Added RSS module.

data/templates/rss-item.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<item>
+    <title>$title</title>
+    <link>$absolute/$url</link>
+    <description>$description</description>
+</item>

data/templates/rss.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>$title</title>
+        <link>$absolute</link>
+        <description>$description</description>
+        $body
+    </channel> 
+</rss>

hakyll.cabal

@@ -1,56 +1,60 @@
-Name:           hakyll
-Version:        1.4
+Name:               hakyll
+Version:            1.4
 
-Synopsis:       A simple static site generator library.
-Description:
-  A simple static site generator library, mainly aimed at
-  creating blogs and brochure sites.
-Author:         Jasper Van der Jeugt
-Maintainer:     jaspervdj@gmail.com
-Homepage:       http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll
-Bug-Reports:    http://github.com/jaspervdj/Hakyll/issues
-License:        BSD3
-License-File:   LICENSE
-Category:       Text
-Cabal-Version:  >= 1.6
+Synopsis:           A simple static site generator library.
+Description:        A simple static site generator library, mainly aimed at
+                    creating blogs and brochure sites.
+Author:             Jasper Van der Jeugt
+Maintainer:         jaspervdj@gmail.com
+Homepage:           http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll
+Bug-Reports:        http://github.com/jaspervdj/Hakyll/issues
+License:            BSD3
+License-File:       LICENSE
+Category:           Text
+Cabal-Version:      >= 1.6
+Data-Dir:           data
+Data-Files:         templates/rss.xml
+                    templates/rss-item.xml
 
-build-type:     Simple
+build-type:         Simple
 
 source-repository head
-  type: git
-  location: git://github.com/jaspervdj/Hakyll.git
+  type:             git
+  location:         git://github.com/jaspervdj/Hakyll.git
 
 library
-  ghc-options: -Wall
-  hs-source-dirs: src/
-  build-depends:   base >= 4 && < 5,
-                   filepath >= 1.1,
-                   directory >= 1,
-                   containers >= 0.1,
-                   pandoc >= 1,
-                   regex-base >= 0.83,
-                   regex-tdfa >= 0.92,
-                   network >= 2,
-                   mtl >= 1.1,
-                   old-locale >= 1,
-                   old-time >= 1,
-                   time >= 1,
-                   binary >= 0.5,
-                   QuickCheck >= 2
-  exposed-modules: Network.Hakyll.SimpleServer
-                   Text.Hakyll
-                   Text.Hakyll.Context
-                   Text.Hakyll.File
-                   Text.Hakyll.Hakyll
-                   Text.Hakyll.Regex
-                   Text.Hakyll.Render
-                   Text.Hakyll.RenderAction
-                   Text.Hakyll.Renderables
-                   Text.Hakyll.Paginate
-                   Text.Hakyll.Util
-                   Text.Hakyll.Tags
-                   Text.Hakyll.Internal.Cache
-                   Text.Hakyll.Internal.CompressCss
-                   Text.Hakyll.Internal.Page
-                   Text.Hakyll.Internal.Render
-                   Text.Hakyll.Internal.Template
+  ghc-options:      -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:   src
+  build-depends:    base >= 4 && < 5,
+                    filepath >= 1.1,
+                    directory >= 1,
+                    containers >= 0.1,
+                    pandoc >= 1,
+                    regex-base >= 0.83,
+                    regex-tdfa >= 0.92,
+                    network >= 2,
+                    mtl >= 1.1,
+                    old-locale >= 1,
+                    old-time >= 1,
+                    time >= 1,
+                    binary >= 0.5,
+                    QuickCheck >= 2
+  exposed-modules:  Network.Hakyll.SimpleServer
+                    Text.Hakyll
+                    Text.Hakyll.Context
+                    Text.Hakyll.File
+                    Text.Hakyll.Hakyll
+                    Text.Hakyll.Regex
+                    Text.Hakyll.Render
+                    Text.Hakyll.RenderAction
+                    Text.Hakyll.Renderables
+                    Text.Hakyll.Paginate
+                    Text.Hakyll.Util
+                    Text.Hakyll.Tags
+                    Text.Hakyll.Rss
+                    Text.Hakyll.Internal.Cache
+                    Text.Hakyll.Internal.CompressCss
+                    Text.Hakyll.Internal.Page
+                    Text.Hakyll.Internal.Render
+                    Text.Hakyll.Internal.Template
+  other-modules:    Paths_hakyll

src/Text/Hakyll.hs

@@ -28,16 +28,23 @@ import Text.Hakyll.File
 -- | The default hakyll configuration.
 defaultHakyllConfiguration :: HakyllConfiguration
 defaultHakyllConfiguration = HakyllConfiguration
-    { additionalContext = M.empty
-    , siteDirectory = "_site"
-    , cacheDirectory = "_cache"
-    , enableIndexUrl = False
-    , previewPollDelay = 1000000
+    { absoluteUrl       = ""
+    , additionalContext = M.empty
+    , siteDirectory     = "_site"
+    , cacheDirectory    = "_cache"
+    , enableIndexUrl    = False
+    , previewPollDelay  = 1000000
     }
 
--- | Main function to run Hakyll with the default configuration.
-hakyll :: Hakyll () -> IO ()
-hakyll = hakyllWithConfiguration defaultHakyllConfiguration
+-- | Main function to run Hakyll with the default configuration. The
+--   absolute URL is only used in certain cases, for example RSS feeds et
+--   cetera.
+hakyll :: String    -- ^ Absolute URL of your site. Used in certain cases.
+       -> Hakyll () -- ^ You code.
+       -> IO ()
+hakyll absolute = hakyllWithConfiguration configuration
+  where
+    configuration = defaultHakyllConfiguration { absoluteUrl = absolute }
 
