9.1.2 Format of a Blosxom entry and automation

Each Blosxom file must include `#date yyyy-mm-dd', or optionally the longer `#date yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm', a title (using the #title directive), plus whatever normal content is desired.

The date directive is not used directly by pyblosxom.cgi or this program. You need to have the two additional items from the former section to make use of this feature.

There is a function called muse-blosxom-new-entry that will automate the process of making a new blog entry. To make use of it, do the following.

• Customize muse-blosxom-base-directory to the location that your blog entries are stored.
• Assign the muse-blosxom-new-entry function to a key sequence. I use the following code to assign this function to C-c p l'.

            (global-set-key "\C-cpl" 'muse-blosxom-new-entry)
  

• You should create your directory structure ahead of time under your base directory. These directories, which correspond with category names, may be nested.
• When you enter this key sequence, you will be prompted for the category of your entry and its title. Upon entering this information, a new file will be created that corresponds with the title, but in lowercase letters and having special characters converted to underscores. The title and date directives will be inserted automatically.