MasWiki Python Module meeting, 2024-01-30
Off Topic
- https://memgpt.ai/
- https://pi.ai/ - a good conversationalist, free to start
Use Cases, Personas
- I'm installing MasWiki because I want to turn Obsidian vaults into websites -> install MasWiki
- "website" - does that mean local? cloud? both?
- "install MasWiki" -- globally, or with a venv
- I want a quick and easy website (and a static site is okay) -> install Publishing Toolkit Further notes on this topic: web and wiki publishing - scenarios and workflows
Package Name
- temporary name is MasWiki
- future name TBD, needs to be friendly for people who want a static site, but not necessarily a wiki
Research: "init" methods used by other tools
- 11ty
- Hugo
- Express.js?
- MemGPT: "quickstart" command, Set the base config file with a single command
General Architecture
MasWiki -- the builder
- distributed as a PyPI module
- has an "init" function to get somebody going
- includes mwb.yaml, a simple theme, and package.json
Publishing Toolkit - template repo to get a static website up easily
- netlify.toml
- .massivewikibuilder directory
- requirements.txt is used by Netlify to install MasWiki (replaces git submodule)
- instructions to install MasWiki module locally, but installing MasWiki for Netlify is handled automatically
MasWiki Actual Getting Started Instructions
- create files like PK MasWiki Getting Started or BA MasWiki Getting Started
stuff goes here
Installed Globally, used for multiple wikis
- skip venv, because it's global anyway
- typical uses option A:
maswiki --create ~/Documents/GitHub/new-wiki
maswiki --build ~/Documents/GitHub/existing-wiki
maswiki --build .
# looks for.maswiki/maswiki.yaml
?
- typical uses option B (probably the more appropriate way):
mkdir new-wiki; cd new-wiki; maswiki init; emacs .maswiki/maswiki.yaml
Publishing Toolkit Actual Getting Started Instructions
User that doesn't know or care how it works, just needs a website
- use Publishing Toolkit repo as a template to create a new wiki