blaze-config1

Displays or sets blazeblogger configuration options

Usage

blaze-config [-qV] [-b directory] [-E editor] option [value ...]

blaze-config -e [-b directory]

blaze-config {-h | -v}

Overview

blaze-config either sets BlazeBlogger configuration options, or displays their current value. Additionally, it can also open a configuration file in an external text editor.

Options

Command Line Options

-b directory, --blogdir directory: Allows you to specify a directory in which the BlazeBlogger repository is placed. The default option is a current working directory.

-E editor, --editor editor: Allows you to specify an external text editor. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option.

-e, --edit: Allows you to edit the configuration in a text editor.

-q, --quiet: Disables displaying of unnecessary messages.

-V, --verbose: Enables displaying of all messages. This is the default option.

-h, --help: Displays usage information and exits.

-v, --version: Displays version information and exits.

Configuration Options

blog.title=string: A title of your blog.

blog.subtitle=string: A subtitle of your blog.

blog.description=string: A brief description of your blog.

blog.keywords=list: A comma-separated list of keywords.

blog.theme=string: A theme for your blog. Note that it must point to an existing file in the ".blaze/theme/" directory. The default option is "default.html".

blog.style=string: A style sheet for your blog. Note that it must point to an existing file in the ".blaze/style/" directory. The default option is "default.css".

blog.lang=string: A translation of your blog. Note that it must point to an existing file in the ".blaze/lang/" directory. The default option is "en_US".

blog.posts=integer: A number of blog posts to be listed on a single page. The default option is 10.

color.list=boolean: A boolean to enable ("true") or disable ("false") colors in the blaze-list output. The default option is "false".

color.log=boolean: A boolean to enable ("true") or disable ("false") colors in the blaze-log output. The default option is "false".

core.doctype=string: A document type. It can be either "html" for HTML, or "xhtml" for the XHTML standard. The default option is "html".

core.extension=string: A file extension. The default option is "html".

core.encoding=string: A character encoding. Note that it has to be in a form that is recognized by W3C standards. The default option is "UTF-8".

core.editor=string: An external text editor. When supplied, this option overrides the system-wide settings.

core.processor=string: An external application to be used to process newly added or edited blog posts and pages. Note that you must supply "%in%" and "%out%" in place of an input and output file name respectively. This option is disabled by default.

feed.baseurl=string: A URL of your blog, for example "http://example.com".

feed.posts=integer: A number of blog posts to be listed in the feed. The default option is 10.

feed.fullposts=boolean: A boolean to enable ("true") or disable ("false") inclusion of the whole content of a blog post in the feed, even though the  form is used. The default option is "false".

post.author=string: A location of a blog post author name. It can be placed above the post ("top"), below it ("bottom"), or nowhere on the page ("none"). The default option is "top".

post.date=string: A location of a date of publishing. It can be placed above the post ("top"), below it ("bottom"), or nowhere on the page ("none"). The default option is top.

post.tags=string: A location of post tags. They can be placed above the post ("top"), below it ("bottom"), or nowhere on the page ("none"). The default option is "top".

user.name=string: Your full name to be used in the copyright notice, and as the default post author. The default option is "admin".

user.nickname=string: Your nickname to be used as the default post author. When supplied, it overrides the user.name setting. This option is disabled by default.

user.email=string: Your email address. The default option is "admin@localhost".

Environment

EDITOR: Unless the core.editor option is set, BlazeBlogger tries to use system-wide settings to decide which editor to use.

Files

.blaze/config: A file containing the configuration.

.blaze/theme/: A directory containing blog themes.

.blaze/style/: A directory containing style sheets.

.blaze/lang/: A directory containing language files.

Example usage

Configure the default text editor:

  ~]$ blaze-config core.editor nano
  The option has been successfully saved.

Configure the user information:

  ~]$ blaze-config user.name Jaromir Hradilek
  The option has been successfully saved.
  ~]$ blaze-config user.email [email protected]
  The option has been successfully saved.

Configure the blog appearance:

  ~]$ blaze-config blog.title BlazeBlogger
  The option has been successfully saved.
  ~]$ blaze-config blog.subtitle a CMS without boundaries
  The option has been successfully saved.
  ~]$ blaze-config blog.theme keepitsimple.html
  The option has been successfully saved.
  ~]$ blaze-config blog.style keepitsimple.css
  The option has been successfully saved.

Configure the RSS feed:

  ~]$ blaze-config feed.fullposts true
  The option has been successfully saved.
  ~]$ blaze-config feed.posts 10
  The option has been successfully saved.
  ~]$ blaze-config feed.baseurl http://blaze.blackened.cz/
  The option has been successfully saved.

Open the configuration in a text editor:

  ~]$ blaze-config -e

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.

--editor since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -E since Debian 7 (Wheezy).