About `barf`

barf is a minimal and suckless-inspired blog generator. It is a tweaked and slightly patched version of Karl Bartel's fantastic blog.sh.

Why?

This project was created by me, Bradley Taunt, out of frustration with overly complex and bloated blogging options. I tried so many "minimal" generators but each one ended up having some glaring issue or heavy reliance on dependencies.

I wanted to have a system that I could easily replicate on any Linux machine. Something that didn't require me to download half the internet just to get up and running. I'm a sucker for keeping things simple.

About `barf`

barf is a minimal and suckless-inspired blog generator. It is a tweaked and slightly patched version of Karl Bartel’s fantastic blog.sh.

Why?

This project was created by me, Bradley Taunt, out of frustration with overly complex and bloated blogging options. I tried so many “minimal” generators but each one ended up having some glaring issue or heavy reliance on dependencies.

I wanted to have a system that I could easily replicate on any Linux machine. Something that didn’t require me to download half the internet just to get up and running. I’m a sucker for keeping things simple.

blob - 8b1b84d3e937cb6f5ff31733d3111f96e2ff994a blob + 145d5a8e362b0adc8c5cb24347ccd519d5f2ab78 --- build/atom.xml +++ build/atom.xml @@ -2,16 +2,16 @@ barf - 2024-06-06T10:08:02Z + 2024-06-07T10:26:51Z - + Bradley Taunt https://barf.btxx.org,2024-01-19:default-atom-feed/ Quality of Life Improvements - <h1>Quality of Life Improvements</h1> + <h1 id="quality-of-life-improvements">Quality of Life Improvements</h1> <p>2024-06-06</p> -<p>I haven't circled back to <code>barf</code> in quite a bit of time, so I'm happy to announce a small update mainly focused on quality of life improvements! I'll keep things brief and get right into the core changes:</p> +<p>I haven’t circled back to <code>barf</code> in quite a bit of time, so I’m happy to announce a small update mainly focused on quality of life improvements! I’ll keep things brief and get right into the core changes:</p> <p><strong>Automatic detection of your operating system (supports Linux, macOS and OpenBSD currently)</strong></p> <ul> <li><code>barf</code> now checks your current OS and sets aliases accordingly</li> @@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ <ul> <li>You now only need to set your main domain at the top of the core <code>barf</code> file.</li> </ul> -<p>That's it really! I've also updated the original blog posts about setting up <code>barf</code> on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.</p> +<p><strong>Swapped out <code>smu</code> for <code>lowdown</code></strong></p> +<ul> +<li>The default Markdown parser is now set to <code>lowdown</code>. The original parser (<code>smu</code>) is great, but I wanted to make the project simpler by avoiding users to clone and build a separate package.</li> +</ul> +<p>That’s it really! I’ve also updated the original blog posts about setting up <code>barf</code> on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> https://barf.btxx.org/qol @@ -34,10 +38,10 @@ Running `barf` on OpenBSD - <h1>Running <code>barf</code> on OpenBSD</h1> + <h1 id="running-on-openbsd">Running <code>barf</code> on OpenBSD</h1> <p>2023-08-12</p> -<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but I also need to support OpenBSD since that is my personal operating system of choice.</p> -<h2>Download Packages</h2> +<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but I also need to support OpenBSD since that is my personal operating system of choice.</p> +<h2 id="download-packages">Download Packages</h2> <p>Along with your Markdown parser of choice (<code>barf</code> assumes you will be using my version of <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/smu">smu</a>) you will also need to install the required packages on your OpenBSD system:</p> <pre><code>doas pkg_add rsync coreutils gsed cmake gcc </code></pre> @@ -49,21 +53,21 @@ Markdown Examples in barf - <h1>Markdown Examples in barf</h1> + <h1 id="markdown-examples-in-barf">Markdown Examples in barf</h1> <p>2023-01-05</p> -<p>This following was lifted from <a href="https://github.com/karlb/smu">https://github.com/karlb/smu</a></p> -<h1><code>smu</code> Syntax</h1> +<p>This following was lifted from <a href="https://github.com/karlb/smu">https://github.com/karlb/smu</a></p> +<h1 id="syntax"><code>smu</code> Syntax</h1> <p>smu was started as a rewrite of <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/">markdown</a> but became something more lightweight and consistent. It differs from <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a> in the following ways:</p> <ul> <li>No support for <em>reference style links</em></li> <li>Stricter indentation rules for lists</li> -<li>Lists don't end paragraphs by themselves (blank line needed)</li> -<li>Horizontal rules (<code><hr></code>) must use <code>- - -</code> as syntax</li> +<li>Lists don’t end paragraphs by themselves (blank line needed)</li> +<li>Horizontal rules (<code><hr></code>) must use <code>- - -</code> as syntax</li> <li>Code fences have stricter syntax</li> </ul> -<p>Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don't increase the code complexity significantly.</p> +<p>Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don’t increase the code complexity significantly.</p> <p>This project is a fork of the <a href="https://github.com/gottox/smu">original smu</a> by <a href="https://eboland.de">Enno Boland (gottox)</a>. The main differences to the original smu are:</p> @@ -77,55 +81,40 @@ original smu are:</p> <li>Keep HTML comments in output</li> <li>Improved spec compliance for lists</li> <li>Nesting code block in blockquotes works</li> -<li>"Empty" lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain</li> +<li>“Empty” lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain</li> <li>No backslash escapes in code blocks</li> <li>Use first number as start number for ordered lists</li> -</ul> -</li> +</ul></li> <li>Added a simple test suite to check for compliance and avoid regressions</li> </ul> -<h2>Inline patterns</h2> +<h2 id="inline-patterns">Inline patterns</h2> <p>There are several patterns you can use to highlight your text:</p> <ul> -<li><p>Emphasis</p> - +<li><p>Emphasis <ul> <li>Surround your text with <code>*</code> or <code>_</code> to get <em>emphasised</em> text: -<pre><code>This *is* cool. -This _is_ cool, too. -</code></pre> -</li> +This <em>is</em> cool. +This <em>is</em> cool, too.</li> <li>Surround your text with <code>**</code> or <code>__</code> to get <strong>strong</strong> text: -<pre><code>This **is** cool. -This __is__ cool, too. -</code></pre> -</li> +This <strong>is</strong> cool. +This <strong>is</strong> cool, too.</li> <li>Surround your text with <code>***</code> or <code>___</code> to get <strong><em>strong and emphasised</em></strong> text: -<pre><code>This ***is*** cool. -This ___is___ cool, too. -</code></pre> -</li> -<li>But this example won't work as expected: -<pre><code>***Hello** you* -</code></pre> -<p>This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex. +This <strong><em>is</em></strong> cool. +This <strong><em>is</em></strong> cool, too.</li> +<li>But this example won’t work as expected: +*<strong>Hello</strong> you* +This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex. Use this instead: -</p> -<pre><code>***Hello*** *you* -</code></pre> -</li> -</ul> -</li> +<strong><em>Hello</em></strong> <em>you</em></li> +</ul></p></li> <li><p>inline Code</p> <p>You can produce inline code by surrounding it with backticks.</p> -<pre><code>Use `rm -rf /` if you're a N00b. -Use ``rm -rf /`` if you're a N00b. -Use ```rm -rf /``` if you're a N00b. -</code></pre> -<p>Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.</p> -</li> +<p>Use <code>rm -rf /</code> if you’re a N00b. +Use <code>rm -rf /</code> if you’re a N00b. +Use <code>rm -rf /</code> if you’re a N00b.</p> +<p>Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.</p></li> </ul> -<h2>Titles</h2> +<h2 id="titles">Titles</h2> <p>Creating titles in smu is very easy. There are two different syntax styles. The first is underlining with at least three characters:</p> <pre><code>Heading @@ -136,10 +125,10 @@ Topic </code></pre> <p>This is very intuitive and self explaining. The resulting sourcecode looks like this:</p> -<pre><code><h1>Heading</h1> -<h2>Topic</h2> +<pre><code><h1>Heading</h1> +<h2>Topic</h2> </code></pre> -<p>Use the following prefixes if you don't like underlining:</p> +<p>Use the following prefixes if you don’t like underlining:</p> <pre><code># h1 ## h2 ### h3 @@ -147,31 +136,31 @@ this:</p> ##### h5 ###### h6 </code></pre> -<h2>Links</h2> -<p>The simplest way to define a link is with simple <code><></code>.</p> -<pre><code><http://s01.de> +<h2 id="links">Links</h2> +<p>The simplest way to define a link is with simple <code><></code>.