# htmlized: you can read this site in html.

# this post is now irrelevant, see latest update.

the problem with plain text is that it does not really have a standard on how to rewrap it to other column sizes. i do not mind this, i just assume 80 columns as the universal width. however that does not play nice with kindle. it wraps plaintext quite awfully. there is not much it can do with plaintext. it can do a much better job with html. i quite dislike html but it is a widely used and supported format so it will do for this purpose. i have the full contents of this blog available in html at html.iio.ie. i host this on a separate server (github) because my little server only works for small, <100k byte long files. this limitation prevents me from creating overly long documents.

html.iio.ie contains the whole blog on one large site with minimal formatting so it is very easy to either open on kindle's browser or just download and convert it to a .mobi file. i wish more blogs and sites would allow easy binge reading.

i also publish the last 4 articles to https://iio.ie/latest so followers can still catch up in html without downloading everything on every visit. since this always fits my arbitrary <100k byte length limit, i am happy to host it myself.

note that i do not limit document width in the generated html because i think that is rude. making the text narrower is always easier. i can make the browser window narrower, use firefox's responsive design mode or its reading view, or just open the javascript console and enter "document.body.style.width = '30em';". making a document wider needs a phd in css.

update from 2020: i read a tutorial about css which is almost the same as a phd. on desktop the bottom right corner now has a small, draggable widget. you can use that to make the text narrower or wider to your preference.

update from 2021: i gave up on the draggable widget, it didn't really work well in some cases. i now just set body's max-width to 50em and call it a day. hopefully that's reasonable and not too narrow. yes, i'm rude now. :(

update 2 from 2021: this site is now all html. this whole post is void. see @/redesign about the change.

published on 2017-12-02, last modified on 2021-09-06

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