From 47788d5a43f2fccbfc2336a81ca2e092c6d1df61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:04:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Formatting of welcome text

---
 defaultwelcome/en.txt  |  5 +++++
 defaultwelcome/en.txt~ |  1 +
 webapp_utils.py        | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 webapp_welcome.py      |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 defaultwelcome/en.txt
 create mode 100644 defaultwelcome/en.txt~

diff --git a/defaultwelcome/en.txt b/defaultwelcome/en.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e8186fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultwelcome/en.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Welcome
+
+Epicyon is an ActivityPub server designed for self-hosting of a few people on low power systems such as single board computers or old laptops. It's intended to be as easy as possible to install and maintain.
+
+
diff --git a/defaultwelcome/en.txt~ b/defaultwelcome/en.txt~
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..334cab178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultwelcome/en.txt~
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Welcome to Epicyon
diff --git a/webapp_utils.py b/webapp_utils.py
index 64b1cae89..1ab1afd40 100644
--- a/webapp_utils.py
+++ b/webapp_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ from content import addHtmlTags
 from content import replaceEmojiFromTags
 
 
+def markdownToHtml(markdown: str) -> str:
+    """Converts markdown formatted text to html
+    """
+    linesList = markdown.split('\n')
+    htmlStr = ''
+    for line in linesList:
+        if line.startswith('#####'):
+            line = line.replace('#####', '<h5>').strip() + '</h5>'
+        elif line.startswith('####'):
+            line = line.replace('####', '<h4>').strip() + '</h4>'
+        elif line.startswith('###'):
+            line = line.replace('###', '<h3>').strip() + '</h3>'
+        elif line.startswith('##'):
+            line = line.replace('##', '<h2>').strip() + '</h2>'
+        elif line.startswith('#'):
+            line = line.replace('#', '<h1>').strip() + '</h1>'
+        htmlStr += line
+    return htmlStr
+
+
 def getBrokenLinkSubstitute() -> str:
     """Returns html used to show a default image if the link to
     an image is broken
diff --git a/webapp_welcome.py b/webapp_welcome.py
index 0cdecfe11..41f0f4d8f 100644
--- a/webapp_welcome.py
+++ b/webapp_welcome.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from shutil import copyfile
 from utils import getConfigParam
 from webapp_utils import htmlHeaderWithExternalStyle
 from webapp_utils import htmlFooter
+from webapp_utils import markdownToHtml
 
 
 def welcomeScreenShown(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str):
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ def htmlWelcomeScreen(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
             copyfile(defaultFilename, welcomeFilename)
     if os.path.isfile(welcomeFilename):
         with open(baseDir + '/accounts/welcome.txt', 'r') as welcomeFile:
-            welcomeText = welcomeFile.read()
-            welcomeText = welcomeText.replace('\n', '<br>')
+            welcomeText = markdownToHtml(welcomeFile.read())
 
     welcomeForm = ''
     cssFilename = baseDir + '/epicyon-welcome.css'