</p> +<pre><code><http://s01.de> </code></pre> <p>You can do the same for E-Mail addresses:</p> -<pre><code><yourname@s01.de> +<pre><code><yourname@s01.de> </code></pre> <p>If you want to define a label for the url, you have to use a different syntax</p> -<pre><code>[smu - simple mark up](http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu) +<pre><code>[smu - simple mark up](http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu) </code></pre> <p>The resulting HTML-Code</p> -<pre><code><a href="http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu">smu - simple mark up</a></p> +<pre><code><a href="http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu">smu - simple mark up</a></p> </code></pre> -<h2>Lists</h2> +<h2 id="lists">Lists</h2> <p>Defining lists is very straightforward:</p> <pre><code>* Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 3 </code></pre> <p>Result:</p> -<pre><code><ul> -<li>Item 1</li> -<li>Item 2</li> -<li>Item 3</li> -</ul> +<pre><code><ul> +<li>Item 1</li> +<li>Item 2</li> +<li>Item 3</li> +</ul> </code></pre> <p>Defining ordered lists is also very easy:</p> <pre><code>1. Item 1 @@ -185,50 +174,43 @@ continously counted. If you want a list starting at 2, 2. Item 3 </code></pre> <p>and get the following HTML which will render with the numbers 2, 3, 4:</p> -<pre><code><ol start="2"> -<li>Item 1</li> -<li>Item 2</li> -<li>Item 3</li> -</ol> +<pre><code><ol start="2"> +<li>Item 1</li> +<li>Item 2</li> +<li>Item 3</li> +</ol> </code></pre> -<h2>Code & Blockquote</h2> -<p>Use the <code>> </code> as a line prefix for defining blockquotes. Blockquotes are +<h2 id="code-blockquote">Code & Blockquote</h2> +<p>Use the <code>></code> as a line prefix for defining blockquotes. Blockquotes are interpreted as well. This makes it possible to embed links, headings and even other quotes into a quote:</p> -<pre><code>> Hello -> This is a quote with a [link](http://s01.de/~gottox) -</code></pre> -<p>Result: -</p> -<pre><code><blockquote><p> -Hello -This is a quote with a <a href="http://s01.de/~gottox">link</a></p> -</blockquote> +<pre><code>> Hello +> This is a quote with a [link](http://s01.de/~gottox) </code></pre> +<p>Result: + + Hello + This is a quote with a link + </p> <p>You can define a code block with a leading Tab or with <strong>4</strong> leading spaces</p> -<pre><code> this.is(code) +<pre><code> this.is(code) this.is(code, too) </code></pre> <p>Result: -</p> -<pre><code><pre><code>this.is(code)</code></pre> -<pre><code>this.is(code, too) -</code></pre> -</code></pre> -<p>Please note that you can't use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.</p> + this.is(code) + this.is(code, too) + </p> +<p>Please note that you can’t use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.</p> <p>Another way to write code blocks is to use code fences:</p> <pre><code>```json -{"some": "code"} +{"some": "code"} ``` </code></pre> -<p>This has two advantages:</p> - -<ul> -<li>The optional language identifier will be turned into a <code>language-</code> class name</li> -<li>You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy & paste</li> -</ul> -<h2>Tables</h2> +<p>This has two advantages: +* The optional language identifier will be turned into a <code>language-</code> class name +* You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy & paste</p> +<h2 id="tables">Tables</h2> <p>Tables can be generated with the following syntax:</p> <pre><code>| Heading1 | Heading2 | | -------- | -------- | @@ -247,41 +229,48 @@ the table body.</p> | :------- | :------: | -------: | | Left | Center | Right | </code></pre> -<h2>Other interesting stuff</h2> +<h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2> +<p>Here is an example of using Markdown footnotes<sup id="fnref1"><a href="#fn1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup>. And incase you were looking for more examples, here is another one<sup id="fnref2"><a href="#fn2" rel="footnote">2</a></sup>.</p> +<h2 id="other-interesting-stuff">Other interesting stuff</h2> <ul> <li><p>to insert a horizontal rule simple add <code>- - -</code> into an empty line:</p> -<pre><code>Hello -- - - -Hello2 -</code></pre> +<p>Hello</p> +<hr/> +<p>Hello2</p> <p>Result: -</p> -<pre><code><p> + Hello -<hr /> -</code></pre> -<pre><code>Hello2</p> -</code></pre> -</li> +</p> +<p>Hello2</p></li> <li><p>Any ASCII punctuation character may escaped by precedeing them with a backslash to avoid them being interpreted:</p> -<pre><code>!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~\ -</code></pre> -</li> +<p>!”#$%&’()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~\</p></li> <li><p>To force a linebreak simple add two spaces to the end of the line:</p> -<pre><code>No linebreak +<p>No linebreak here. -But here is -one. -</code></pre> -</li> +But here is<br/> +one.</p></li> </ul> -<h2>embed HTML</h2> +<h2 id="embed-html">embed HTML</h2> <p>You can include arbitrary HTML code in your documents. The HTML will be passed through to the resulting document without modification. This is a good -way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don't want this +way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don’t want this behaviour, use the <code>-n</code> flag when executing smu to stricly escape the HTML -tags.</p> +tags.</p> +<div class="footnotes"> +<hr/> +<ol> + +<li id="fn1"> +<p>This is the first footnote <a href="#fnref1" rev="footnote">↩</a></p> +</li> + +<li id="fn2"> +<p>Just like I promised - another footnote example <a href="#fnref2" rev="footnote">↩</a></p> +</li> + +</ol> +</div> https://barf.btxx.org/markdown-examples 2023-01-05T10:00:00Z @@ -289,10 +278,10 @@ tags.</p> Running `barf` on MacOS - <h1>Running <code>barf</code> on MacOS</h1> + <h1 id="running-on-macos">Running <code>barf</code> on MacOS</h1> <p>2023-01-18</p> -<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but that doesn't mean MacOS needs to be left out in the cold.</p> -<h2>Download Packages</h2> +<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but that doesn’t mean MacOS needs to be left out in the cold.</p> +<h2 id="download-packages">Download Packages</h2> <p>This walkthrough assumes that you already have <a href="https://brew.sh/">homebrew</a> installed on your machine.</p> <p>You will need to install the GNU versions of both <code>date</code> and <code>sed</code> in order to avoid breaking things when <code>barf</code> tries to build.</p> <pre><code>brew install coreutils @@ -306,17 +295,18 @@ brew install gnu-sed Supporting Basic Dark Mode - <h1>Supporting Basic Dark Mode</h1> + <h1 id="supporting-basic-dark-mode">Supporting Basic Dark Mode</h1> <p>2023-03-07</p> <p>The default <code>barf</code> site generator now supports basic dark mode functionality. This has been achieved by including the standard <code>color-scheme</code> meta tag in the core <code>header.html</code> file:</p> -<pre><code><meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> +<pre><code><meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> </code></pre> <p>This change also ships with some minor updates to the default <code>blockquote</code> design. You can see an example below:</p> -<blockquote><p>This is a really <em>cool</em> blockquote</p> +<blockquote> +<p>This is a really <em>cool</em> blockquote</p> </blockquote> -<h2>Minor Caveat</h2> -<p>Unfortunately, Safari still has minor <code>ahref</code> / link color issue when defaulting to browser dark mode. If this is a problem for your own build of <code>barf</code>, take a look at a <a href="https://bt.ht/safari-default-dark-mode/">solution I wrote about here</a>.</p> -<p>Personally, I can't be bothered to add that extra code to this project. The Safari team needs to get their shit together and fix such a simple bug. Plus, you shouldn't be using Safari anyway - it's proprietary garbage.</p> +<h2 id="minor-caveat">Minor Caveat</h2> +<p>Unfortunately, Safari still has minor <code>ahref</code> / link color issue when defaulting to browser dark mode. If this is a problem for your own build of <code>barf</code>, take a look at a <a href="https://bt.ht/safari-default-dark-mode/">solution I wrote about here</a>.</p> +<p>Personally, I can’t be bothered to add that extra code to this project. The Safari team needs to get their shit together and fix such a simple bug. Plus, you shouldn’t be using Safari anyway - it’s proprietary garbage.</p> https://barf.btxx.org/dark-mode 2023-03-07T10:00:00Z @@ -324,22 +314,22 @@ brew install gnu-sed Cleaning Up barf's Structure - <h1>Cleaning Up barf's Structure</h1> + <h1 id="cleaning-up-barfs-structure">Cleaning Up barf’s Structure</h1> <p>2023-10-09</p> <p>Things probably look a little different around here. Both in terms of this demo site <em>and</em> the core <code>barf</code> files itself.</p> -<p>This project was always intended to be focused on Linux platforms. So, I've removed the included <code>barf_macos</code> and <code>barf_openbsd</code> files to keep the generator more streamlined. But have no fear! Instructions for both Mac and OpenBSD can still be found on the main blog:</p> +<p>This project was always intended to be focused on Linux platforms. So, I’ve removed the included <code>barf_macos</code> and <code>barf_openbsd</code> files to keep the generator more streamlined. But have no fear! Instructions for both Mac and OpenBSD can still be found on the main blog:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/macos">Running <code>barf</code> on MacOS</a></li> <li><a href="/openbsd">Running <code>barf</code> on OpenBSD</a></li> </ul> -<p>As for the "default" look of <code>barf</code>, I've simplified things further. The total CSS styling now consists of only:</p> +<p>As for the “default” look of <code>barf</code>, I’ve simplified things further. The total CSS styling now consists of only:</p> <pre><code>*{box-sizing:border-box;} body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;} img{max-width:100%;} pre{overflow:auto;} </code></pre> -<p>Users still have the ability to tweak things as much as they'd like, but the standard look should be more than enough for anyone just focusing on writing. Dark mode has also been dropped but is easily added by adding the following inside the <code>head</code> tags:</p> -<pre><code><meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> +<p>Users still have the ability to tweak things as much as they’d like, but the standard look should be more than enough for anyone just focusing on writing. Dark mode has also been dropped but is easily added by adding the following inside the <code>head</code> tags:</p> +<pre><code><meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> </code></pre> <p>Hopefully these changes reduce the overall scope of the project, which was a main point made on the README originally!</p> blob - 4c24c2084e5b3f2e916d8118b1b92ba0eb1dac58 blob + b567bacaa6d411af5e716c6bc3a5bd3fc30a57c8 --- build/cleanup/index.html +++ build/cleanup/index.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Cleaning Up barf's Structure - +

Cleaning Up barf's Structure

Cleaning Up barf’s Structure

2023-10-09

Things probably look a little different around here. Both in terms of this demo site and the core barf files itself.

This project was always intended to be focused on Linux platforms. So, I've removed the included barf_macos and barf_openbsd files to keep the generator more streamlined. But have no fear! Instructions for both Mac and OpenBSD can still be found on the main blog:

This project was always intended to be focused on Linux platforms. So, I’ve removed the included barf_macos and barf_openbsd files to keep the generator more streamlined. But have no fear! Instructions for both Mac and OpenBSD can still be found on the main blog:

As for the "default" look of barf, I've simplified things further. The total CSS styling now consists of only:

As for the “default” look of barf, I’ve simplified things further. The total CSS styling now consists of only:

*{box-sizing:border-box;}
 body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}
 img{max-width:100%;}
 pre{overflow:auto;}

Users still have the ability to tweak things as much as they'd like, but the standard look should be more than enough for anyone just focusing on writing. Dark mode has also been dropped but is easily added by adding the following inside the head tags:

<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
+Users still have the ability to tweak things as much as they’d like, but the standard look should be more than enough for anyone just focusing on writing. Dark mode has also been dropped but is easily added by adding the following inside the head tags:
+<meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
 
 Hopefully these changes reduce the overall scope of the project, which was a main point made on the README originally!
 
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-Personally, I can't be bothered to add that extra code to this project. The Safari team needs to get their shit together and fix such a simple bug. Plus, you shouldn't be using Safari anyway - it's proprietary garbage.
+Minor Caveat
+Unfortunately, Safari still has minor ahref / link color issue when defaulting to browser dark mode. If this is a problem for your own build of barf, take a look at a solution I wrote about here.
+Personally, I can’t be bothered to add that extra code to this project. The Safari team needs to get their shit together and fix such a simple bug. Plus, you shouldn’t be using Safari anyway - it’s proprietary garbage.
 
