generate the post index

Makefile

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ post_compiler := src/webcc.ml
 builddir := _build/default
 
 POSTCC := $(builddir)/$(patsubst %.ml,%.exe,$(post_compiler))
+INDEXCC := $(POSTCC) -i
 
 post-sources := $(shell find $(src)/ -type f)
 post-htmls   := $(patsubst $(src)/%.md,$(www)/%.html,$(post-sources))
 
-.PHONY: all serve clean $(post_index)
+.PHONY: all serve clean $(POSTCC)
 
 all: $(POSTCC) $(post-htmls) $(post_index) $(www_root)/static
 	cp -R ~/www/* $(www_root)
@@ -23,10 +24,8 @@ $(www):
 $(www)/%.html: $(src)/%.md $(www)
 	$(POSTCC) $< -o $@
 
-# make sure that this target is .PHONY!
-$(post_index):
-	echo hm > $@
-
+$(post_index): $(post-sources)
+	$(INDEXCC) $^ -o $@
 
 $(www_root)/static:
 	cp -R static $@
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ $(POSTCC): $(post_compiler)
 	dune build
 
 clean:
-	rm $(POSTCC)
 	rm -fr $(www_root)
 
 serve:

src/dune

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 (executable
  (name webcc)
- (libraries omd ISO8601))
+ (libraries omd ISO8601 str))

src/webcc.ml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let spec =
   ]
 
 type post_metadata = { title : string ; date : float ; tags : string list ;
+                       filename : string ;
                        other : (string * string) list }
 
 (** Utitilies *)
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ let with_open_out fn f =
   | r -> close_out oc; r
   | exception e -> close_out_noerr oc; raise e
 
-let read_metadata ic : post_metadata =
+let read_metadata filename ic : post_metadata =
   let rec go lst =
     let line =
       try input_line ic
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ let read_metadata ic : post_metadata =
   { title = lookup "title";
     date  = date;
     tags  = String.split_on_char ',' (lookup "tags");
+    filename = filename;
     other = md }
     
 
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ let format_post ~title ~tags ~date ~contents =
   format_page ~title ~contents:inner
 
 (* convert contents from [ic] to a post webpage, output to [oc] *)
-let process ic oc =
-  let metadata = read_metadata ic in
+let process filename ic oc =
+  let metadata = read_metadata filename ic in
   let md = Omd.of_channel ic in
   let html = format_post
                ~title:(metadata.title)
@@ -106,15 +108,36 @@ let process ic oc =
   output_string oc html
 
 let compile_posts oc =
-  if !input = [] then process stdin oc
+  if !input = [] then process "<stdin>" stdin oc
   else begin
-    let f filename = with_open_in filename @@ fun ic -> process ic oc in
+    let f filename = with_open_in filename @@ fun ic -> process filename ic oc in
     List.iter f !input
   end
   
 
 (** Generating index of posts *)
-(* let generate_index oc = () *)
+let generate_index oc =
+  let f filename = with_open_in filename (read_metadata filename) in
+  let mds = List.map f !input in
+  let mds = List.sort (fun md1 md2 -> compare md2.date md1.date) mds in
+  (* TODO! Fix the paths here!!!!!! *)
+  let format_item md =
+    (* path to the html file *)
+    let fname = md.filename in
+    let target_fname =
+      let open Str in
+      if string_match (regexp {|content/\(.*\)\.md|}) fname 0
+      then matched_group 1 fname ^ ".html"
+      else fname
+    in
+    String.concat "" [
+        {|<li><a href="/posts/|}; target_fname; {|">|};
+                 md.title;
+              {|</a> - |}; ISO8601.Permissive.string_of_date md.date ; {|</li>|}]
+  in
+  let contents = String.concat "\n" @@ List.map format_item mds in
+  let html = format_page ~title:"Recent posts" ~contents in
+  output_string oc html
 
 (** main *)
 let main () =
@@ -127,7 +150,10 @@ let main () =
     else
       with_open_out !output f
   in
-  with_output compile_posts
+  with_output @@
+    if !gen_index
+    then generate_index
+    else compile_posts
 
 let () =
   try

static/style.css

@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ html {
 }
 
 body {
-  font-family: 'Latin Modern', serif;
+  font-family: 'Latin Modern Roman', Georgia, serif;
   font-size: 110%;
-  line-height: 1.8;
+  line-height: 1.4;
   
   max-width: 100ch;
   min-height: 100vh;