Added newpost plugin. Creates a new jekyll post with the current date, and a user...

diff --git a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
index 31fb9a3..1933f07 100644 (file)
--- a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
+++ b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 newpost() {
 
+       # 'cd' into the local jekyll root
+
+       cd "$JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT/_posts"
+
        # Get the date for the new post's filename
 
        FNAME_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
@@ -8,5 +12,45 @@ newpost() {
 
        read -p "Enter title of the new post: " POST_TITLE
 
+       # Convert the spaces in the title to hyphens for use in the filename
+
+       FNAME_POST_TITLE=`echo $POST_TITLE | tr ' ' "-"`
+
+       # Now, put it all together for the full filename
+
+       FNAME="$FNAME_DATE-$FNAME_POST_TITLE.$JEKYLL_FORMATTING"
+
+       # And, finally, create the actual post file. But we're not done yet...
+
+       touch "$FNAME"
+
+       # Write a little stuff to the file for the YAML Front Matter
+
+       echo "---" >> $FNAME
+
+       # Now we have to get the date, again. But this time for in the header (YAML Front Matter) of
+       # the file
+
+       YAML_DATE=$(date "+%B %d %X")
+
+       # Echo the YAML Formatted date to the post file
+
+       echo "date: $YAML_DATE" >> $FNAME
+
+       # Echo the original post title to the YAML Front Matter header
+
+       echo "title: $POST_TITLE" >> $FNAME
+
+       # And, now, echo the "post" layout to the YAML Front Matter header
+
+       echo "layout: post" >> $FNAME
+
+       # Close the YAML Front Matter Header
+
+       echo "---" >> $FNAME
+       echo >> $FNAME
+
+       # Open the file in your favorite editor
 
+       $EDITOR $FNAME
 }