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Various scripts and programs for the tildeverse.
## tildelog
-Use **tildelog** to easily create a simple log for your tilde.
+Use **tildelog** to easily create a simple log for your tilde. [Create new posts](https://github.com/thebaer/tildes/tree/master/tildelog/entries#tildelog-entries) in the `tildelog/entries/` folder, then run this:
+
+```bash
+cd tildelog
+go build tildelog.go
+./tildelog -template mytildelog
+```
+
+This will use any template in `tildelog/templates/` defined with _mytildelog_ (see below) to generate your full tildelog page.
+
+#### templates
+
+Your template should look like this.
+
+```html
+{{define "mytildelog"}}
+
+
+ My ~log!
+
+
+ ~log
+ Welcome to my ~log.
+ {{template "log" .}}
+
+
+{{end}}
+```
## code
Use **code** to generate a list of files contained within a given directory under their home folder. This was originally made to see who had a **Code** directory (this is the default), but you can specify whatever common directory you'd like to find. Do this: