basic stuff is done

app/Main.hs

@@ -7,20 +7,21 @@
 
 module Main where
 
+import Config
 import Control.Monad (forM, when)
-import Data.List (sortOn)
-import Development.Shake (Action, Rules, (|%>), (~>), (%>))
-import Development.Shake.FilePath ((</>))
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HM
+import Data.List (sortOn)
 import qualified Data.Ord as Ord
 import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Time
+import Development.Shake (Action, Rules, (%>), (|%>), (~>))
 import qualified Development.Shake as Shake
+import Development.Shake.FilePath ((</>))
 import qualified Development.Shake.FilePath as FP
-import Config
+import Templates
 import Types
 import Utilities
-import Templates
-import Data.Time
+
 -- target = thing we want
 -- Rule = pattern of thing being made + actions to produce the thing
 -- Action = actions to produce a thing
@@ -61,14 +62,16 @@ buildRules = do
 
 -- make a rule of the pattern outputDir/asset_name which copes from outputDir/../pages
 assets :: Rules ()
-assets = map (outputDir </>) assetGlobs |%> \target -> do
+assets =
+  map (outputDir </>) assetGlobs |%> \target -> do
     let src = FP.dropDirectory1 target
     Shake.copyFileChanged src target
     Shake.putInfo $ "Copied " <> target <> " from " <> src
 
-
+-- handling typst only because pages should only be typst no reason for backwards compat on that
 pages :: Rules ()
-pages = map indexHtmlOutputPath pagePaths |%> \target -> do
+pages =
+  map indexHtmlOutputPath pagePaths |%> \target -> do
     let src = indexHtmlTypstSourcePath target
     let metaSrc = indexHtmlTypstMetaPath target
     html <- typstToHtml src
@@ -79,15 +82,20 @@ pages = map indexHtmlOutputPath pagePaths |%> \target -> do
 
 -- there's probably a better way of doing this that allows for the target's origin file extension to get passed in but for now we're doing brute force
 postsRule :: Rules ()
-postsRule = map indexHtmlOutputPath postGlobs |%> \target -> do
+postsRule =
+  map indexHtmlOutputPath postGlobs |%> \target -> do
     let potentials = indexHtmlSourcePaths target
-    Shake.forP potentials (\path->do 
+    Shake.forP
+      potentials
+      ( \path -> do
           exists <- Shake.doesFileExist path
-        when exists
+          when
+            exists
             ( case FP.takeExtension path of
                 ".typ" -> typstPost path
                 ".md" -> markdownPost path
-                _ -> error $ "invalid file extension for post " <> target)
+                _ -> error $ "invalid file extension for post " <> target
+            )
       )
     return ()
 
@@ -103,7 +111,6 @@ typstPost src = do
   applyTemplateAndWrite "default.html" page target
   Shake.putInfo $ "Built " <> target <> " from " <> src
 
-
 markdownPost :: FP.FilePath -> Action ()
 markdownPost src = do
   Shake.need [src]
@@ -117,9 +124,11 @@ markdownPost src = do
   Shake.putInfo $ "Built " <> target <> " from " <> src
 
 home :: Rules ()
-home = outputDir </> "index.html" %> \target -> do
+home =
+  outputDir </> "index.html" %> \target -> do
     postPaths <- Shake.getDirectoryFiles "" postGlobs
-  posts <- take 3
+    posts <-
+      take 3
         . sortOn (Ord.Down . postDate)
         <$> forM postPaths readPost
     html <- applyTemplate "home.html" $ HM.singleton "posts" posts
@@ -129,7 +138,8 @@ home = outputDir </> "index.html" %> \target -> do
     Shake.putInfo $ "Built " <> target
 
 rss :: Rules ()
-rss = outputDir </> "index.xml" %> \target -> do
+rss =
+  outputDir </> "index.xml" %> \target -> do
     postPaths <- Shake.getDirectoryFiles "" postGlobs
     posts <- sortOn (Ord.Down . postDate) <$> forM postPaths readPost
     applyTemplateAndWrite "feed.xml" (HM.singleton "posts" posts) target
@@ -148,9 +158,9 @@ readTypstPost postPath = do
   html <- typstToHtml postPath
   post <- yamlToPost $ typstMetaPath postPath
   Shake.putInfo $ "Read " <> postPath
-  return $ post
-    { 
-      postContent = Just html,
+  return $
+    post
+      { postContent = Just html,
         postLink = Just . T.pack $ "/" <> FP.dropExtension postPath <> "/"
       }
 
