The utilities behind the site

This directory holds the three example rexxlets that give the site its shape. Each one is a small, self-contained program you can read, copy, and adapt — and each is documented on its own page, with a link straight to its source.

• The page factory — wraps a body in the shared header, footer and stylesheet, so no page repeats the chrome. About it · Source

• The Markdown renderer — turns any .md file into a styled page with Pandoc, and serves it verbatim when Pandoc is absent. About it · Source

• The source viewer — serves the source of any Rexx file as a highlighted page. It is what lets the site show its own code. About it · Source

The viewer’s work actually lives in a small shared class, src-viewer.cls — one routine that serves a file as source, reused by the viewer and by the Markdown renderer alike.

For how these fit together into a site that documents and serves itself, see How this site works.