From 2ab0e23eca3c5cac82d948e506b3f1cb81bedd18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: t Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:08:14 -0600 Subject: Migrate site pages to Weft templates and Markdown --- weblog/_moving-off-gemini.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 weblog/_moving-off-gemini.md (limited to 'weblog/_moving-off-gemini.md') diff --git a/weblog/_moving-off-gemini.md b/weblog/_moving-off-gemini.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0cafe0 --- /dev/null +++ b/weblog/_moving-off-gemini.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +post_date: 2026-06-30 +description: How I mirror my Gemini capsule to the web without abandoning geminispace. +--- +# Moving my weblog off Gemini (without leaving it) + +*This is placeholder text laid out so you can see how a full post reads. Replace it with the real `.gmi` content when you export the capsule — the structure below covers everything a converted Gemini post will need: headings, lists, quotes, code, and links.* + +I've kept a capsule at `gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~tjp/` 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. + +## The plan + +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: + +- Keep writing `.gmi` files in my capsule. +- Run a converter that emits HTML with the same structure. +- Wrap each page in the site template you're reading now. + +## The converter + +Gemtext has exactly one block-level construct per line, which makes parsing almost insultingly simple. Here's the core of it: + +```sh +while IFS= read -r line; do + case "$line" in + "### "*) echo "

${line#### }

" ;; + "## "*) echo "

${line### }

" ;; + "# "*) echo "

${line## }

" ;; + "=> "*) emit_link "$line" ;; + "* "*) emit_list_item "$line" ;; + "> "*) echo "
${line#> }
" ;; + "") echo "" ;; + *) echo "

$line

" ;; + esac +done < "$1" +``` + +That's genuinely most of it. The fiddly parts are link lines (`=>` can be a bare URL or have link text) and collapsing runs of `* ` lines into a single `