     
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-barf
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 barf is an extremely minimal blog generator.
-The entire build script is less than 100 lines of shell.
-It could almost be called "suckless", but probably isn't. It was created for those focused on writing, not tinkering.
-You can learn more by reading the official README and view the generated Atom feed here
+The entire build script is >170 lines of shell.
+It could almost be called “suckless”, but probably isn’t. It was created for those focused on writing, not tinkering.
+You can learn more by reading the official README.
 barf = blogs are really fun
-
-Get setup in 2 minutes
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+Get setup in 2 minutes
 Install dependencies:
-
-
-For Linux: rsync
-For macOS: brew install coreutils gnu-sed
-For OpenBSD: doas pkg_add rsync coreutils gsed cmake gcc
-
-Clone and install the lightweight markdown parser, smu
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-
-git clone https://git.btxx.org/smu
-cd smu ; make ; sudo make install
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-Clone barf: 
-
-
-git clone https://git.btxx.org/barf
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+For Linux (Alpine example):
+sudo apk add rsync lowdown
+
+For macOS:
+brew install rsync lowdown coreutils gnu-sed
+
+For OpenBSD:
+doas pkg_add rsync lowdown coreutils gsed cmake gcc
+
+Clone barf: 
+git clone https://git.btxx.org/barf
+
 
 Open project, change the domain variable at the top of the core barf file
 Run: make build
 Upload the contents of build to your server! 
 Profit?
 
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-Articles
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+Articles
 
 2024-06-06 · Quality of Life Improvements
 2023-10-09 · Cleaning Up barf's Structure
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 	Running `barf` on MacOS
 	
 	
-	
+	
 
 
 
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 
 
 
-Running barf on MacOS
+Running barf on MacOS
 2023-01-18
-The barf project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but that doesn't mean MacOS needs to be left out in the cold.
-Download Packages
+The barf project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but that doesn’t mean MacOS needs to be left out in the cold.
+Download Packages
 This walkthrough assumes that you already have homebrew installed on your machine.
 You will need to install the GNU versions of both date and sed in order to avoid breaking things when barf tries to build.
 brew install coreutils
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 	Markdown Examples in barf
 	
 	
-	
+	
 
 
 
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@
 
 
 
-Markdown Examples in barf
+Markdown Examples in barf
 2023-01-05
-This following was lifted from https://github.com/karlb/smu
-smu Syntax
+This following was lifted from https://github.com/karlb/smu
+smu Syntax
 smu was started as a rewrite of
 markdown but became something
 more lightweight and consistent. It differs from CommonMark in the following ways:
 
 No support for reference style links
 Stricter indentation rules for lists
-Lists don't end paragraphs by themselves (blank line needed)
-Horizontal rules (<hr>) must use - - - as syntax
+Lists don’t end paragraphs by themselves (blank line needed)
+Horizontal rules (<hr>) must use - - - as syntax
 Code fences have stricter syntax
 
-Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don't increase the code complexity significantly.
+Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don’t increase the code complexity significantly.
 This project is a fork of the original smu by
 Enno Boland (gottox). The main differences to the
 original smu are:
@@ -43,55 +43,40 @@ original smu are:
 Keep HTML comments in output
 Improved spec compliance for lists
 Nesting code block in blockquotes works
-"Empty" lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain
+“Empty” lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain
 No backslash escapes in code blocks
 Use first number as start number for ordered lists
-

-
+
 Added a simple test suite to check for compliance and avoid regressions
 
-Inline patterns
+Inline patterns
 There are several patterns you can use to highlight your text:
 
-Emphasis
-
+
Emphasis
 

 Surround your text with * or _ to get emphasised text:
-This *is* cool.
-This _is_ cool, too.
-
-
+This is cool.
+This is cool, too.
 Surround your text with ** or __ to get strong text:
-This **is** cool.
-This __is__ cool, too.
-
-
+This is cool.
+This is cool, too.
 Surround your text with *** or ___ to get strong and emphasised text:
-This ***is*** cool.
-This ___is___ cool, too.
-
-
-But this example won't work as expected:
-***Hello** you*
-
-This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex.
+This is cool.
+This is cool, too.
+But this example won’t work as expected:
+*Hello you*
+This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex.
 Use this instead:
-
-***Hello*** *you*
-
-
-
-
+Hello you
+

 inline Code
 You can produce inline code by surrounding it with backticks.
-Use `rm -rf /` if you're a N00b.
-Use ``rm -rf /`` if you're a N00b.
-Use ```rm -rf /``` if you're a N00b.
-
-Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.
-
+Use rm -rf / if you’re a N00b.
+Use rm -rf / if you’re a N00b.
+Use rm -rf / if you’re a N00b.
+Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.
 
-Titles
+Titles
 Creating titles in smu is very easy. There are two different syntax styles. The
 first is underlining with at least three characters:
 Heading
@@ -102,10 +87,10 @@ Topic
 
 This is very intuitive and self explaining. The resulting sourcecode looks like
 this:
-<h1>Heading</h1>
-<h2>Topic</h2>
+<h1>Heading</h1>
+<h2>Topic</h2>
 
-Use the following prefixes if you don't like underlining:
+Use the following prefixes if you don’t like underlining:
 # h1
 ## h2
 ### h3
@@ -113,31 +98,31 @@ this:
 ##### h5
 ###### h6
 
-Links
-The simplest way to define a link is with simple <>.
-<http://s01.de>
+Links
+The simplest way to define a link is with simple <>.
+<http://s01.de>
 
 You can do the same for E-Mail addresses:
-<yourname@s01.de>
+<yourname@s01.de>
 
 If you want to define a label for the url, you have to use a different syntax
-[smu - simple mark up](http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu)
+[smu - simple mark up](http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu)
 
 The resulting HTML-Code
-<a href="http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu">smu - simple mark up</a></p>
+<a href="http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu">smu - simple mark up</a></p>
 
-Lists
+Lists
 Defining lists is very straightforward:
 * Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Item 3
 
 Result:
-<ul>
-<li>Item 1</li>
-<li>Item 2</li>
-<li>Item 3</li>
-</ul>
+<ul>
+<li>Item 1</li>
+<li>Item 2</li>
+<li>Item 3</li>
+</ul>
 
 Defining ordered lists is also very easy:
 1. Item 1
@@ -151,50 +136,43 @@ continously counted. If you want a list starting at 2,
 2. Item 3
 
 and get the following HTML which will render with the numbers 2, 3, 4:
-<ol start="2">
-<li>Item 1</li>
-<li>Item 2</li>
-<li>Item 3</li>
-</ol>
+<ol start="2">
+<li>Item 1</li>
+<li>Item 2</li>
+<li>Item 3</li>
+</ol>
 
-Code & Blockquote
-Use the >  as a line prefix for defining blockquotes. Blockquotes are
+
Code & Blockquote
+Use the > as a line prefix for defining blockquotes. Blockquotes are
 interpreted as well. This makes it possible to embed links, headings and even
 other quotes into a quote:
-> Hello
-> This is a quote with a [link](http://s01.de/~gottox)
+> Hello
+> This is a quote with a [link](http://s01.de/~gottox)
 
 Result:
-
-<blockquote><p>
-Hello
-This is a quote with a <a href="http://s01.de/~gottox">link</a></p>
-</blockquote>
-
+    
+    Hello
+    This is a quote with a link
+    
 You can define a code block with a leading Tab or with 4 leading spaces
-	this.is(code)
+    this.is(code)
 
     this.is(code, too)
 
