3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

M gloss.py
M testout/a.html
M testsrc/a.gls

@@ 73,7 73,7 @@ def first_pass(slug, fp):
 	blocks = []
 	for line in lines:
 		if len(line) == 0 and block_type is not None:		# block end
-			blocks.append(Block(block_type, [html.escape(block_text)], block_meta))
+			blocks.append(Block(block_type, block_text, block_meta))
 			block_type = None
 			block_text = None
 			block_meta = ''


@@ 110,10 110,18 @@ def first_pass(slug, fp):
 	return GlsFile(slug, [*names], blocks, see_also)
 
 quote_pat = re.compile("((?:(?!@@)(?!//).)+)(?:@@((?:(?!//).)+))?(?://(.+))?")
+link_pat = re.compile("(?<!\\\\)<([^<>|]+)(?:\\|([^>]*))?>(?<!\\\\>)")
 
 
 ### GENERATION ###
-	
+
+def link_repl(mat):
+	url, name = map(lambda x: x if x is None else html.escape(x.strip()), mat.groups())
+	if name is not None and len(name) != 0:
+		return f'<a href="{url}">{name}</a>'
+	else:
+		return f'<a href="{url}">&lt;{url}&gt;</a>'
+
 @dataclass(init=False)
 class Indexes:
 	by_slug: Dict[str, GlsFile]


@@ 138,6 146,16 @@ class Indexes:
 		sorted(self.names_sorted, key=lambda x: len(x[0]))
 			
 def gen_inner_html(file, idx):
+	for block in file.blocks:		# populate external links, listify block.text
+		text = block.text
+		block.text = []
+		while (m := link_pat.search(text)) is not None:
+			s,e = m.span()
+			block.text.append(text[:s].replace('\\<', '<').replace('\\>', '>'))
+			text = text[e:]
+			block.text.append((link_repl(m),))
+		block.text.append(text)
+
 	blacklist = set()
 	for name, pat in idx.names_sorted:	# populate local links
 		if name in file.names:		# ...but not to the same file


@@ 162,12 180,12 @@ def gen_inner_html(file, idx):
 	
 	content = f"<h1>{html.escape(file.names[0])}</h1>"
 	for block in file.blocks:		# ok generate the html
-		text = ''.join(map(lambda x: x if type(x) == str else x[0], block.text))
+		text = ''.join(map(lambda x: html.escape(x) if type(x) == str else x[0], block.text))
 		if block.ty == 'para':
 			content += f"\n<p>{text}</p>"
 		elif block.ty == 'quote':
 			sauce, date, url = map(
-				lambda x: x if x is None else html.escape(x),
+				lambda x: x if x is None else html.escape(x.strip()),
 				quote_pat.match(block.meta).groups() )
 
 			content += "\n<div>\n\t<blockquote" + ('' if url is None else f' cite="{url}"') + '>'

@@ 9,15 9,16 @@
 <h1>The Letter A</h1>
 <p>this is a paragraph block. these lines will be folded into one string and ultimately rendered roughly the same in the browser.</p>
 <div>
-	<blockquote>this is a quote block</blockquote>
-	<p>&mdash; <cite>aleteoryx</cite></p>
+	<blockquote cite="https://aleteoryx.me">this is a quote block</blockquote>
+	<p>&mdash; <cite><a href="https://aleteoryx.me">aleteoryx</a></cite>, 2025</p>
 </div>
+<p><a href="http://example.com">example page</a></p>
 <hr>
 <h3>See Also:</h3>
 <ul>
 	<li><a href="b.html">The Letter B</a></li>
 </li>
 </main>
-<footer>File last modified Thu, 2025-14-40 18:40:06 </footer>
+<footer>File last modified Fri, 2025-15-51 00:51:02 </footer>
 </body>
 </html>

@@ 7,7 7,9 @@ string and ultimately rendered roughly
 the same in the browser.
 
 > this is a quote block
-~aleteoryx
+~aleteoryx @@ 2025 // https://aleteoryx.me
+
+<http://example.com|example page>
 
 ***
 b