web-drawings/utils.rb

require 'yaml'

$picture_files = (Dir.glob(File.join("source/content", "*.jpg")) +
  Dir.glob(File.join("source/content", "*.png"))).sort.reverse

def picture_info_hashes
  $picture_files.map {|path|
    base_filename = path.gsub(/\.[^.]+$/, "")
    info = {"description" => "Some drawing",
      "tags" => ["pencil", "scan", "mdscan"]}
    begin
      info = YAML.load(File.read(base_filename + ".yaml"))
    rescue Errno::ENOENT
    end
    {:id => File.basename(base_filename),
     :name => File.basename(path),
     :date => info["date"],
     :description => info["description"],
     :tags => info["tags"]}
  }
end