#!/usr/bin/env python import codecs import re import jinja2 import markdown def process_slides(): with codecs.open('../../presentation-output.html', 'w', encoding='utf8') as outfile: md = codecs.open('slides.md', encoding='utf8').read() md_slides = md.split('\n---\n') print 'Compiled %s slides.' % len(md_slides) slides = [] # Process each slide separately. for md_slide in md_slides: slide = {} sections = md_slide.split('\n\n') # Extract metadata at the beginning of the slide (look for key: value) # pairs. metadata_section = sections[0] metadata = parse_metadata(metadata_section) slide.update(metadata) remainder_index = metadata and 1 or 0 # Get the content from the rest of the slide. content_section = '\n\n'.join(sections[remainder_index:]) html = markdown.markdown(content_section) slide['content'] = postprocess_html(html, metadata) slides.append(slide) template = jinja2.Template(open('base.html').read()) outfile.write(template.render(locals())) def parse_metadata(section): """Given the first part of a slide, returns metadata associated with it.""" metadata = {} metadata_lines = section.split('\n') for line in metadata_lines: colon_index = line.find(':') if colon_index != -1: key = line[:colon_index].strip() val = line[colon_index + 1:].strip() metadata[key] = val return metadata def postprocess_html(html, metadata): """Returns processed HTML to fit into the slide template format.""" if metadata.get('build_lists') and metadata['build_lists'] == 'true': html = html.replace('