# HastyScribe

_HastyScribe_ is a simple command-line program able to convert [markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown) files into HTML files.

## Usage

**hastyscribe** _filename.md_ [ **\--notoc** ] 


## FAQs

### Why is _HastyScribe_ different from other markdown converters?

Because:

* It is a cross-platform, self-contained executable file
* It comes with its own stylesheet, which is automatically embedded into every HTML document
* It is built on top of [Discount](http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/discount/), which means that besides standard markdown you also get:
  * strikethrough
  * automatic Table of Contents generation
  * [SmartyPants](http://daringfireball.net/projects/smartypants/) substitutions
  * paragraph centering
  * image sizes
  * definition lists
  * alphabetic lists
  * pseudo-protocols to generate `span` tags with arbitrary CSS classes, `abbr` tags, and anchors
  * class blocks
  * tables
  * fenced code blocks
  * [Pandoc](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/)-style docuemnt headers

### What can I use it for?

_HastyScribe_ is best suited to produce standalone, mainly-textual documents such as meeting notes, project status documents, and articles.

### What language is _HastyScribe_ implemented in?

HastyScribe is implemented in [Nimrod][nimrod], a very expressive language that compiles to C and is able to generate small, standalone and self-contained executable files.

### How do I build _HastyScribe_ from source?


First of all you need a **libmarkdown.a** static library. You can either grab one precompiled (for Windows x64 or OSX x64) from the [vendor](https://github.com/h3rald/hastyscribe/blob/master/vendor) or build your own. 

If you choose to build your own:

1. Download/clone [Discount](https://github.com/Orc/discount) source code
2. In the directory containing Discount source code, run the following commands:

   <tt>./configure.sh --with-tabstops=2 --with-dl=both --with-id-anchor --with-github-tags --with-fenced-code --enable-all-features</tt>

   <tt>make</tt>

  Note: If you are on Windows, you can compile it using [MinGW](http://www.mingw.org/).

Once you have a **libmarkdown.a** static library for your platform:

1. Download and install [Nimrod][nimrod]. On OSX you can also <tt>brew install nimrod</tt> if you have [HomeBrew](http://brew.sh/) installed.
2. Download/clone HastyScribe.
3. Put your **libmarkdown.a** file in the **vendor** directory.
4. Run **osxbuild** (if you are on OSX) or **winbuild.bat** (if you are on windows) or the following:

   <tt>nimrod --clibdir:vendor --clib:markdown c hastyscribe.nim</tt>

[nimrod]: http://nimrod-code.org/