scrot and cache

treatmesubj · treatmesubj · commit 937e60c25d9e · 2023-04-12T11:08:46.000-05:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ optional arguments:
                         Specify alternative directory [default:current directory]
   --css_file CSS_FILE   css-file-path; its content will be written to the <style> element
   --live_md_rr LIVE_MD_RR, -l LIVE_MD_RR
-                        continuous refresh rate of MD page, in ms
+                        Continuous refresh rate of MD page, in ms. Respects cache
 ```
 
 ### Markdown-to-HTML Out-File
diff --git a/httpmdhtml/md_to_html.py b/httpmdhtml/md_to_html.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def markdown_to_html(MarkdownIt_obj, in_file_path, out_file_path="tmp.html",
     soup = BeautifulSoup(html_text, 'html5lib') # adds <html>, <head>,  <body>
     soup.select_one('head').append(soup.new_tag("meta"))
     soup.select_one('meta').attrs['charset'] = "UTF-8"
+    # if lots of images, caching is preferable more often than not
+    # soup.select_one('meta').attrs['http-equiv'] = "Cache-control"
+    # soup.select_one('meta').attrs['content'] = "no-cache"
     soup.select_one('head').append(soup.new_tag("style"))
     if css_file:
         with open(css_file, 'r') as f:
diff --git a/httpmdhtml/server.py b/httpmdhtml/server.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def do_GET(self, rm_temp_html=False):
     parser.add_argument('--css_file', default=None,
                          help='css-file-path; its content will be written to the <style> element')
     parser.add_argument('--live_md_rr', '-l', action='store', type=int, default=None,
-                         help='continuous refresh rate of MD page, in ms')
+                         help='Continuous refresh rate of MD page, in ms. Respects cache')
     parser.add_argument('port', action='store',
                         default=8000, type=int,
                         nargs='?',
diff --git a/scrot.png b/scrot.png