 Result:
-
-<pre><code>this.is(code)</code></pre>
-<pre><code>this.is(code, too)
-</code></pre>
-
-Please note that you can't use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.
+    this.is(code)
+    this.is(code, too)
+    
+Please note that you can’t use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.
 Another way to write code blocks is to use code fences:
 ```json
-{"some": "code"}
+{"some": "code"}
 ```
 
-This has two advantages:
-
-
-The optional language identifier will be turned into a language- class name
-You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy & paste
-
-Tables
+This has two advantages:
+* The optional language identifier will be turned into a language- class name
+* You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy & paste
+Tables
 Tables can be generated with the following syntax:
 | Heading1 | Heading2 |
 | -------- | -------- |
@@ -213,41 +191,48 @@ the table body.
 | :------- | :------: | -------: |
 | Left     | Center   | Right    |
 
-Other interesting stuff
+Footnotes
+Here is an example of using Markdown footnotes¹. And incase you were looking for more examples, here is another one².
+Other interesting stuff
 
 to insert a horizontal rule simple add - - - into an empty line:
-Hello
-- - -
-Hello2
-
+Hello
+
+Hello2
 Result:
-
-<p>
+
 Hello
-<hr />
-
-Hello2</p>
-
-
+
+Hello2
 Any ASCII punctuation character may escaped by precedeing them with a
 backslash to avoid them being interpreted:
-!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~\
-
-
+!”#$%&’()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~\
 To force a linebreak simple add two spaces to the end of the line:
-No linebreak
+No linebreak
 here.
-But here is  
-one.
-
-
+But here is

+one.
 
-embed HTML
+embed HTML
 You can include arbitrary HTML code in your documents. The HTML will be
 passed through to the resulting document without modification. This is a good
-way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don't want this
+way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don’t want this
 behaviour, use the -n flag when executing smu to stricly escape the HTML
 tags.
+
+
+
+
+
+This is the first footnote ↩
+
+
+
+Just like I promised - another footnote example ↩
+
+
+
+
 
     
     Menu Navigation
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 	Running `barf` on OpenBSD
 	
 	
-	
+	
 
 
 
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
 
 
 
-Running barf on OpenBSD
+Running barf on OpenBSD
 2023-08-12
-The barf project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but I also need to support OpenBSD since that is my personal operating system of choice.
-Download Packages
+The barf project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but I also need to support OpenBSD since that is my personal operating system of choice.
+Download Packages
 Along with your Markdown parser of choice (barf assumes you will be using my version of smu) you will also need to install the required packages on your OpenBSD system:
 doas pkg_add rsync coreutils gsed cmake gcc
 
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 	Quality of Life Improvements
 	
 	
-	
+	
 
 
 
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 
 
-Quality of Life Improvements
+Quality of Life Improvements
 2024-06-06
-I haven't circled back to barf in quite a bit of time, so I'm happy to announce a small update mainly focused on quality of life improvements! I'll keep things brief and get right into the core changes:
+I haven’t circled back to barf in quite a bit of time, so I’m happy to announce a small update mainly focused on quality of life improvements! I’ll keep things brief and get right into the core changes:
 Automatic detection of your operating system (supports Linux, macOS and OpenBSD currently)
 
 barf now checks your current OS and sets aliases accordingly
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
 
 You now only need to set your main domain at the top of the core barf file.
 
-That's it really! I've also updated the original blog posts about setting up barf on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.
+Swapped out smu for lowdown
+
+The default Markdown parser is now set to lowdown. The original parser (smu) is great, but I wanted to make the project simpler by avoiding users to clone and build a separate package.
+
+That’s it really! I’ve also updated the original blog posts about setting up barf on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.
 Cheers!
 
     
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 		barf
 		https://barf.btxx.org/rss.xml
 		Feed description here
-		Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:08:02 +0000
-		Thu, 06 Jun 2024 14:08:02 +0000
+		Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:26:51 +0000
+		Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:26:51 +0000
 		Custom RSS Generator
 		1800
 		
 			Quality of Life Improvements
-			<h1>Quality of Life Improvements</h1>
+			<h1 id="quality-of-life-improvements">Quality of Life Improvements</h1>
 <p>2024-06-06</p>
-<p>I haven't circled back to <code>barf</code> in quite a bit of time, so I'm happy to announce a small update mainly focused on quality of life improvements! I'll keep things brief and get right into the core changes:</p>
+<p>I haven&#8217;t circled back to <code>barf</code> in quite a bit of time, so I&#8217;m happy to announce a small update mainly focused on quality of life improvements! I&#8217;ll keep things brief and get right into the core changes:</p>
 <p><strong>Automatic detection of your operating system (supports Linux, macOS and OpenBSD currently)</strong></p>
 <ul>
 <li><code>barf</code> now checks your current OS and sets aliases accordingly</li>
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
 <ul>
 <li>You now only need to set your main domain at the top of the core <code>barf</code> file.</li>
 </ul>
-<p>That's it really! I've also updated the original blog posts about setting up <code>barf</code> on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.</p>
+<p><strong>Swapped out <code>smu</code> for <code>lowdown</code></strong></p>
+<ul>
+<li>The default Markdown parser is now set to <code>lowdown</code>. The original parser (<code>smu</code>) is great, but I wanted to make the project simpler by avoiding users to clone and build a separate package.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>That&#8217;s it really! I&#8217;ve also updated the original blog posts about setting up <code>barf</code> on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.</p>
 <p>Cheers!</p>
 			https://barf.btxx.org/qol
 			https://barf.btxx.org/qol
@@ -34,10 +38,10 @@
 		
 		
 			Running `barf` on OpenBSD
-			<h1>Running <code>barf</code> on OpenBSD</h1>
+			<h1 id="running-on-openbsd">Running <code>barf</code> on OpenBSD</h1>
 <p>2023-08-12</p>
-<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but I also need to support OpenBSD since that is my personal operating system of choice.</p>
-<h2>Download Packages</h2>
+<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux&#47;GNU tools, but I also need to support OpenBSD since that is my personal operating system of choice.</p>
+<h2 id="download-packages">Download Packages</h2>
 <p>Along with your Markdown parser of choice (<code>barf</code> assumes you will be using my version of <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/smu">smu</a>) you will also need to install the required packages on your OpenBSD system:</p>
 <pre><code>doas pkg_add rsync coreutils gsed cmake gcc
 </code></pre>
@@ -48,21 +52,21 @@
 		