@@ -158,8 +168,8 @@ readMarkdownPost :: FilePath -> Action Post
 readMarkdownPost postPath = do
   (post, html) <- markdownToHtml postPath
   Shake.putInfo $ "Read " <> postPath
-    return $ post
-        { 
-            postContent = Just html,
+  return $
+    post
+      { postContent = Just html,
         postLink = Just . T.pack $ "/" <> FP.dropExtension postPath <> "/"
       }

app/Utilities.hs

@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
 module Utilities where
 
-import Data.Text (Text)
-import Development.Shake.FilePath ((<.>), (</>))
-import qualified Data.Text as T
-import Data.Yaml.Aeson
-import qualified Development.Shake as Shake
-import qualified Development.Shake.FilePath as Shake
-import qualified Text.Pandoc as Pandoc
 import Config
-import Development.Shake (Action)
-import Types
-import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
-import Data.Time
-import Text.Pandoc (Block (Plain), Meta (..), MetaValue (..), Pandoc (..))
-import Data.Aeson (Result(Success, Error))
+import Data.Aeson (Result (Error, Success))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as A
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Data.Time
+import Data.Yaml.Aeson
+import Development.Shake (Action)
+import qualified Development.Shake as Shake
+import Development.Shake.FilePath ((<.>), (</>))
+import qualified Development.Shake.FilePath as Shake
+import Text.Pandoc (Block (Plain), Meta (..), MetaValue (..), Pandoc (..))
+import qualified Text.Pandoc as Pandoc
+import Types
 
 indexHtmlOutputPath :: FilePath -> FilePath
 indexHtmlOutputPath srcPath =
   outputDir </> Shake.dropExtension srcPath </> "index.html"
 
-
 -- were applicative shenanigans necessary? no
 -- but using them felt cool
 indexHtmlSourcePaths :: FilePath -> [FilePath]
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ indexHtmlTypstMetaPath = typstMetaPath . indexHtmlTypstSourcePath
 typstMetaPath :: FilePath -> FilePath
 typstMetaPath typstPath = Shake.dropExtension typstPath <.> "yaml"
 
-
 typstToHtml :: FilePath -> Action Text
 typstToHtml filePath = do
   content <- Shake.readFile' filePath
@@ -59,18 +57,24 @@ typstToHtml filePath = do
       Pandoc.def {Pandoc.readerExtensions = Pandoc.pandocExtensions}
     writerOptions =
       Pandoc.def {Pandoc.writerExtensions = Pandoc.pandocExtensions}
-markdownToHtml :: FromJSON a => FilePath -> Action (a, Text)
+
+markdownToHtml :: (FromJSON a) => FilePath -> Action (a, Text)
 markdownToHtml filePath = do
   content <- Shake.readFile' filePath
   Shake.quietly . Shake.traced "Markdown to HTML" $ do
     pandoc@(Pandoc meta _) <-
       runPandoc . Pandoc.readMarkdown readerOptions . T.pack $ content
+    -- WARNING markdown needs to have no whitespace before/after dashes
+    -- print meta
     meta' <- fromMeta meta
     html <- runPandoc . Pandoc.writeHtml5String writerOptions $ pandoc
     return (meta', html)
   where
     readerOptions =
-      Pandoc.def {Pandoc.readerExtensions = Pandoc.pandocExtensions}
+      Pandoc.def
+        { Pandoc.readerStandalone = True,
+          Pandoc.readerExtensions = Pandoc.enableExtension Pandoc.Ext_yaml_metadata_block Pandoc.pandocExtensions
+        }
     writerOptions =
       Pandoc.def {Pandoc.writerExtensions = Pandoc.pandocExtensions}
     fromMeta (Meta meta) =
@@ -103,8 +107,9 @@ yamlToPost path = do
     dateTransform post@(Post {postDate}) = do
       postDate' <- postDate
       let postDate'' = dateStrTransform $ T.unpack postDate'
-        Just post {
-            postDate = postDate''
+      Just
+        post
+          { postDate = postDate''
           }
     dateStrTransform date = do
       date' <- parseTimeM False defaultTimeLocale "%Y-%-m-%-d" date