README.md

fosi

livereloading server for markdown editing

usage

Run this command.

$ fosi -i document.md

Then,

1. A process starts watching your document.md and automatically compiles it to html when updated.
2. The compiled html is served at http://localhost:3000/ and the file will be reloaded when it is updated.
3. The files in the folders under the one where document.md exists are also watched and served, your browser will reload when these files are updated.

Other command line options are following:

Options:
      --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
      --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
  -i             input file                                  [string] [required]
  -d             output file                  [string] [default: "./index.html"]
  -f             overwrite existing output                             [boolean]

install

$ npm i -g @hotoku/fosi

for use from emacs (optional)

This repo includes very simple function that launches a fosi process from Emacs. The source file is here.

You can install the elisp by the following steps.

1. Download the raw file from github. eg. curl -o /tmp/fosi.el https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hotoku/fosi/main/elisp/fosi.el
2. Install the file by invoking M-x package-install-file and input the path you downloaded in the previous step.
3. Put (require 'fosi) in your init.el.

license

This software is published under MIT license.

credit

• markdown-github.css is based on github-markdown-css by Sindre Sorhus, which is published under MIT license. I have changed definitions of selectors slightily. The original one selects elements based on classes like .markdown-body { ... }. My version does by tags like body { ... }.
• cat1.jpg is a work of Francesca Cesa Bianchi, copied from here, and published under cc by-sa 3.0 it.
• cat2.jpg is a work of lisa zins, copied from the following url, and published under cc by 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Smile_Noah%22_-_%22THBPBPTHPT%5E%5E%22_-))_-_Flickr_-_Lisa_Zins.jpg