moved skeleton files to cache so that the python code doesn't need to be updated dynamically.

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ A terminal-style home page replicating the tree command, modified from [this](ht
 </div>
 
 # Usage
+## Requirements
+Requires the `bs4` python package.
+
 ## Installation
 To install StartTree for the first time, run the following commands:  
 (Note: If the `~/.config/StartTree` directory already exists, `init.sh` will not copy the example config to prevent accidentally overwriting a custom config. )
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ tree_1: # each column should be named 'tree_X' where X is unique for each tree.
     # or containing characters that cannot be in a yaml variable name.
     frontpage: 
       - "https://www.reddit.com/"
-      - "front page" # 
+      - "front page"
     unixporn: "https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/"
 tree_2:
   other:
@@ -80,10 +83,4 @@ vim docker-compose.yaml # edit specifics to your liking
 docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up -d
 ```
 
-This will make the `NGINX` server persist across reboots. You can point your browser's new tab and home page to `localhost:p<port#>` and you should see your startpage!
-
-### NOTE: 
-
-Currently, docker is unaware if a file changes on the fly (like generating a new colorscheme or adding new shortcuts), so you have to restart the container with
-
-`docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml restart <servicename>`
+This will make the `NGINX` server persist across reboots. You can point your browser's new tab and home page to `localhost:<port#>` and you should see your startpage!

generate.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/python3
 
 import yaml
-import os
 from os.path import expanduser
 from shutil import copyfile
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
@@ -9,10 +8,6 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 # get home directory
 home = expanduser("~")
 
-# install script will fill this in
-# replace line
-repo_dir = "/home/paul/Documents/GitHub/StartTree"
-
 # get config path
 config_dir = home + '/.config/StartTree'
 config_path = home + '/.config/StartTree/config.yaml'
@@ -28,7 +23,6 @@ def prettifyHTML(html):
 def parse_yaml():
     with open(config_path, mode='r') as file:
         file_dict = yaml.full_load(file)
-        file.close()
     return file_dict
 
 def print_keys(dictionary):
@@ -78,7 +72,7 @@ def gen_html(file_dict):
     print("Generating index.html...")
 
     # open files
-    skeleton_html = open(repo_dir + '/skeletons/index.html', 'r')
+    skeleton_html = open(cache_dir + '/skeletons/index.html', 'r')
     cache_html = open(cache_dir + '/index.html', 'w+')
 
     # copy skeleton_html to cache_html until Column Start comment
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ def gen_html(file_dict):
     print("Done!")
 
 def gen_style(file_dict):
-    skeleton_style = open(repo_dir + '/skeletons/style.css', 'r')
+    skeleton_style = open(cache_dir + '/skeletons/style.css', 'r')
     cache_style = open(cache_dir + '/styles/style.css', 'w')
 
     # find style attributes in file_dict
@@ -119,7 +113,7 @@ def gen_style(file_dict):
     if theme == "pywal":
         theme = home + '/.cache/wal/colors.css'
     else:
-        theme = repo_dir + '/themes/' + theme + '.css'
+        theme = cache_dir + '/themes/' + theme + '.css'
 
     copyfile(theme, home + '/.cache/StartTree/styles/colors.css')
 

init.sh

@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ config_dir=$HOME/.config/StartTree
 config_path=$HOME/.config/StartTree/config.yaml
 cache_dir=$HOME/.cache/StartTree
 
-# install pip reqs
-echo "Downloading pip dependencies..."
-pip install --user bs4
-
 # check if .config path exists
 if [ ! -d "$HOME/.config" ]; then
   echo "The directory '~/.config' does not exist, or you do not have permissions to edit it."
@@ -20,6 +16,12 @@ if [ ! -d "$HOME/.cache" ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
+# check if .local/bin exists
+if [ ! -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ]; then
+  echo "The directory '~/.local/bin' does not exist, or you do not have permissions to edit it."
+  exit
+fi
+
 # check if .config/StartTree exists, create it and config if not
 if [ ! -d "$config_dir" ]; then
   echo "Creating '~/.config/StartTree'..."
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ if [ ! -d "$cache_dir" ]; then
   echo "Symlinking themes..."
   ln -s $(pwd)/themes $HOME/.cache/StartTree/themes
 
+  echo "Symlinking skeleton files..."
+  ln -s $(pwd)/skeletons $HOME/.cache/StartTree/skeletons
+
   echo "Creating '$cache_dir/styles'..."
   mkdir "$cache_dir/styles"
 fi
@@ -64,5 +69,3 @@ echo "Make sure this directory is in your \$PATH"
 
 FILEPATH=$(readlink -f "docker/data/default.conf")
 ln -s $FILEPATH $HOME/.cache/StartTree/default.conf
-
-sed -i "/# replace line/{n;s@.*@repo_dir = \"$(pwd)\"@}" generate.py