app/lib/kind-words.ts

Functions

Imports

It imports no other module of this repo. Imported by app/components/editor/frontmatter-fields.tsx, app/lib/writing/binder.ts, app/routes/editor.tsx, app/routes/history.tsx, app/routes/project.tsx.

Source

1// The words for a kind the site reports, so a phage is called a phage and not a post. Carrel has no
2// list of kinds: these are made from the site's own kind name, whatever it is.
3
4/** The kind as a heading word: "phage" is "Phage". An item with no kind is a post. */
5export function kindWord(kind: string | null | undefined): string {
6  const k = kind || "post";
7  return `${k.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}${k.slice(1)}`;
8}
9
10/** The kind in the plural, as a heading word: "Posts", "Dictionaries", "Addresses". */
11export function kindPlural(kind: string | null | undefined): string {
12  const word = kindWord(kind);
13  if (/[^aeiou]y$/i.test(word)) return `${word.slice(0, -1)}ies`;
14  if (/(s|x|z|ch|sh)$/i.test(word)) return `${word}es`;
15  return `${word}s`;
16}
17
18/** The kind inside a sentence: "this phage". */
19export const kindNoun = (kind: string | null | undefined) => (kind || "post").toLowerCase();