# New tools, new fixes, new content!

2023.11.23

=> ../index.gmi Home


While I was writing a new series about a switch to OpenBSD, I realized most of
the pages on this capsule were missing links to the home page.  Upon editing
each and every file to fix this major bug, I also realized many pages were full
of ^M characters, which means md2gemini was putting the ASCII escape character
'\x0d' (Carriage Return) after every newline.  This is fairly annoying, so I've
switched to using lowdown for the Markdown to Gemini conversion (and removed
all the CR characters).  Also, EVERY page now has a home link, as will all
future pages.  I'll also be running the hunspell command on every new document
to catch spelling errors before they get published.

There are two new pages in the Core Dump as well, posted just today.  Overall
things have been changing very rapidly around here, though it's mostly for the
better.  The last two weeks have been quite productive in many ways, so I hope
the streak continues.  I've already written drafts for five new pages that will
be part of a series called "Adventures in OpenBSD", while my attempts to learn
the C programming language have made a bit of progress as well.  Some old toys
have been modified and turned into new tools for regular use, with plans to
keep tinkering until they're just right.  In fact, one of them was used to clip
all the CR characters from the offending files!

So that's where I'm at right now.  Finally, some stability!