index.py

import glob
import os
import frontmatter  # pip install python-frontmatter
from collections import defaultdict

order = [
    "Countries",
    "Events",
    "Groups",
    "Companies",
    "Locations",
    "Technology",
    "Politics",
    "Other",
]

cats = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list))

for md in glob.glob("md-src/*.md"):
    name = os.path.basename(md)

    if name in ("index.md", "contributions.md", "search.md"):
        continue

    meta = frontmatter.load(md)
    title = meta["title"]
    cat = meta.get("tag", "Other")
    if "." in cat:
        main, sub = cat.split(".")
    else:
        main, sub = cat, None
    complete = meta.get("complete", False)
    cats[main][sub].append((title, name, complete))

print("---")
print('title: "Aetherworld"')
print("---\n")
print("""<style>
    .cols {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(10em, 1fr));
      gap: 2em;
      row-gap: 0.5em;

      margin: 0;
      padding: 0
    }
    
    .col {
      break-inside: avoid
    }
    
    h2 {
      text-decoration: underline
    }
    
    h2,
    h3 {
      margin-bottom: 0
    }
    </style>
    """)

print(
    "Pages marked with ▲ are relatively complete and good places to start exploring. For a general overview of aetherworld, check out the [[introduction]]. \n"
)


def printCat(main):
    print(f"::: {{.col}}\n## {main}")
    for page, link, complete in sorted(cats[main][None]):
        mark = ' <span class="complete"></span>' if complete else ""
        print(f"- [[{page}|{link}]]{mark}")

    for sub in sorted(s for s in cats[main] if s is not None):
        print(f"\n### {sub}")
        for page, link, complete in sorted(cats[main][sub]):
            mark = ' <span class="complete"></span>' if complete else ""
            print(f"- [[{page}|{link}]]{mark}")
    print(":::\n")


print("::: {.cols}")

for main in order:
    printCat(main)

for main in sorted(cats, key=str.lower):
    if main not in order:
        printCat(main)

print("\n:::")