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#!/usr/bin/ruby | |
if ARGV.empty? | |
puts "Usage: ruby make-new-post.rb SLUG" | |
exit | |
end | |
POST_DIR = "/PATH/TO/YOUR/DEAL" # no trailing slash | |
date = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d") | |
slug = ARGV[0] | |
# the layout/category/permalink values are, of course, specific to my setup | |
new_file = <<MONKEYTIME | |
--- | |
layout: note | |
category: note | |
date: #{date} | |
title: TITLE_HERE | |
permalink: note/#{slug} | |
--- | |
Put your markdown here, dude | |
MONKEYTIME | |
filename = "#{POST_DIR}/#{date}-#{slug}.md" | |
if !File.exist?(filename) then | |
File.open(filename, "w") { |file| file.write(new_file) } | |
# i think iA Writer is nearly perfect for this but obv you can substitute something else | |
spawn "open -a iA\\ Writer #{filename}" | |
puts "Made #{filename}, opened it in iA Writer" | |
else | |
puts "Error: that post already exists." | |
end | |
# optionally, put this in your .profile: | |
# newpostfunction() { | |
# ruby /PATH/TO/FILE/make-new-post.rb $1 | |
# } | |
# alias newpost=newpostfunction |
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