File 'lib/jekylljournal/journalhandler.rb', line 49

def save
  puts 'Saving...'
  run_git_cmd 'add _posts/*'
  run_git_cmd 'add assets/*'
  # TODO: this should use more flexible values.
  # Date format should be a dotfile option
  # Message format should be a dotfile option
  run_git_cmd "commit -m \"Save: #{Date.today.strftime '%Y-%m-%d'}\""
  run_git_cmd 'push'
  puts 'done.'
end