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diff --git a/weblog/moving-off-gemini.html b/weblog/moving-off-gemini.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f84a797 --- /dev/null +++ b/weblog/moving-off-gemini.html @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> +<meta charset="utf-8"> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> +<title>Moving my weblog off Gemini (without leaving it) — tjp.lol</title> +<meta name="description" content="How I mirror my Gemini capsule to the web without abandoning geminispace."> +<link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css"> +<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="tjp.lol" href="../feed.xml"> +</head> +<body> +<div class="wrap"> + + <header class="site"> + <h1 class="brand"><a href="../index.html">~tjp<span class="cur"> $_</span></a></h1> + <nav class="main"> + <a href="../weblog/index.html" aria-current="page">weblog</a> + <a href="../notes/index.html">notes</a> + <a href="../projects/index.html">projects</a> + <a href="../about/index.html">about</a> + <a href="../feed.xml">rss</a> + </nav> + </header> + + <main> + <article class="post"> + <div class="post-head"> + <p class="meta"><a href="../weblog/index.html" style="text-decoration:none;">← weblog</a> / <time datetime="2026-06-30">2026-06-30</time></p> + <h1>Moving my weblog off Gemini (without leaving it)</h1> + <div class="tags" style="margin-top:.5rem;"> + <a href="../weblog/index.html">gemini</a><a href="../weblog/index.html">small-web</a><a href="../weblog/index.html">tools</a> + </div> + </div> + + <p><em>This is placeholder text laid out so you can see how a full post reads. Replace it with the real <span class="mono">.gmi</span> content when you export the capsule — the structure below covers everything a converted Gemini post will need: headings, lists, quotes, code, and links.</em></p> + + <p>I've kept a capsule at <code>gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp/</code> for a few years now. Gemini is a lovely place to write: the format is so constrained that there's nothing to fiddle with, and the whole thing rewards plain, linear prose. But I wanted a web presence too — one that fits in with the personal sites I keep finding in webrings.</p> + + <h2>The plan</h2> + <p>The goal was never to abandon geminispace. It was to have both, from one source of truth. Gemtext is close enough to Markdown that a small converter gets you most of the way there:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Keep writing <code>.gmi</code> files in my capsule.</li> + <li>Run a converter that emits HTML with the same structure.</li> + <li>Wrap each page in the site template you're reading now.</li> + </ul> + + <h2>The converter</h2> + <p>Gemtext has exactly one block-level construct per line, which makes parsing almost insultingly simple. Here's the core of it:</p> + + <pre><code>while IFS= read -r line; do + case "$line" in + "### "*) echo "<h3>${line#### }</h3>" ;; + "## "*) echo "<h2>${line### }</h2>" ;; + "# "*) echo "<h1>${line## }</h1>" ;; + "=> "*) emit_link "$line" ;; + "* "*) emit_list_item "$line" ;; + "> "*) echo "<blockquote>${line#> }</blockquote>" ;; + "") echo "" ;; + *) echo "<p>$line</p>" ;; + esac +done < "$1"</code></pre> + + <p>That's genuinely most of it. The fiddly parts are link lines (<code>=></code> can be a bare URL or have link text) and collapsing runs of <code>* </code> lines into a single <code><ul></code>.</p> + + <blockquote>The best format is the one that outlives the tool you wrote it in. Gemtext will still be readable when this converter is long gone.</blockquote> + + <h2>What I kept</h2> + <p>No client-side anything. The web version renders identically with JavaScript disabled, because there is no JavaScript to disable. Fonts are whatever your system already has. The whole page is a few kilobytes.</p> + + <p>If you want the source, it lives with the rest of my <a href="../projects/index.html">projects</a>. And the capsule is still there — see the <a href="../about/index.html">colophon</a> for how it all fits together.</p> + </article> + + <nav class="post-nav"> + <a href="../weblog/index.html">← Older</a> + <a href="../weblog/index.html">All posts</a> + <a href="../weblog/index.html">Newer →</a> + </nav> + </main> + + <footer> + <div class="ring"> + <span>webring:</span> + <a href="#">← prev</a><a href="#">rand</a><a href="#">next →</a> + </div> + <p>hand-written in slc · ©2026 tjp · content <a href="../about/index.html">CC BY 4.0</a> · <a href="../feed.xml">feed</a></p> + </footer> + +</div> +</body> +</html> |