reST-writing environment with realtime HTML-preview

README.md

reST-writing environment with realtime HTML-preview

1. gem install guard-shell guard-livereload
2. put Guardfile in your working directory
3. install livereload extension for your favorite browser
4. start web server ( ex, python -m SimpleHTTPServer )
5. guard start
6. open browser
7. enable livereload extension
8. edit your document & fun !

Gemfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-

source :rubygems

gem 'guard-shell'
gem 'guard-livereload'

Guardfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-

def html_file( file )
  File.join(
    File.dirname(file),
    File.basename(file, File.extname(file)) + '.html')
end

guard :shell do
  watch( /(.*\.rst)$/ ) { |m|
    system "rst2html.py #{m[1]} #{html_file(m[1])}"
  }
end

guard :livereload do
  watch( /(.*\.html)\z/ ) { |m| html_file(m[1]) }
end