From: Michael F. <fuz...@vo...> - 2006-08-11 17:39:48
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Martin Blais wrote: > On 8/11/06, Michael Foord <fuz...@vo...> wrote: >> martin f krafft wrote: >> > also sprach Michael Foord <fuz...@vo...> >> [2006.08.11.1503 +0100]: >> > >> >> Oh... rest2web needs to know your source directory and where you want >> >> the html files putting. You'll need to create a copy of r2w.ini >> (can be >> >> in the current directory when you run r2w.py). >> >> >> >> Put the appropriate values in 'start_directory' and >> 'target_directory'. >> >> >> > >> > Why not assume . and . for the two, unless specified? >> > >> >> Because the force mode is new, so it hasn't made sense not to have a >> config file up until now. :-) >> >> I guess if force mode is on, and there is no config file, that is a >> sensible thing to do. What about putting the html into a subdirectory >> called 'html', or would you rather just mix them with the source files >> (use '.') ? > > I have had the very, very same issue with curator > (http://furius.ca/curator/). > This is exactly what curator does: by default, mix with the source > files, and with an option create an html at the root that contains a > replica of the hierarchy. > > The problem with using this option is that all linked files and/or > images have to be either linked or copied. OTOH the problem with > mixing the output with the source files is that the resulting source > directories are quite messy. > > That's why I conclude that the best compromise is to just improve > buildhtml.py to make it able to generate breadcrumbs, i.e. it > generates both the breadcrumbs and the HTML files at the same time. > This will make 90% of the people happy with a good-enough solution. > The drawback is that this will not support HTML files that are not > generated from rest files. Of course rest2web allows you to store your content in html files, and you can always use the restindex 'file' command to copy files into your output directory. :-) But then I've never found it a problem - I store my images and CSS in the html directory rather than mixing them with the document source files in the first place... All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > > cheers, > |