homepage.py

homepage generator

Author:	Ondrej Kipila <ok100 at openmailbox dot org>
Version:	git
Manual section:	1

SYNOPSIS

homepage.py [-h] [-c file] [-o directory]

DESCRIPTION

homepage.py is a basic homepage generator.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show help message and exit.

-c, --config-file file

Change the configuration file of homepage.py from default $HOME/.config/homepage/homepage.conf to file.

-o, --output-dir directory

Change the output directory of homepage.py from default $HOME to directory. Two files will be created in this directory: homepage.html and style.css.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

Default path to the configuration file is $HOME/.config/homepage/homepage.conf.

Configuration file with default options would look like this:

import os
from collections import OrderedDict

output_dir = os.environ['HOME']
title = 'Speed Dial'
font = ('Monospace', '12pt')
separator = '>'
colors = (
    '#020202',  # background
    '#999999',  # links
    '#B3B3B3',  # group title
    '#4C4C4C',  # separator
)
links = OrderedDict([
    ('search', [
        ['google', 'https://www.google.com/'],
        ['duckduckgo', 'http://duckduckgo.com/'],
        ['startpage', 'https://startpage.com/'],
    ]),
    ('media', [
        ['youtube', 'http://www.youtube.com/'],
    ]),
    ('foo', [
        ['wikipedia', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page'],
        ['wallbase', 'http://wallbase.cc/home'],
    ])
])

Options

output_dir (type: string)

Output directory.

title (type: string)

Page title.

font (type: tuple)

Font. First element is font name (string), second element is font size (string).

separator (type: string)

Separator between group title and links.

colors (type: tuple)

Colors. Consists of four string elements: background, links, group title, separator.

links (type: OrderedDict)

Links (see example configuration file above).