JargonFile/makeJargon.py

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import os
import string
def jargonParseEntry(filename):
if not os.path.isfile(filename):
return []
entry = []
line = []
with open(filename) as fp:
line = fp.readlines()
fp.close()
text = ''
if len(line) > 2:
for i in range(len(line)):
if i == 0:
entry.append(line[i].replace('\n','').strip())
if i >= 2:
text = text + line[i]
text = text.replace('\n',' ')
entry.append(text.strip())
return entry
def jargonGetEntries(entriesDir):
entries = []
for dirName, subdirList, fileList in os.walk(entriesDir):
for filename in fileList:
entry = jargonParseEntry(entriesDir + '/' + filename)
if entry:
entries.append(entry)
return entries
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def jargonToManpage(manpageFilename, entries):
if not os.path.isdir("man"):
os.system("mkdir man")
fp = open(manpageFilename,'w')
fp.write(".TH \"The Jargon File\" 1 \"April 26, 2014\" \"\" \"The Jargon File\"\n\n")
for entry in entries:
title = entry[0]
text = entry[1]
fp.write(".SH " + title + "\n")
fp.write(text + "\n\n")
fp.close()
os.system("gzip " + manpageFilename)
print ""
print "manpage can be installed with the command:"
print "sudo install -m 644 " + manpageFilename + ".gz /usr/local/share/man/man1"
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if __name__ == "__main__":
entries = jargonGetEntries('entries')
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jargonToManpage("man/jargon.1", entries)