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@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ https://egor-tensin.github.io/sorting_algorithms/. [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) is used to build a set of static HTML pages from a collection of templates and resources. -Jekyll doesn't support Windows, however at the moment of writing one can get it -to work using the excellent tutorial at http://jekyll-windows.juthilo.com/. +It might seem like Jekyll doesn't support Windows very well. +However, at the moment of writing one can get it to work using the excellent +tutorial at http://jekyll-windows.juthilo.com/. +I personally had no problems running Jekyll on Windows whatsoever. -I'm using [Bundler](http://bundler.io/) to set up a development environment. -After the `bundler` gem is installed, project dependencies can be installed by -running +I use [Bundler](http://bundler.io/) to manage project's dependencies. +Make sure you have the `bundler` gem installed; project dependencies can then +be installed by executing bundle install @@ -21,22 +23,19 @@ in the project's root directory. ## Development -To run a local web server, run +To run a local web server, execute bundle exec jekyll serve --watch --drafts --config _config.yml,_config_dev.yml -from the project's root directory. +in the project's root directory. You can then review your changes at http://localhost:4000/. -Please note that the support for `--watch`ing for modification on Windows is -kind of iffy at the moment of writing. -One possible workaround is to add `--force_polling` to `jekyll`s options: +If you can't get Jekyll to properly `--watch` for file modifications on +Windows, try adding `--force_polling` to `jekyll`s options: bundle exec jekyll serve --watch --force_polling --drafts --config _config.yml,_config_dev.yml -It might still not work though, so you might end up having to re-run `jekyll` -manually. -For details, refer to http://jekyll-windows.juthilo.com/4-wdm-gem/. +It might still not work though, but you can always re-run `jekyll` manually. Note that `_config_dev.yml` is included to rewrite some of the `site` fields from `_config.yml` during development. @@ -47,8 +46,16 @@ In particular, it `min`ified versions, * sets `include_comments` to `false` to exclude the Disqus comments section from the posts, -* sets `baseurl` to an empty string, pretending the website access from the - root directory of a domain instead of from `sorting_algorithms/`. +* sets `baseurl` to an empty string so that the website can be accessed from + local web server's root directory, instead of '/sorting_algorithms'. + +## Accessing via file:// + +Jekyll doesn't provide native support for generating a static website which can +be viewed without a web server. +One easy workaround might be to `wget` the website and convert the links: + + wget -k -r http://localhost:4000/ ## Licensing |