feat: generate_summary and generate_description match hugo better.

AGENTS.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ thor/
 ├── feed.odin           # RSS + sitemap generation
 ├── vfs.odin            # Union file system (defaults → modules → site)
 ├── assets.odin         # VFS-based asset copying
-├── html.odin           # HTML helpers: strip_html_tags, unescape_html, generate_summary
+├── html.odin           # HTML helpers: strip_html_tags, unescape_html, generate_summary (word-count truncation), generate_description (scrub to plain text)
 ├── opengraph.odin      # Open_Graph struct + og_for_site/og_for_page
 ├── frontmatter.odin    # JSON frontmatter parser (supports nested og + lastmod)
 ├── defaults.odin       # DEFAULTS_PATH constant (#directory)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ thor/
 | `feed.odin` | RSS feed + sitemap XML. Uses `page.url` for canonical URLs. |
 | `vfs.odin` | Union file system: `VFS`, `build_vfs`, `mount_dir`, `mount_subdir`, `mount_recursive`, `vfs_get`, `vfs_get_entry`, `vfs_entry_data`. Layers defaults → modules → site. |
 | `assets.odin` | `copy_assets_dir` — iterates VFS entries with `assets/` prefix, minifies CSS, copies verbatim or via `os.copy_file`. |
-| `html.odin` | `strip_html_tags` (moved from render.odin), `unescape_html`, `generate_summary` (Hugo-style body summary for OG descriptions). |
+| `html.odin` | `strip_html_tags`, `unescape_html`, `generate_summary` (word-count truncation, zero-alloc), `generate_description` (HTML→plain text: strip tags, decode entities, collapse whitespace). |
 | `opengraph.odin` | `Open_Graph` struct (fields ordered per OGP spec, `is_article: Maybe(bool)`). `og_for_site(site)` for site defaults (from config + derived), `og_for_page(site_og, page)` for page-specific (overlay page.og + derive from page data). |
 | `frontmatter.odin` | JSON frontmatter parser (`{ }` delimited). Supports `layout`, `lastmod`, and nested `og` object (via `json_get_open_graph`). |
 | `defaults.odin` | `DEFAULTS_PATH` constant, resolved at compile time via `#directory` so bundled templates ship in the binary. |
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Content is **not yet in the VFS** — `scan_content` still uses direct filesyste
 - `is_article ← !page._is_index`
 - `section ← page.section`
 - `published_time / modified_time ← page.date / page.lastmod`
-- `description ← page.description`, else body summary (via `generate_summary`)
+- `description ← page.description`, else `generate_description(generate_summary(body_html))` (scrubbed plain text)
 
 Paths through maps (e.g. `params.*`) are silently allowed — not validated. Templates access via `{{og.url}}`, `{{og.title}}`, `{{#og.is_article}}`, etc.
 

TODOS.md

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 - [ ] return `src: cstring` from `load_query`.
 - [ ] Improve `unescape_html` with simd.
 - [ ] generate summary before syntax highlighting.
+- [ ] generate summary before markdown to html conversion.
+- [ ] mount_recursive is pretty significant
 
 
 ## Memory Management

html.odin

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ strip_html_tags :: proc(s: string, allocator := context.allocator) -> string {
 }
 
 unescape_html :: proc(s: string) -> string {
-	sb := strings.builder_make_len(len(s))
+	sb := strings.builder_make_len_cap(0, len(s))
 	defer strings.builder_destroy(&sb)
 
 	start := 0
@@ -72,73 +72,146 @@ unescape_html :: proc(s: string) -> string {
 	return strings.to_string(sb)
 }
 
-// generate_summary produces a plain-text summary of an HTML fragment.
+// generate_summary truncates an HTML string to the first max_words words.
-// Blocks (paragraphs, headings, list items) are extracted, their tags
+// Walks forward counting whitespace→text transitions, skipping tag interiors
-// stripped, entities decoded, and accumulated word-by-word until the
+// so spaces inside attributes don't count. Returns a substring of the
-// max_words threshold is crossed — at which point the rest of the
+// original — zero allocation. Mirrors Hugo's default (70 words).
-// current block is included before stopping. Mirrors Hugo's default
-// summary behavior.
 generate_summary :: proc(html: string, max_words: int = 70) -> string {
-	separated, _ := strings.replace_all(html, "</p>", "\n\n", context.temp_allocator)
+	if max_words <= 0 {
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</h1>", "\n\n")
+		return ""
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</h2>", "\n\n")
+	}
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</h3>", "\n\n")
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</h4>", "\n\n")
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</h5>", "\n\n")
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</h6>", "\n\n")
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</li>", "\n\n")
-	separated, _ = strings.replace_all(separated, "</blockquote>", "\n\n")
-
-	stripped := strip_html_tags(separated, context.temp_allocator)
-	plain := unescape_html(stripped)
-
-	blocks := strings.split(plain, "\n\n", allocator = context.temp_allocator)
-	defer delete(blocks)
-
-	sb := strings.builder_make(context.temp_allocator)
-	defer strings.builder_destroy(&sb)
-
 	word_count := 0
-	first := true
+	in_word := false
-	for raw_block in blocks {
+	in_tag := false
-		block := strings.trim_space(raw_block)
+	for i in 0 ..< len(html) {
-		if len(block) == 0 {
+		c := html[i]
+		if in_tag {
+			if c == '>' {
+				in_tag = false
+			}
 			continue
 		}
-
+		if c == '<' {
-		// Collapse internal whitespace to single spaces.
+			in_tag = true
-		block_sb := strings.builder_make(context.temp_allocator)
+			if in_word {
-		has_content := false
+				word_count += 1
-		in_space := true
+				if word_count >= max_words {
-		for c in block {
+					return html[:i]
-			if c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' {
-				in_space = true
-			} else {
-				if in_space && has_content {
-					strings.write_byte(&block_sb, ' ')
 				}
-				strings.write_rune(&block_sb, c)
+				in_word = false
-				in_space = false
-				has_content = true
 			}
+			continue
 		}
-		collapsed := strings.to_string(block_sb)
+		is_space := c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\t' || c == '\r'
-		words := strings.split(collapsed, " ", allocator = context.temp_allocator)
+		if is_space {
-
+			if in_word {
-		if !first && word_count > 0 {
+				word_count += 1
-			strings.write_byte(&sb, ' ')
+				if word_count >= max_words {
-		}
+					return html[:i]
-		strings.write_string(&sb, collapsed)
+				}
-		word_count += len(words)
+				in_word = false
-		first = false
+			}
-
+		} else {
-		delete(words)
+			in_word = true
-
-		if word_count >= max_words {
-			break
 		}
 	}
-
+	return html
-	return strings.to_string(sb)
 }
 
