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| author | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2023-05-28 00:01:27 +0300 |
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| committer | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2023-05-28 00:01:27 +0300 |
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diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html index 5148d1e0..03991c89 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html +++ b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html @@ -15,42 +15,42 @@ <pre> o .,<>., o |\/\/\/\/| - '========' + '========' (_ SSSSSSs - )a'`SSSSSs + )a'`SSSSSs /_ SSSSSS .=## SSSSS .#### SSSSs ###::::SSSSS .;:::""""SSS - .:;:' . . \\ - .::/ ' .'| + .:;:' . . \\ + .::/ ' .'| .::( . | :::) \ /\( / /) ( | - .' \ . ./ / - _-' |\ . | + .' \ . ./ / + _-' |\ . | _..--.. . /"---\ | ` | . | - -=====================,' _ \=(*#(7.#####() | `/_.. , ( - _.-''``';'-''-) ,. \ ' '+/// | .'/ \ ``-.) \ - ,' _.- (( `-' `._\ `` \_/_.' ) /`-._ ) | - ,'\ ,' _.'.`:-. \.-' / <_L )" | - _/ `._,' ,')`; `-'`' | L / / - / `. ,' ,|_/ / \ ( <_-' \ - \ / `./ ' / /,' \ /|` `. | - )\ /`._ ,'`._.-\ |) \' - / `.' )-'.-,' )__) |\ `| - : /`. `.._(--.`':`':/ \ ) \ \ - |::::\ ,'/::;-)) / ( )`. | - ||::::: . .::': :`-( |/ . | + -=====================,' _ \=(*#(7.#####() | `/_.. , ( + _.-''``';'-''-) ,. \ ' '+/// | .'/ \ ``-.) \ + ,' _.- (( `-' `._\ `` \_/_.' ) /`-._ ) | + ,'\ ,' _.'.`:-. \.-' / <_L )" | + _/ `._,' ,')`; `-'`' | L / / + / `. ,' ,|_/ / \ ( <_-' \ + \ / `./ ' / /,' \ /|` `. | + )\ /`._ ,'`._.-\ |) \' + / `.' )-'.-,' )__) |\ `| + : /`. `.._(--.`':`':/ \ ) \ \ + |::::\ ,'/::;-)) / ( )`. | + ||::::: . .::': :`-( |/ . | ||::::| . :| |==[]=: . - \ |||:::| : || : | | /\ ` | - ___ ___ '|;:::| | |' \=[]=| / \ \ -| /_ ||``|||::::: | ; | | | \_.'\_ `-. -: \_``[]--[]|::::'\_;' )-'..`._ .-'\``:: ` . \ - \___.>`''-.||:.__,' SSt |_______`> <_____:::. . . \ _/ - `+a:f:......jrei''' + ___ ___ '|;:::| | |' \=[]=| / \ \ +| /_ ||``|||::::: | ; | | | \_.'\_ `-. +: \_``[]--[]|::::'\_;' )-'..`._ .-'\``:: ` . \ + \___.>`''-.||:.__,' SSt |_______`> <_____:::. . . \ _/ + `+a:f:......jrei''' </pre> <br /> <span>You might have read my previous blog posts about entering the Geminispace, where I pointed out the benefits of having and maintaining an internet presence there. This whole site (the blog and all other pages) is composed in the Gemtext markup language.</span><br /> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ <li>A Gemfeed for my blog posts (a particular feed format commonly used in Geminispace. The Gemfeed can be used as an alternative to the Atom feed).</li> <li>An HTML Atom feed of my blog posts</li> </ul><br /> -<span>I could have done all of that with a more robust language than Bash (such as Perl, Ruby, Go...), but I didn't. The purpose of this exercise was to challenge what I can do with a "simple" Bash script and learn new things.</span><br /> +<span>I could have done all of that with a more robust language than Bash (such as Perl, Ruby, Go...), but I didn't. The purpose of this exercise was to challenge what I can do with a "simple" Bash script and learn new things.</span><br /> <br /> <h2 style='display: inline'>Taking it as far as I should, but no farther</h2><br /> <br /> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> <font color="#993399">834</font> total </pre> <br /> -<span>This way, the script could grow far beyond 1000 lines of code and still be maintainable. With more features, execution speed may slowly become a problem, though. I already notice that Gemtexter doesn't produce results instantly but requires few seconds of runtime already. That's not a problem yet, though. </span><br /> +<span>This way, the script could grow far beyond 1000 lines of code and still be maintainable. With more features, execution speed may slowly become a problem, though. I already notice that Gemtexter doesn't produce results instantly but requires few seconds of runtime already. That's not a problem yet, though. </span><br /> <br /> <h3 style='display: inline'>Bash best practises and ShellCheck</h3><br /> <br /> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> <br /> <span>ShellCheck, a shell script analysis tool written in Haskell, is run on Gemtexter ensuring that all code is acceptable. I am pretty impressed with what ShellCheck found. </span><br /> <br /> -<span>It, for example, detected "some_command | while read var; do ...; done" loops and hinted that these create a new subprocess for the while part. The result is that all variable modifications taking place in the while-subprocess won't reflect the primary Bash process. ShellSheck then recommended rewriting the loop so that no subprocess is spawned as "while read -r var; do ...; done < <(some_command)". ShellCheck also pointed out to add a "-r" to "read"; otherwise, there could be an issue with backspaces in the loop data.</span><br /> +<span>It, for example, detected "some_command | while read var; do ...; done" loops and hinted that these create a new subprocess for the while part. The result is that all variable modifications taking place in the while-subprocess won't reflect the primary Bash process. ShellSheck then recommended rewriting the loop so that no subprocess is spawned as "while read -r var; do ...; done < <(some_command)". ShellCheck also pointed out to add a "-r" to "read"; otherwise, there could be an issue with backspaces in the loop data.</span><br /> <br /> <span>Furthermore, ShellCheck recommended many more improvements. Declaration of unused variables and missing variable and string quotations were the most common ones. ShellSheck immensely helped to improve the robustness of the script.</span><br /> <br /> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ assert<font color="#990000">::</font>equals <font color="#FF0000">"$(generate::m <br /> <span>For now, I have to re-generate all HTML files whenever the CSS changes. That should not be an issue now, but I might move the CSS into a separate file one day.</span><br /> <br /> -<span>It's worth mentioning that all generated HTML files and Atom feeds pass the W3C validation tests.</span><br /> +<span>It's worth mentioning that all generated HTML files and Atom feeds pass the W3C validation tests.</span><br /> <span> </span><br /> <h2 style='display: inline'>Configurability</h2><br /> <br /> @@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ assert<font color="#990000">::</font>equals <font color="#FF0000">"$(generate::m </ul><br /> <h2 style='display: inline'>Conclusion</h2><br /> <br /> -<span>It was quite a lot of fun writing Gemtexter. It's a relatively small project, but given that I worked on that in my spare time once in a while, it kept me busy for several weeks. </span><br /> +<span>It was quite a lot of fun writing Gemtexter. It's a relatively small project, but given that I worked on that in my spare time once in a while, it kept me busy for several weeks. </span><br /> <br /> <span>I finally revamped my personal internet site and started to blog again. I wanted the result to be exactly how it is now: A slightly retro-inspired internet site built for fun with unconventional tools. </span><br /> <br /> <span>Other related posts are:</span><br /> <br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html'>2023-03-25 Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again²</a><br /> -<a class='textlink' href='./2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.html'>2022-08-27 Gemtexter 1.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html'>2023-03-25 Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again²</a><br /> +<a class='textlink' href='./2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.html'>2022-08-27 Gemtexter 1.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again</a><br /> <a class='textlink' href='./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.html'>2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2</a><br /> <a class='textlink' href='./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.html'>2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1</a><br /> <a class='textlink' href='./2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html'>2021-06-05 Gemtexter - One Bash script to rule it all (You are currently reading this)</a><br /> |