 		
 			Markdown Examples in barf
-			<h1>Markdown Examples in barf</h1>
+			<h1 id="markdown-examples-in-barf">Markdown Examples in barf</h1>
 <p>2023-01-05</p>
-<p>This following was lifted from <a href="https://github.com/karlb/smu">https://github.com/karlb/smu</a></p>
-<h1><code>smu</code> Syntax</h1>
+<p>This following was lifted from <a href="https://github.com/karlb/smu">https:&#47;&#47;github.com&#47;karlb&#47;smu</a></p>
+<h1 id="syntax"><code>smu</code> Syntax</h1>
 <p>smu was started as a rewrite of
 <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/">markdown</a> but became something
 more lightweight and consistent. It differs from <a href="https://commonmark.org/">CommonMark</a> in the following ways:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>No support for <em>reference style links</em></li>
 <li>Stricter indentation rules for lists</li>
-<li>Lists don't end paragraphs by themselves (blank line needed)</li>
-<li>Horizontal rules (<code>&lt;hr&gt;</code>) must use <code>- - -</code> as syntax</li>
+<li>Lists don&#8217;t end paragraphs by themselves (blank line needed)</li>
+<li>Horizontal rules (<code>&#60;hr&#62;</code>) must use <code>- - -</code> as syntax</li>
 <li>Code fences have stricter syntax</li>
 </ul>
-<p>Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don't increase the code complexity significantly.</p>
+<p>Patches that increase the CommonMark compatibility are welcome as long as they don&#8217;t increase the code complexity significantly.</p>
 <p>This project is a fork of the <a href="https://github.com/gottox/smu">original smu</a> by
 <a href="https://eboland.de">Enno Boland (gottox)</a>. The main differences to the
 original smu are:</p>
@@ -76,55 +80,40 @@ original smu are:</p>
 <li>Keep HTML comments in output</li>
 <li>Improved spec compliance for lists</li>
 <li>Nesting code block in blockquotes works</li>
-<li>"Empty" lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain</li>
+<li>&#8220;Empty&#8221; lines in lists behave identically, no matter how much whitespace they contain</li>
 <li>No backslash escapes in code blocks</li>
 <li>Use first number as start number for ordered lists</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
+</ul></li>
 <li>Added a simple test suite to check for compliance and avoid regressions</li>
 </ul>
-<h2>Inline patterns</h2>
+<h2 id="inline-patterns">Inline patterns</h2>
 <p>There are several patterns you can use to highlight your text:</p>
 <ul>
-<li><p>Emphasis</p>
-
+<li><p>Emphasis
 <ul>
 <li>Surround your text with <code>*</code> or <code>_</code> to get <em>emphasised</em> text:
-<pre><code>This *is* cool.
-This _is_ cool, too.
-</code></pre>
-</li>
+This <em>is</em> cool.
+This <em>is</em> cool, too.</li>
 <li>Surround your text with <code>**</code> or <code>__</code> to get <strong>strong</strong> text:
-<pre><code>This **is** cool.
-This __is__ cool, too.
-</code></pre>
-</li>
+This <strong>is</strong> cool.
+This <strong>is</strong> cool, too.</li>
 <li>Surround your text with <code>***</code> or <code>___</code> to get <strong><em>strong and emphasised</em></strong> text:
-<pre><code>This ***is*** cool.
-This ___is___ cool, too.
-</code></pre>
-</li>
-<li>But this example won't work as expected:
-<pre><code>***Hello** you*
-</code></pre>
-<p>This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex.
+This <strong><em>is</em></strong> cool.
+This <strong><em>is</em></strong> cool, too.</li>
+<li>But this example won&#8217;t work as expected:
+*<strong>Hello</strong> you*
+This is a wontfix bug because it would make the source too complex.
 Use this instead:
-</p>
-<pre><code>***Hello*** *you*
-</code></pre>
-</li>
-</ul>
-</li>
+<strong><em>Hello</em></strong> <em>you</em></li>
+</ul></p></li>
 <li><p>inline Code</p>
 <p>You can produce inline code by surrounding it with backticks.</p>
-<pre><code>Use `rm -rf /` if you're a N00b.
-Use ``rm -rf /`` if you're a N00b.
-Use ```rm -rf /``` if you're a N00b.
-</code></pre>
-<p>Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.</p>
-</li>
+<p>Use <code>rm -rf &#47;</code> if you&#8217;re a N00b.
+Use <code>rm -rf &#47;</code> if you&#8217;re a N00b.
+Use <code>rm -rf &#47;</code> if you&#8217;re a N00b.</p>
+<p>Double and triple backticks can be used if the code itself contains backticks.</p></li>
 </ul>
-<h2>Titles</h2>
+<h2 id="titles">Titles</h2>
 <p>Creating titles in smu is very easy. There are two different syntax styles. The
 first is underlining with at least three characters:</p>
 <pre><code>Heading
@@ -135,10 +124,10 @@ Topic
 </code></pre>
 <p>This is very intuitive and self explaining. The resulting sourcecode looks like
 this:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;h1&gt;Heading&lt;/h1&gt;
-&lt;h2&gt;Topic&lt;/h2&gt;
+<pre><code>&#60;h1&#62;Heading&#60;&#47;h1&#62;
+&#60;h2&#62;Topic&#60;&#47;h2&#62;
 </code></pre>
-<p>Use the following prefixes if you don't like underlining:</p>
+<p>Use the following prefixes if you don&#8217;t like underlining:</p>
 <pre><code># h1
 ## h2
 ### h3
@@ -146,31 +135,31 @@ this:</p>
 ##### h5
 ###### h6
 </code></pre>
-<h2>Links</h2>
-<p>The simplest way to define a link is with simple <code>&lt;&gt;</code>.</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;http://s01.de&gt;
+<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
+<p>The simplest way to define a link is with simple <code>&#60;&#62;</code>.</p>
+<pre><code>&#60;http:&#47;&#47;s01.de&#62;
 </code></pre>
 <p>You can do the same for E-Mail addresses:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;yourname@s01.de&gt;
+<pre><code>&#60;yourname@s01.de&#62;
 </code></pre>
 <p>If you want to define a label for the url, you have to use a different syntax</p>
-<pre><code>[smu - simple mark up](http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu)
+<pre><code>[smu - simple mark up](http:&#47;&#47;s01.de&#47;~gottox&#47;index.cgi&#47;proj_smu)
 </code></pre>
 <p>The resulting HTML-Code</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;a href=&quot;http://s01.de/~gottox/index.cgi/proj_smu&quot;&gt;smu - simple mark up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+<pre><code>&#60;a href="http:&#47;&#47;s01.de&#47;~gottox&#47;index.cgi&#47;proj_smu"&#62;smu - simple mark up&#60;&#47;a&#62;&#60;&#47;p&#62;
 </code></pre>
-<h2>Lists</h2>
+<h2 id="lists">Lists</h2>
 <p>Defining lists is very straightforward:</p>
 <pre><code>* Item 1
 * Item 2
 * Item 3
 </code></pre>
 <p>Result:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;ul&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Item 1&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Item 2&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Item 3&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;/ul&gt;
+<pre><code>&#60;ul&#62;
+&#60;li&#62;Item 1&#60;&#47;li&#62;
+&#60;li&#62;Item 2&#60;&#47;li&#62;
+&#60;li&#62;Item 3&#60;&#47;li&#62;
+&#60;&#47;ul&#62;
 </code></pre>
 <p>Defining ordered lists is also very easy:</p>
 <pre><code>1. Item 1
@@ -184,50 +173,43 @@ continously counted. If you want a list starting at 2,
 2. Item 3
 </code></pre>
 <p>and get the following HTML which will render with the numbers 2, 3, 4:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Item 1&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Item 2&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Item 3&lt;/li&gt;
-&lt;/ol&gt;
+<pre><code>&#60;ol start="2"&#62;
+&#60;li&#62;Item 1&#60;&#47;li&#62;
+&#60;li&#62;Item 2&#60;&#47;li&#62;
+&#60;li&#62;Item 3&#60;&#47;li&#62;
+&#60;&#47;ol&#62;
 </code></pre>
-<h2>Code &amp; Blockquote</h2>
-<p>Use the <code>&gt; </code> as a line prefix for defining blockquotes. Blockquotes are
+<h2 id="code-blockquote">Code &#38; Blockquote</h2>
+<p>Use the <code>&#62;</code> as a line prefix for defining blockquotes. Blockquotes are
 interpreted as well. This makes it possible to embed links, headings and even
 other quotes into a quote:</p>
-<pre><code>&gt; Hello
-&gt; This is a quote with a [link](http://s01.de/~gottox)
-</code></pre>
-<p>Result:
-</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;
-Hello
-This is a quote with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://s01.de/~gottox&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
-&lt;/blockquote&gt;
+<pre><code>&#62; Hello
+&#62; This is a quote with a [link](http:&#47;&#47;s01.de&#47;~gottox)
 </code></pre>
+<p>Result:
+    
+    Hello
+    This is a quote with a link
+    </p>
 <p>You can define a code block with a leading Tab or with <strong>4</strong> leading spaces</p>
-<pre><code>	this.is(code)
+<pre><code>    this.is(code)
 
