clauswitt · January 7, 2012 09:45 · Jan 7, 2012 · Jan 7, 2012 · Jan 7, 2012 · Sep 30, 2010
diff --git a/new.rb b/new.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-# Script to create a jekyll blog post using a template. It takes one input parameter
+# Script to create a jekyll blog post using a template and open it in textmate. It takes one input parameter
 # which is the title of the blog post
 # e.g. command:
 # $ ./new.rb "helper script to create new posts using jekyll"

diff --git a/new.rb b/new.rb
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 new_post_file.puts new_post
 new_post_file.close
 
-puts "created => #{filepath}"
+puts `mate #{filepath}`
diff --git a/new.rb b/new.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 # $ ./new.rb "helper script to create new posts using jekyll"
 #
 # Author:Khaja Minhajuddin (http://minhajuddin.com)
+# Minor tweaks by Claus Witt (http://www.clauswitt.com) 
+
 
 # Some constants
-TEMPLATE = "template.markdown"
+TEMPLATE = "_template.markdown"
 TARGET_DIR = "_posts"
 
 # Get the title which was passed as an argument

diff --git a/new.rb b/new.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# Script to create a jekyll blog post using a template. It takes one input parameter
+# which is the title of the blog post
+# e.g. command:
+# $ ./new.rb "helper script to create new posts using jekyll"
+#
+# Author:Khaja Minhajuddin (http://minhajuddin.com)
+
+# Some constants
+TEMPLATE = "template.markdown"
+TARGET_DIR = "_posts"
+
+# Get the title which was passed as an argument
+title = ARGV[0]
+# Get the filename
+filename = title.gsub(' ','-')
+filename = "#{ Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') }-#{filename}.markdown" 
+filepath = File.join(TARGET_DIR, filename)
+
+# Create a copy of the template with the title replaced
+new_post = File.read(TEMPLATE)
+new_post.gsub!('TITLE', title);
+
+# Write out the file to the target directory
+new_post_file = File.open(filepath, 'w')
+new_post_file.puts new_post
+new_post_file.close
+
+puts "created => #{filepath}"
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