Drafts Directory: Pelican Markdown Header

Action

Posted by @MyGeekDaddy, Last update over 1 year ago

Insert a Markdown metadate header (title, category, tags, and date/time stamp) used by Markdown files for Pelican static site generator.

Install

Steps

script

// 4 script actions to generate the 4 lines of the MD title block for Pelican
// Created by: @MyGeekDaddy
//	Revision: 2022-08-10


let p1 = new Prompt();
p1.title = "Enter Blog Title"
p1.addTextField("mdtitle", "Title", "", {
	"autocorrect": false,
	"keyboard":  "default",
	"wantsFocus": true
});
p1.addButton("Insert");
if(p1.show() && p1.buttonPressed == "Insert") {
	let [st, len] = editor.getSelectedRange();
	let s = "Title: " + p1.fieldValues["mdtitle"] + "\n";
	editor.setSelectedText(s);
	editor.setSelectedRange(st+s.length, 0);
}

script

let p2 = new Prompt();
p2.title = "Enter Blog Category"
p2.addTextField("mdcat", "Category", "", {
	"autocorrect": false,
	"keyboard":  "default",
	"wantsFocus": true
});
p2.addButton("Insert");
if(p2.show() && p2.buttonPressed == "Insert") {
	let [st1, len] = editor.getSelectedRange();
	let s1 = "Category: " + p2.fieldValues["mdcat"] + "\n";
	editor.setSelectedText(s1);
	editor.setSelectedRange(st1+s1.length, 0);
}

script

let p3 = new Prompt();
p3.title = "Enter Blog Tags"
p3.addTextField("mdtag", "Tags", "", {
	"autocorrect": false,
	"keyboard":  "default",
	"wantsFocus": true
});
p3.addButton("Insert");
if(p3.show() && p3.buttonPressed == "Insert") {
	let [st2, len] = editor.getSelectedRange();
	let s2 = "Tags: " + p3.fieldValues["mdtag"] + "\n";
	editor.setSelectedText(s2);
	editor.setSelectedRange(st2+s2.length, 0);
}

script

// Scripted version to insert current date/time in ISO 8601
// 2022-04-01 16:15:45

var curDate = new Date();
var curDay = curDate.getDate();
var curMonth = curDate.getMonth()+1;
var curYear = curDate.getFullYear();
var curHour = curDate.getHours();
var curMinute = curDate.getMinutes();
var curSecond = curDate.getSeconds();

if (curDay < 10) {
	curDay = "0" + curDay;
}
if (curMonth < 10) {
	curMonth = "0" + curMonth;
}
if (curHour < 10) {
	curHour = "0" + curHour;
}
if (curMinute < 10) {
	curMinute = "0" + curMinute;
}
if (curSecond < 10) {
	curSecond = "0" + curSecond;
}


txtFinal = "Date: " + curYear + "-" + curMonth + "-" + curDay + " " + curHour + ":" + curMinute + ":" + curSecond + "\n\n";

var selRange = editor.getSelectedRange();
editor.setSelectedText(txtFinal);
editor.setSelectedRange(selRange[0]+txtFinal.length,0);
editor.activate();

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