 -- | Main function to run hakyll with a custom configuration.
 hakyllWithConfiguration :: HakyllConfiguration -> Hakyll () -> IO ()

src/Text/Hakyll/Hakyll.hs

@@ -3,26 +3,30 @@ module Text.Hakyll.Hakyll
     ( HakyllConfiguration (..)
     , Hakyll
     , askHakyll
+    , getAdditionalContext
     ) where
 
 import Control.Monad.Reader (ReaderT, ask)
 import Control.Monad (liftM)
+import qualified Data.Map as M
 
 import Text.Hakyll.Context (Context)
 
 -- | Hakyll global configuration type.
 data HakyllConfiguration = HakyllConfiguration
-    { -- | An additional context to use when rendering. This additional context
+    { -- | Absolute URL of the site.
+      absoluteUrl       :: String
+    , -- | An additional context to use when rendering. This additional context
       --   is used globally.
       additionalContext :: Context
     , -- | Directory where the site is placed.
-      siteDirectory :: FilePath
+      siteDirectory     :: FilePath
     , -- | Directory for cache files.
-      cacheDirectory :: FilePath
+      cacheDirectory    :: FilePath
     , -- | Enable index links.
-      enableIndexUrl :: Bool
+      enableIndexUrl    :: Bool
     , -- | Delay between polls in preview mode.
-      previewPollDelay :: Int
+      previewPollDelay  :: Int
     }
 
 -- | Our custom monad stack.
@@ -39,3 +43,8 @@ type Hakyll = ReaderT HakyllConfiguration IO
 --
 askHakyll :: (HakyllConfiguration -> a) -> Hakyll a
 askHakyll = flip liftM ask
+
+getAdditionalContext :: HakyllConfiguration -> Context
+getAdditionalContext configuration =
+    M.insert "absolute" (absoluteUrl configuration)
+             (additionalContext configuration)

src/Text/Hakyll/Internal/Render.hs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pureRenderWith manipulation template context =
 --   chains and such.
 writePage :: RenderAction Context ()
 writePage = createRenderAction $ \initialContext -> do
-    additionalContext' <- askHakyll additionalContext
+    additionalContext' <- askHakyll getAdditionalContext
     let url = fromMaybe (error "No url defined at write time.")
                         (M.lookup "url" initialContext)
         body = fromMaybe "" (M.lookup "body" initialContext)

src/Text/Hakyll/RenderAction.hs

@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ createManipulationAction :: ContextManipulation -> RenderAction Context Context
 createManipulationAction = createRenderAction . (return .)
 
 chain :: [RenderAction a a] -> RenderAction a a
-chain = foldl1 (>>>)
+chain []         = id
+chain list@(_:_) = foldl1 (>>>) list
 
 runRenderAction :: RenderAction () a -> Hakyll a
 runRenderAction action = actionFunction action ()

src/Text/Hakyll/Renderables.hs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ createCustomPage url dependencies association = RenderAction
     mtuple (a, b) = b >>= \b' -> return (a, b')
     toHakyllString = second (either return runRenderAction)
     assoc' = mapM (mtuple . toHakyllString) $ ("url", Left url) : association
-    dataDependencies = (map snd association) >>= getDependencies
+    dataDependencies = map snd association >>= getDependencies
     getDependencies (Left _) = []
     getDependencies (Right x) = actionDependencies x
 

src/Text/Hakyll/Rss.hs

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+-- | A Module that allows easy rendering of RSS feeds.
+module Text.Hakyll.Rss
+    ( RssConfiguration (..)
+    , renderRss
+    , renderRssWith
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Arrow ((>>>), second)
+import Control.Monad.Reader (liftIO)
+
+import Text.Hakyll.Context (ContextManipulation)
+import Text.Hakyll.Hakyll (Hakyll)
+import Text.Hakyll.Render (render, renderChain)
+import Text.Hakyll.Renderables (createListingWith)
+import Text.Hakyll.RenderAction (Renderable)
+
+import Paths_hakyll
+
+data RssConfiguration = RssConfiguration
+    { -- | Url of the RSS feed (relative to site root). For example, @rss.xml@.
+      rssUrl         :: String
+    , -- | Title of the RSS feed.
+      rssTitle       :: String
+    , -- | Description of the RSS feed.
+      rssDescription :: String
+    }
+
+createRssWith :: ContextManipulation
+              -> RssConfiguration
+              -> [Renderable]
+              -> FilePath
+              -> FilePath
+              -> Renderable
+createRssWith manipulation configuration renderables template itemTemplate =
+    listing >>> render template
+  where
+    listing = createListingWith manipulation (rssUrl configuration) itemTemplate
+                                renderables additional
+
+    additional = map (second $ Left . ($ configuration))
+        [ ("title", rssTitle)
+        , ("description", rssDescription)
+        ]
+
+renderRss :: RssConfiguration -> [Renderable] -> Hakyll ()
+renderRss = renderRssWith id
+
+renderRssWith :: ContextManipulation
+              -> RssConfiguration
+              -> [Renderable]
+              -> Hakyll ()
+renderRssWith manipulation configuration renderables = do
+    template <- liftIO $ getDataFileName "templates/rss.xml"
+    itemTemplate <- liftIO $ getDataFileName "templates/rss-item.xml"
+    let renderRssWith' = createRssWith manipulation configuration
+                                       renderables template itemTemplate
+    renderChain [] renderRssWith'

src/Text/Hakyll/Tags.hs

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 --   is to place pages in subdirectories.
 --
 --   An example, the page @posts\/coding\/2010-01-28-hakyll-categories.markdown@
---   would be placed under the `coding` category.
---
 --   Tags or categories are read using the @readTagMap@ and @readCategoryMap@
 --   functions. Because categories are implemented using tags - categories can
 --   be seen as tags, with the restriction that a page can only have one