#ifndef __BIAWEBUTIL__
#define __BIAWEBUTIL__
#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+
// "discount" markdown library is a C library and hence requires to be wrapped in
// extern "C"
extern "C" {
// utility functions for Biaweb that don't fit into any class and can be used by
// any class
namespace biaweb {
- // convert markdown
+ // load a string from file
+ std::string load_from_file (std::string filename) {
+ std::ifstream f (filename);
+ std::string r ((std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (f)),
+ (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ()));
+ return r;
+ }
+ // convert markdown
std::string convert_to_markdown (std::string str) {
// discount is a C library and it doesn't work well with C++ streams
// and there seems no way to get the output of any of these functions
// till a cleaner solution can be found.
MMIOT *doc;
doc = mkd_string (str.c_str(), str.size(), 0);
- FILE *f = fopen (".biaweb.tmp", "w");
+ char tempfile[20];
+ strcpy (tempfile, "/tmp/biawebXXXXXX");
+ int fd = mkstemp (tempfile);
+ FILE *f = fdopen (fd, "w");
markdown (doc, f, 0);
fclose (f);
- std::ifstream ftmp (".biaweb.tmp");
- std::string tmpl ( (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (ftmp)),
- (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ())
- );
- ftmp.close ();
+ std::string tmpl = load_from_file (tempfile);
mkd_cleanup (doc);
- remove (".biaweb.tmp");
+ remove (tempfile);
return tmpl;
}