Parseltongue

Render static pages using Markdown, JSON and Jinja2

Try it

git clone https://github.com/marksteve/parseltongue.git
cd parseltongue
python setup.py install
git checkout gh-pages
parseltongue
python -m SimpleHTTPServer

How it works

Parseltongue traverses the source directory (_src by default) for markdown files. Each markdown file is rendered as a page.

Templates

A template is loaded from the templates directory (_templates by default) for each page. If a template of the same name (minus the extension) isn't found, the template for the parent is loaded. (e.g. For _src/blog/post.md, if _templates/blog/post.html is missing then _templates/blog.html will be used.)

Context

Each page has its own context. This context is retrieved from JSON files of the same name. (e.g. _src/page.md uses _src/page.json for context) Level context (index.json) is updated while traversing the source directory. So if you set a level context value from the source directory root, that value will be included to the context of all other pages. Index pages (index.md) also get the page listing (pages) for its level in its context. Context values are passed as arguments on render. They can also be accessed through the context property of the Page.

Warning

This project is still very rough. If you find something wrong or want to add stuff, feel free to post an issue or a pull request.

TODO

Configuration

License

http://marksteve.mit-license.org

marksteve / parseltongue