refactored meta data parsing

now not requiring a `;` at the end of the lines

src/Parser.js

@@ -28,13 +28,32 @@ class Slide {
 	}
 }
 
+class SlideDeck {
+	metaData;
+	slides;
+
+	constructor() {
+		this.metaData = null;
+		this.slides   = [];
+	}
+
+	push(slide) {
+		this.slides.push(slide);
+	}
+
+	unshift(slide) {
+		this.slides.unshift(slide);
+	}
+}
+
 const tokenize = string => {
 	//console.log(util.inspect(marked.Lexer.rules.block.listItemStart, true, null, true));
 	return new Lexer({gfm : true}).lex(string);
 };
 
-const injectTitle = (deck, meta) => {
+const injectTitle = (deck) => {
 	const title = [];
+	const meta  = deck.metaData;
 
 	if (meta?.icon)
 		title.push({
@@ -93,11 +112,29 @@ const injectTitle = (deck, meta) => {
 	return deck;
 }
 
+const parseMetaData = source => {
+	const meta       = {};
+
+	for (const attribute of source.split('\n')) {
+		const trimmed = attribute.trim();
+		if (trimmed.length < 1 || (trimmed.charAt(0) === '/' && trimmed.charAt(1) === '/'))
+			continue;
+
+		const [key, value] = trimmed.split(':');
+		if (key.trim().length < 1 || value.trim().length < 1)
+			continue;
+		meta[key.trim()]   = value.trim();
+	}
+
+	console.table(meta);
+
+	return meta;
+};
+
 const parser = string => {
 	const tokenStream  = tokenize(string);
-	const slideDeck    = [];
+	const slideDeck    = new SlideDeck();
 	let   currentSlide = new Slide();
-	let   metaData     = null;
 
 	for (const token of tokenStream) {
 		if (token.type === "space" || (token.type === "heading" && token.depth === 1) || token.type === "html") {
@@ -105,14 +142,10 @@ const parser = string => {
 				slideDeck.push(currentSlide);
 				currentSlide = new Slide();
 			}
-			if (!metaData && token.type === "html" && token.text.charAt(2) === '-') {
+			// basically, if this is the forst comment, we expect meta data
+			if (!slideDeck.metaData && token.type === "html" && token.text.charAt(2) === '-') {
 				const metaString = token.text.replace(/(<!--|-->)/gi, "");
-				const meta       = {};
+				slideDeck.metaData = parseMetaData(metaString);
-				for (const attribute of metaString.split(';')) {
-					const [key, value] = attribute.split(':');
-					meta[key.trim()] = value.trim();
-				}
-				metaData = meta;
 			}
 
 			if (token.type === "heading")
@@ -124,7 +157,7 @@ const parser = string => {
 	if (currentSlide.content.length > 0)
 		slideDeck.push(currentSlide);
 
-	return injectTitle(slideDeck, metaData);
+	return injectTitle(slideDeck);
 };
 
 module.exports = {