     this.is(code, too)
 </code></pre>
 <p>Result:
-</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;this.is(code)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
-&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;this.is(code, too)
-&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
-</code></pre>
-<p>Please note that you can't use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.</p>
+    this.is(code)
+    this.is(code, too)
+    </p>
+<p>Please note that you can&#8217;t use HTML or smu syntax in a code block.</p>
 <p>Another way to write code blocks is to use code fences:</p>
 <pre><code>```json
-{&quot;some&quot;: &quot;code&quot;}
+{"some": "code"}
 ```
 </code></pre>
-<p>This has two advantages:</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li>The optional language identifier will be turned into a <code>language-</code> class name</li>
-<li>You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy &amp; paste</li>
-</ul>
-<h2>Tables</h2>
+<p>This has two advantages:
+* The optional language identifier will be turned into a <code>language-</code> class name
+* You can keep the original indentation which helps when doing copy &#38; paste</p>
+<h2 id="tables">Tables</h2>
 <p>Tables can be generated with the following syntax:</p>
 <pre><code>| Heading1 | Heading2 |
 | -------- | -------- |
@@ -246,51 +228,58 @@ the table body.</p>
 | :------- | :------: | -------: |
 | Left     | Center   | Right    |
 </code></pre>
-<h2>Other interesting stuff</h2>
+<h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2>
+<p>Here is an example of using Markdown footnotes<sup id="fnref1"><a href="#fn1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup>. And incase you were looking for more examples, here is another one<sup id="fnref2"><a href="#fn2" rel="footnote">2</a></sup>.</p>
+<h2 id="other-interesting-stuff">Other interesting stuff</h2>
 <ul>
 <li><p>to insert a horizontal rule simple add <code>- - -</code> into an empty line:</p>
-<pre><code>Hello
-- - -
-Hello2
-</code></pre>
+<p>Hello</p>
+<hr/>
+<p>Hello2</p>
 <p>Result:
-</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;p&gt;
+
 Hello
-&lt;hr /&gt;
-</code></pre>
-<pre><code>Hello2&lt;/p&gt;
-</code></pre>
-</li>
+</p>
+<p>Hello2</p></li>
 <li><p>Any ASCII punctuation character may escaped by precedeing them with a
 backslash to avoid them being interpreted:</p>
-<pre><code>!&quot;#$%&amp;'()*+,-./:;&lt;=&gt;?@[]^_`{|}~\
-</code></pre>
-</li>
+<p>!&#8221;#$%&#38;&#8217;()*+,-.&#47;:;&#60;=&#62;?@[]^_`{|}~\</p></li>
 <li><p>To force a linebreak simple add two spaces to the end of the line:</p>
-<pre><code>No linebreak
+<p>No linebreak
 here.
-But here is  
-one.
-</code></pre>
-</li>
+But here is<br/>
+one.</p></li>
 </ul>
-<h2>embed HTML</h2>
+<h2 id="embed-html">embed HTML</h2>
 <p>You can include arbitrary HTML code in your documents. The HTML will be
 passed through to the resulting document without modification. This is a good
-way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don't want this
+way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don&#8217;t want this
 behaviour, use the <code>-n</code> flag when executing smu to stricly escape the HTML
-tags.</p>
+tags.</p>
+<div class="footnotes">
+<hr/>
+<ol>
+
+<li id="fn1">
+<p>This is the first footnote&#160;<a href="#fnref1" rev="footnote">&#8617;</a></p>
+</li>
+
+<li id="fn2">
+<p>Just like I promised - another footnote example&#160;<a href="#fnref2" rev="footnote">&#8617;</a></p>
+</li>
+
+</ol>
+</div>
 			https://barf.btxx.org/markdown-examples
 			https://barf.btxx.org/markdown-examples
 			Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000
 		
 		
 			Running `barf` on MacOS
-			<h1>Running <code>barf</code> on MacOS</h1>
+			<h1 id="running-on-macos">Running <code>barf</code> on MacOS</h1>
 <p>2023-01-18</p>
-<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux/GNU tools, but that doesn't mean MacOS needs to be left out in the cold.</p>
-<h2>Download Packages</h2>
+<p>The <code>barf</code> project was built on Linux and was catered towards Linux users. The core of the project will remain focused on Linux&#47;GNU tools, but that doesn&#8217;t mean MacOS needs to be left out in the cold.</p>
+<h2 id="download-packages">Download Packages</h2>
 <p>This walkthrough assumes that you already have <a href="https://brew.sh/">homebrew</a> installed on your machine.</p>
 <p>You will need to install the GNU versions of both <code>date</code> and <code>sed</code> in order to avoid breaking things when <code>barf</code> tries to build.</p>
 <pre><code>brew install coreutils
@@ -303,39 +292,40 @@ brew install gnu-sed
 		
 		
 			Supporting Basic Dark Mode
-			<h1>Supporting Basic Dark Mode</h1>
+			<h1 id="supporting-basic-dark-mode">Supporting Basic Dark Mode</h1>
 <p>2023-03-07</p>
 <p>The default <code>barf</code> site generator now supports basic dark mode functionality. This has been achieved by including the standard <code>color-scheme</code> meta tag in the core <code>header.html</code> file:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;meta name=&quot;color-scheme&quot; content=&quot;dark light&quot;&gt;
+<pre><code>&#60;meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"&#62;
 </code></pre>
 <p>This change also ships with some minor updates to the default <code>blockquote</code> design. You can see an example below:</p>
-<blockquote><p>This is a really <em>cool</em> blockquote</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>This is a really <em>cool</em> blockquote</p>
 </blockquote>
-<h2>Minor Caveat</h2>
-<p>Unfortunately, Safari still has minor <code>ahref</code> / link color issue when defaulting to browser dark mode. If this is a problem for your own build of <code>barf</code>, take a look at a <a href="https://bt.ht/safari-default-dark-mode/">solution I wrote about here</a>.</p>
-<p>Personally, I can't be bothered to add that extra code to this project. The Safari team needs to get their shit together and fix such a simple bug. Plus, you shouldn't be using Safari anyway - it's proprietary garbage.</p>
+<h2 id="minor-caveat">Minor Caveat</h2>
+<p>Unfortunately, Safari still has minor <code>ahref</code> &#47; link color issue when defaulting to browser dark mode. If this is a problem for your own build of <code>barf</code>, take a look at a <a href="https://bt.ht/safari-default-dark-mode/">solution I wrote about here</a>.</p>
+<p>Personally, I can&#8217;t be bothered to add that extra code to this project. The Safari team needs to get their shit together and fix such a simple bug. Plus, you shouldn&#8217;t be using Safari anyway - it&#8217;s proprietary garbage.</p>
