marksplitz

Command-line utility to split a Markdown file into linked static web pages.

Development work in progress.

Directive Comments

The following HTML comments can be placed in the source Markdown document to alter the generated HTML.

<!-- title: new-title -->

• Replace the default HTML title for the page.

<!-- class: class-1 class-2 -->

• Add one or more classes to the content div.
• Use to apply additional styles via a custom.css file.

Command-line Usage

usage: marksplitz [-h] [-o OUTPUT_DIR] [-n OUTPUT_NAME] [-i IMAGES_SUBDIR]
                     [-c CSS_FILE]
                     markdown_file

Split a Markdown file into linked HTML pages.

positional arguments:
  markdown_file         Path to the Markdown file to split.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir OUTPUT_DIR
                        Path to the output directory.
  -n OUTPUT_NAME, --output-name OUTPUT_NAME
                        Base name for the output HTML files.
  -i IMAGES_SUBDIR, --images-subdir IMAGES_SUBDIR
                        Subdirectory for images. Expected to be in the
                        directory containing the Markdown file. Contents are
                        copied to a subdirectory by the same name in the
                        output directory.
  -c CSS_FILE, --css-file CSS_FILE
                        Optional name of a CSS file to include in the same
                        location as the HTML output. If a CSS file is not
                        specified, a default style is embedded in the HTML
                        output. If a CSS file is specified, the default style
                        is not included.If the specified CSS file does not
                        exist, it is created with the default style.

Reference

CSS

Customizing the generated HTML output requires using CSS.

• MDN Guide: Learn to style HTML using CSS
• MDN Reference: CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Basic concepts of flexbox
  • Class selectors

Packages Used

• mistune: Markdown parser
  • docs

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