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+*.conf
+*.temp
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+This is where all sources related to my Gemini capsule and my website.
+
+You will find both the content I write and the script I use to generate the html from
+the gemtext files.
+
+> Lots of things will change in the script to make it more flexible and sensible.
+
+I write everything in gemtext first and only then generate the html for the web.
+
+## Configuration
+The script needs a config file to provide the remote servers and some directory
+paths.
+
+```
+WORKDIR=~/dev/gemini-capsule
+ASSETS=$WORKDIR/assets
+
+LGMI=~/dev/gemini-capsule/content/
+RGMI=user@remote.server:/directory
+
+HTMLPARTS=~/dev/gemini-capsule/html-parts
+LHTML=~/dev/gemini-capsule/html-output/
+RHTML=user@remote.server:/directory
+```