+// generate_description converts an HTML fragment to plain text by stripping
+// tags, decoding entities, and collapsing whitespace. Emits a space when
+// exiting any tag so block-level boundaries aren't lost. Intended for OG
+// descriptions — operate on the output of generate_summary for bounded input.
+generate_description :: proc(html: string, allocator := context.temp_allocator) -> string {
+	sb := strings.builder_make_len_cap(0, len(html), allocator)
+	defer strings.builder_destroy(&sb)
+
+	in_tag := false
+	prev_was_space := true
+	run_start := 0
+	i := 0
+	for i < len(html) {
+		c := html[i]
+		if in_tag {
+			if c == '>' {
+				in_tag = false
+				if !prev_was_space {
+					strings.write_byte(&sb, ' ')
+					prev_was_space = true
+				}
+			}
+			i += 1
+			run_start = i
+			continue
+		}
+		if c == '<' {
+			if i > run_start {
+				strings.write_string(&sb, html[run_start:i])
+				prev_was_space = false
+			}
+			in_tag = true
+			i += 1
+			continue
+		}
+		if c == '&' {
+			if i > run_start {
+				strings.write_string(&sb, html[run_start:i])
+				prev_was_space = false
+			}
+			semi := strings.index(html[i:], ";")
+			if semi > 0 && semi <= 5 {
+				entity := html[i:i + semi + 1]
+				replacement := ""
+				switch entity {
+				case "&amp;":
+					replacement = "&"
+				case "&lt;":
+					replacement = "<"
+				case "&gt;":
+					replacement = ">"
+				case "&quot;":
+					replacement = "\""
+				case "&#39;", "&apos;":
+					replacement = "'"
+				case:
+					replacement = ""
+				}
+				if replacement != "" {
+					strings.write_string(&sb, replacement)
+					prev_was_space = false
+					i += semi + 1
+					run_start = i
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			strings.write_byte(&sb, '&')
+			prev_was_space = false
+			i += 1
+			run_start = i
+			continue
+		}
+		if c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\t' || c == '\r' {
+			if i > run_start {
+				strings.write_string(&sb, html[run_start:i])
+				prev_was_space = false
+			}
+			if !prev_was_space {
+				strings.write_byte(&sb, ' ')
+				prev_was_space = true
+			}
+			i += 1
+			run_start = i
+			continue
+		}
+		i += 1
+	}
+	if i > run_start && !in_tag {
+		strings.write_string(&sb, html[run_start:i])
+	}
+
+	result := strings.to_string(sb)
+	if len(result) > 0 && result[len(result) - 1] == ' ' {
+		result = result[:len(result) - 1]
+	}
+	return result
+}

html_test.odin

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#+test
+package main
+
+import "core:testing"
+
+// --- generate_summary ---
+
+@(test)
+test_summary_short :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_summary("<p>Hello world</p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "<p>Hello world</p>")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_summary_word_limit :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_summary("<p>one two three four five</p>", max_words = 3)
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "<p>one two three")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_summary_empty :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_summary("")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_summary_no_words :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_summary("<p></p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "<p></p>")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_summary_tags_not_counted :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	html := `<pre><code><span class="hl-keyword">if</span> x</code></pre>`
+	result := generate_summary(html, max_words = 1)
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, `<pre><code><span class="hl-keyword">if`)
+}
+
+// --- generate_description ---
+
+@(test)
+test_description_simple :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<p>Hello world</p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Hello world")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_entities :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<p>Cats &amp; dogs &lt;3</p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Cats & dogs <3")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_nested_tags :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<p><strong>Bold</strong> text</p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Bold text")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_block_boundary :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<p>First</p><p>Second</p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "First Second")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_whitespace_collapse :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<p>  Multiple   spaces  </p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Multiple spaces")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_empty :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_plain_text :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("Just plain text")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Just plain text")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_highlighted_code :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description(
+		`<pre><code><span class="hl-keyword">if</span> x</code></pre>`,
+	)
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "if x")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_list_items :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<ul><li>One</li><li>Two</li></ul>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "One Two")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_headings :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<h1>Title</h1><p>Body</p>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Title Body")
+}
+
+@(test)
+test_description_blockquote :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	result := generate_description("<blockquote>Quote</blockquote>")
+	testing.expect_value(t, result, "Quote")
+}

opengraph.odin

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ og_for_page :: proc(site_og: Open_Graph, page: Page) -> Open_Graph {
 		description_set = true
 	}
 	if !description_set && is_article && page.body_html != "" {
-		og.description = generate_summary(page.body_html)
+		og.description = generate_description(generate_summary(page.body_html))
 		description_set = true
 	}
 	if !description_set {