From 12d8abda060e06a1704b26ea8411fde7b0089b60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Szymanski <mrman208@me.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:29:36 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to choose post type with newpost() function.

---
 plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
index 9a044a9..adb39fc 100644
--- a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
+++ b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
@@ -10,6 +10,44 @@ newpost() {
 
 	FNAME_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
 
+	# If the user is using markdown formatting, let them choose what type of post they want. Sort of like Tumblr. 
+	# TODO: Add support for Textile formatting too.
+
+	OPTIONS="Text Quote Image Audio Video"
+
+	select OPTION in $OPTIONS
+	do
+		if [[ $OPTION = "Text" ]] 
+		then
+			POST_TYPE="Text"
+			break
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $OPTION = "Quote" ]]
+		then
+			POST_TYPE="Quote"
+			break
+		fi
+	
+		if [[ $OPTION = "Image" ]]
+		then
+			POST_TYPE="Image"
+			break
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $OPTION = "Audio" ]]
+		then
+			POST_TYPE="Audio"
+			break
+		fi
+
+		if [[ $OPTION = "Video" ]]
+		then
+			POST_TYPE="Video"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
 	# Get the title for the new post
 
 	read -p "Enter title of the new post: " POST_TITLE
@@ -52,6 +90,35 @@ newpost() {
 	echo "---" >> $FNAME
 	echo >> $FNAME
 
+	# Generate template text based on the post type
+
+	if [[ $POST_TYPE = "Text" ]]
+	then
+		true
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $POST_TYPE = "Quote" ]]
+	then
+		echo "> Quote" >> $FNAME
+		echo >> $FNAME
+		echo "&mdash; Author" >> $FNAME
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $POST_TYPE = "Image" ]]
+	then
+		echo "![Alternate Text](/path/to/image/or/url)" >> $FNAME
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $POST_TYPE = "Audio" ]]
+	then
+		echo "<audio src=\"/path/to/audio/file\" controls=\"controls\"></audio>" >> $FNAME
+	fi
+
+	if [[ $POST_TYPE = "Video" ]]
+	then
+		echo "<video src=\"/path/to/video\" controls=\"controls\"></video>" >> $FNAME
+	fi
+
 	# Open the file in your favorite editor
 
 	$EDITOR $FNAME
-- 
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