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.h1 runeblog

Runeblog is a blogging tool written in Ruby. It has these basic characteristics:

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It is usable entirely from the command line
It publishes web pages as static HTML
So far, yes, like Jekyll
It's based on Livetext (highly extensible Ruby-based markup)
It has the concept of multiple "views" for a blog
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.h2 What is Livetext?

Livetext is a markup format that is a throwback to the old, old days of text 
formatters such as nroff. It's very flexible, and it is extensible _[in Ruby]. 

It isn't yet full-featured, but it is usable. Runeblog uses Livetext, along 
with some custom definitions, to try to ease the formatting of a blog entry.

.h2 What are "views"?

Think of them as multiple separate blogs with the same backend. Why would you
want to do this? Maybe you wouldn't, but I do.

The purpose is to present different "faces" to different audiences. In my case,
my computing-related stuff would go into one view, and my hometown-related things
would go into another. There might be a view that only old friends or close friends
can see. There might be a view purely for reviews of music, books, and movies. 

But the important points are these:
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_All the views will be managed the same way in the same place, and they will all share common data.
Any post can easily be included in a single view, in more than one, or in all of them.
Each view can have its own look and feel, and it can be linked/published separately from the others.
Each view can be hosted in a different location and/or a different server and domain
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.h2 More later...

*[To be continued]