For docs and code rendering: pipe source data -through binary at path with given argv, return -the output.
-func pipedCmd(path string, argv []string, source string) string {
- cmd := exec.Command(path, argv...)
+We'll implement Markdown rendering and Pygments syntax
+highlighting by piping data through external programs.
+This is a general helper for handling both cases.
+func pipedCmd(binary string, argv []string, input string) string {
+ cmd := exec.Command(binary, argv...)
in, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
check(err)
out, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
check(err)
err = cmd.Start()
check(err)
- in.Write([]byte(source))
+ in.Write([]byte(input))
check(err)
err = in.Close()
check(err)
diff --git a/tool/generate.go b/tool/generate.go
index ee29a63..70dc5f3 100644
--- a/tool/generate.go
+++ b/tool/generate.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// ## Line Filters
+// ## golit
// Generate literate-programming style HTML
// documentation form Go source files.
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ func check(err error) {
}
}
-// For docs and code rendering: pipe source data
-// through binary at path with given argv, return
-// the output.
-func pipedCmd(path string, argv []string, source string) string {
- cmd := exec.Command(path, argv...)
+// We'll implement Markdown rendering and Pygments syntax
+// highlighting by piping data through external programs.
+// This is a general helper for handling both cases.
+func pipedCmd(binary string, argv []string, input string) string {
+ cmd := exec.Command(binary, argv...)
in, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
check(err)
out, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
check(err)
err = cmd.Start()
check(err)
- in.Write([]byte(source))
+ in.Write([]byte(input))
check(err)
err = in.Close()
check(err)