Blogging With Pelican - 1

by prashere 8 years ago

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I started blogging 5 years back and I had my first blog through wordpress. I hope most people would have started blogging either through wordpress (or) blogspot.

It is always fun to find new ways of doing things. This is where pelican + git + (github / gitlab) pages combo turns blogging as an activity that is enjoyable for people like me who want to get most of the things get done without leaving the Terminal.

I have also written a brief post about the advantages of blogging this way.

Note: At the end of this cast, after executing make devserver open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8000

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You can download this recording in asciicast v1 format, as a .json file.

Download

Replay in terminal

You can replay the downloaded recording in your terminal using the asciinema play command:

asciinema play 37516.json

If you don't have asciinema CLI installed then see installation instructions.

Use with stand-alone player on your website

Download asciinema player from the releases page (you only need .js and .css file), then use it like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="asciinema-player.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <div id="player"></div>
  <script src="asciinema-player.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    AsciinemaPlayer.create(
      '/assets/37516.json',
      document.getElementById('player'),
      { cols: 80, rows: 24 }
    );
  </script>
</body>
</html>

See asciinema player quick-start guide for full usage instructions.

While this site doesn't provide GIF conversion at the moment, you can still do it yourself with the help of asciinema GIF generator utility - agg.

Once you have it installed, generate a GIF with the following command:

agg https://asciinema.org/a/37516 demo.gif

Or, if you already downloaded the recording file:

agg demo.cast demo.gif

Check agg --help for all available options. You can change font family and size, select color theme, adjust speed and more.

See agg manual for full usage instructions.