commit code crimes for better footnote formatting

build.pl

@@ -42,31 +42,59 @@ sub post_to_meta {
     my %metadata;
 
     open(MDIN, '<', $fname) or die "Unable to open $fname: " . $!;
+
+    # "parsing" loop
+    my $contentlevel = "";
+    my %content;
     while (<MDIN>) {
         chomp;
-        if (/^(.+)?=(.*)$/) {
-            $metadata{$1} = $2;
-        } elsif (/^---$/) {
-            last;
+        if (/^--(.+)?--$/) {
+            $contentlevel = $1;
+            $content{$contentlevel} = "";
+        } elsif ($contentlevel eq "") {
+            if (/^(.+)?=(.*)$/) {
+                $metadata{$1} = $2;
+            } else {
+                warn basename($fname) . ":" . $. . ": malformed line; ignored"
+            }
         } else {
-            warn basename($fname) . ":" . $. . ": malformed line; ignored"
+            $content{$contentlevel} .= "$_\n";
         }
     }
-
-    my $body = do { local $/; <MDIN> };
     close(MDIN);
 
+    if (exists $content{"body"}) {
+        my $ifn = 0;
+        my %fn;
+        my $parser = Markdent::Simple::Fragment->new;
+
+        # perl regexes give people like me too much power
+        $content{"body"} =~ s{\$fn:(.+)\$}{
+            $fn{$1} = ++$ifn;
+            "<a class=\"fn\" name=\"fn-$1\" href=\"#fn-$1-text\">[" . $ifn . "]</a>"
+        }egm;
+
+        $metadata{content} = $parser->markdown_to_html(
+            dialects => 'GitHub',
+            markdown => $content{"body"}
+        );
+
+        # oh also, parse the footnotes
+        if (exists $content{"footnotes"}) {
+            $metadata{content} .= "\n<hr />\n";
+            $content{"footnotes"} =~ s{^fn:(.+):}{
+                "<a name=\"fn-$1-text\" href=\"#fn-$1\">^</a>" . $fn{$1} . ":"
+            }egm;
+            $metadata{content} .= $parser->markdown_to_html(
+                dialects => 'GitHub',
+                markdown => $content{"footnotes"}
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     # HACK: Stuffing the basename in the metadata because I don't want
     # to deal with hashes of hashes
     $metadata{fname} = basename($fname) unless exists($metadata{"fname"});
-    if ($body ne "") {
-        my $parser = Markdent::Simple::Fragment->new;
-
-        $metadata{content} = $parser->markdown_to_html(
-            dialects => 'GitHub',
-            markdown => $body
-        );
-    }
 
     %metadata;
 }

ptouch.pl

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ for (@fharr) {
         print "$fname:$.: Overwriting existing \`$metavar\'\n";
         $done++;
     }
-    if (s/^(---)$/$metavar=$timestamp\n$1/) {
+    if (s/^(--.+?--)$/$metavar=$timestamp\n$1/) {
         print "$fname:$.: Inserting new \`$metavar\'\n";
         $done++;
     }