ds-rss

Generate parts of the datenschleuder website from source data.xml:

• rss feed as ds-feed.xml,
• oldfashioned hypertext download.html and
• the informative index.html

utilizing XML transformations.

And supporting to manage the data.xml.

Cover

• extract: pdftk pdfs/${if}.pdf cat 1 output covers/${of}.pdf
• convert: convert covers/${of}.pdf covers/${of}.jpg

using

Simply call ./gen.sh build for generating the target files.

• Creating a new entry for data.xml is supported with ./gen.sh release or ./gen.sh release 99 for a custom issue number, here 99.

• To omit the explaining information, simply disregard stderr: ./gen.sh release 2>/dev/null.

• Replicating entry for ds #99 including the datetime: ./gen.sh release 99 1568505600.

• the release message is whatever are the remaining non-numeric arguments: ./gen.sh release 99 1568505600 Die Ausgabe \#100 ist schon einige Zeit fertig und ausgeliefert. Die Freunde der Digitalen Ausgabe wird freuen, dass die Aushabe \#99 nun online ist.

• For sorting data.xml, call ./gen.sh sortxml. (writes sorted.xml and asks if it should replace the source)

dependecies

• sh, coreutils, date, sed etc.
• xsltproc

preview: screenshots

reverse timestamp for specific date time

date --date="Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:33 +0000" +"%s"