.lapis.yml File

Overview

Lapis uses pelican settings whenever possible, but some options are specific to lapis and they are contained in a file called .lapis.yml in your home directory.

Example

---
# terminal color options
termcolors:
    # enables terminal colors (default: no)
    enabled: yes

# selects the editor (default: vim)
editor: vim

# selects default markup language (default: markdown)
markup: markdown

# preferred articles stub
article_path: posts/{year}/{month}

Options

The follow is a complete list of options for the lapis configuration file:

termcolors > enabled

(yes|no) 
Whether the terminal should display colors for lapis commands.

editor

supported: (vim, *any*)
Name of the editor that you want to use with lapis.

markup

supported: (markdown, restructuredtext)
default: markdown
Name of the format you preferred to use.

article_path

supported format specifiers: (year, month, day, category)
Preferred path to the articles that lapis creates under the content directory. You should quote this argument to avoid YAML syntax errors.

Example

article_path: "posts/{category}/{year}/{month}/{day}"