 			https://barf.btxx.org/dark-mode
 			https://barf.btxx.org/dark-mode
 			Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000
 		
 		
 			Cleaning Up barf's Structure
-			<h1>Cleaning Up barf's Structure</h1>
+			<h1 id="cleaning-up-barfs-structure">Cleaning Up barf&#8217;s Structure</h1>
 <p>2023-10-09</p>
 <p>Things probably look a little different around here. Both in terms of this demo site <em>and</em> the core <code>barf</code> files itself.</p>
-<p>This project was always intended to be focused on Linux platforms. So, I've removed the included <code>barf_macos</code> and <code>barf_openbsd</code> files to keep the generator more streamlined. But have no fear! Instructions for both Mac and OpenBSD can still be found on the main blog:</p>
+<p>This project was always intended to be focused on Linux platforms. So, I&#8217;ve removed the included <code>barf_macos</code> and <code>barf_openbsd</code> files to keep the generator more streamlined. But have no fear! Instructions for both Mac and OpenBSD can still be found on the main blog:</p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="/macos">Running <code>barf</code> on MacOS</a></li>
 <li><a href="/openbsd">Running <code>barf</code> on OpenBSD</a></li>
 </ul>
-<p>As for the "default" look of <code>barf</code>, I've simplified things further. The total CSS styling now consists of only:</p>
+<p>As for the &#8220;default&#8221; look of <code>barf</code>, I&#8217;ve simplified things further. The total CSS styling now consists of only:</p>
 <pre><code>*{box-sizing:border-box;}
 body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}
 img{max-width:100%;}
 pre{overflow:auto;}
 </code></pre>
-<p>Users still have the ability to tweak things as much as they'd like, but the standard look should be more than enough for anyone just focusing on writing. Dark mode has also been dropped but is easily added by adding the following inside the <code>head</code> tags:</p>
-<pre><code>&lt;meta name=&quot;color-scheme&quot; content=&quot;dark light&quot;&gt;
+<p>Users still have the ability to tweak things as much as they&#8217;d like, but the standard look should be more than enough for anyone just focusing on writing. Dark mode has also been dropped but is easily added by adding the following inside the <code>head</code> tags:</p>
+<pre><code>&#60;meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"&#62;
 </code></pre>
 <p>Hopefully these changes reduce the overall scope of the project, which was a main point made on the README originally!</p>
 			https://barf.btxx.org/cleanup
blob - 29715cd9b86ebe59a4f47c50bcac1cb050423795
blob + 8a06384f9340a76130b96528183ea9d15940e798
--- build/websites/index.html
+++ build/websites/index.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	Websites Built with `barf`
 	
 	
-	
+	
 
 
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 
-Websites Built with barf
+Websites Built with barf
 Send an email to bt [at] btxx [dot] org if you would like me to add your barf-generated website to this list.
 
 jsfree.org
blob - 7b95bf6a3c3abe8f91cb5d057a169917588e62d2
blob + 9c9c6c672f6c10b14f614cd502ef3668a93f855a
--- header.html
+++ header.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	{{TITLE}}
 	
 	
-	
+	
 
 
 
blob - 5451da3823f8f004d96b88dbdc7d63dcf1daf87f
blob + ea67516dcafc91322524fd3d7550421f941e8b96
--- index.md
+++ index.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 **barf is an extremely minimal blog generator.**
 
-The entire build script is less than 100 lines of shell.
+The entire build script is >170 lines of shell.
 
 It could almost be called "suckless", but probably isn't. It was created for those focused on writing, not tinkering.
 
-You can learn more by reading the [official README](https://git.btxx.org/barf/about) and view the generated [Atom feed here](/atom.xml)
+You can learn more by reading the [official README](https://git.btxx.org/barf/about).
 
 **barf** = blogs are really fun
 
@@ -15,17 +15,23 @@ You can learn more by reading the [official README](ht
 ### Get setup in 2 minutes
 
 **Install dependencies:**
-* For Linux: `rsync`
-* For macOS: `brew install coreutils gnu-sed`
-* For OpenBSD: `doas pkg_add rsync coreutils gsed cmake gcc`
 
-**Clone and install the lightweight markdown parser, `smu`**
-* `git clone https://git.btxx.org/smu`
-* `cd smu ; make ; sudo make install`
+For Linux (Alpine example):
 
-**Clone `barf`:** 
-* `git clone https://git.btxx.org/barf`
+    sudo apk add rsync lowdown
 
+For macOS:
+
+    brew install rsync lowdown coreutils gnu-sed
+
+For OpenBSD:
+
+    doas pkg_add rsync lowdown coreutils gsed cmake gcc
+
+**Clone barf:** 
+
+    git clone https://git.btxx.org/barf
+
 1. Open project, change the `domain` variable at the top of the core barf file
 2. Run: `make build`
 3. Upload the contents of `build` to your server! 
blob - dc3d2dcd5d0afb4f50314dba33b9079e64d77565
blob + 1c2d5645c1a7e0cb3a2d1eb7816689260300a078
--- posts/markdown-examples.md
+++ posts/markdown-examples.md
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ the table body.
 	| Heading1 | Heading2 | Heading3 |
 	| :------- | :------: | -------: |
 	| Left     | Center   | Right    |
+
+Footnotes
+---------
+
+Here is an example of using Markdown footnotes[^1]. And incase you were looking for more examples, here is another one[^2].
 
 Other interesting stuff
 -----------------------
@@ -252,3 +257,6 @@ passed through to the resulting document without modif
 way to work around features that are missing in smu. If you don't want this
 behaviour, use the `-n` flag when executing smu to stricly escape the HTML
 tags.
+
+[^1]: This is the first footnote
+[^2]: Just like I promised - another footnote example
blob - f09694ef6e5a18fb5431c5d1daddc323a7c8a42b
blob + 57da1054c8592dda0167e04354e8bb886529d776
--- posts/qol.md
+++ posts/qol.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ I haven't circled back to `barf` in quite a bit of tim
 
 * You now only need to set your main domain at the top of the core `barf` file.
 
+**Swapped out `smu` for `lowdown`**
+
+* The default Markdown parser is now set to `lowdown`. The original parser (`smu`) is great, but I wanted to make the project simpler by avoiding users to clone and build a separate package.
+
 That's it really! I've also updated the original blog posts about setting up `barf` on macOS and OpenBSD to reflect these changes.
 
 Cheers!

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