Further navigation improvements, start of remaking compiling process

gsitegen/generate.py

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ from shutil import rmtree
 import markdown
 import html
 
-
-
 def generateNavigationBar(lines):
   global navbar
   navbar = E
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ def generateNavigationBar(lines):
     #parse markdown
     if not rawhtml:
       navbar = navbar.li(HTML(parseMarkdown(navbar, line)))
+      print(str(navbar))
     #title, link = line.strip().split(";", 1)
     #navbar = navbar.li(HTML("<a href='" + link + "'>" + title + "</a>"))
 
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ def parseRawHTML(doc, line, htmlstring, rawhtml, id, maxlines):
 
 def parseMarkdown(doc, line):
   line = html.escape(line.strip())
-  return doc(HTML(markdown.markdown(line)))
+  return markdown.markdown(line)
 
 def generateLines(title, lines):
   title = title.replace(".page", "")
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ def generateLines(title, lines):
 
     #parse markdown
     if not rawhtml:
-      doc = parseMarkdown(doc, line)
+      doc = doc(HTML(parseMarkdown(doc, line)))
 
   generatePage(title, doc)
 
@@ -69,34 +68,41 @@ def generatePage(title, doc):
   #creates ./website-output/pagetitle/index.html file if it is not homepage
   foldername = ""
 
-  if title != homepage:
-    foldername = "/" + title.replace(" ", "-").lower()
-    os.mkdir("./website-output" + foldername)
+  global outputexists
+  if not outputexists:
+    try:
+      os.mkdir("./website-output")
+      outputexists = True
+    except FileExistsError:
+      print("Output directory already exists, let's clean it!")
+      outputexists = True
 
-  with open("./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html", 'w') as newpage:
-    if 'navbar' in globals():
-      newpage.write(str(E.ul(navbar)) + str(doc))
-    else:
-      newpage.write(str(doc))
+      #deleting contents of folder without deleting the folder, to increase compatibility with various systems
+      for root, dirs, files in os.walk('./website-output'):
+        for f in files:
+          os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
+        for d in dirs:
+          rmtree(os.path.join(root, d))
 
+  #not using else to be sure
+  if outputexists:
+    if title != homepage:
+      foldername = "/" + title.replace(" ", "-").lower()
+      os.mkdir("./website-output" + foldername)
+
+    with open("./website-output" + foldername + "/index.html", 'w') as newpage:
+      if 'navbar' in globals():
+        newpage.write(str(E.ul(navbar)) + str(doc))
+      else:
+        newpage.write(str(doc))
 
 def main():
   #if homepage is at Home.page, set homepage to "Home"
+  global outputexists
+  outputexists = False
   global homepage
   homepage = "Home"
 
-  try:
-    os.mkdir("./website-output")
-  except FileExistsError:
-    print("Output directory already exists, let's clean it!")
-
-    #deleting contents of folder without deleting the folder, to increase compatibility with various systems
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk('./website-output'):
-      for f in files:
-        os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
-      for d in dirs:
-        rmtree(os.path.join(root, d))
-
   if os.path.exists("./navbar"):
     with open("./navbar", 'r') as navbarfile:
       generateNavigationBar(navbarfile.readlines())