From 5b25cfb45816d07b1116b87f4cc6d7bd203ac33d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: peteyboy Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:46:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added explanantory text --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e729f0c..ef8a488 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,16 @@ # ssg-for-sdf +I just started messing around as part of looking for a way to make +contributing to tutorials easier, and got as far as using 'ssg', from [[https://www.romanzolotarev.com/ssg.html]], which was recommended as a markdown-converting static site generator on another board +here. +I had problems with Markdown.pl not working (I posted to REQUESTS, somehow +the perl Text:Markdown isn't working), but I used cpanm and installed that +library locally, and then ssg worked! + +Because I didn't like how it silently would fail on the markdown problem, +so I added a little pipeline-tracing with the bash 'connector' command (I +looked it up), and so with that it becomes a bash script instead of a plain +sh script, but I think it's better. I posted it to the sdf git if anyone +wants to try it out... + +(Here's what I used to [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2980297/how-can-i-use-cpan-as-a-non-root-user| install the perl module I needed with cpanm]] which you can ignore installing cpanm because it's already installed on SDF) \ No newline at end of file