New file -- creates FAQ.html.

Misc/faq2html.py

+#! /usr/local/bin/python
+
+# Convert the Python FAQ to HTML
+
+import string
+import regex
+import regsub
+import sys
+import os
+
+FAQ = 'FAQ'
+
+chapterprog = regex.compile('^\([1-9][0-9]*\)\. ')
+questionprog = regex.compile('^\([1-9][0-9]*\)\.\([1-9][0-9]*\)\. ')
+newquestionprog = regex.compile('^Q\. ')
+blankprog = regex.compile('^[ \t]*$')
+indentedorblankprog = regex.compile('^\([ \t]+\|[ \t]*$\)')
+underlineprog = regex.compile('^==*$')
+eightblanksprog = regex.compile('^\(        \| *\t\)')
+mailheaderprog = regex.compile('^\(Subject\|Newsgroups\|Followup-To\|From\|Reply-To\|Approved\|Archive-name\|Version\|Last-modified\): +')
+urlprog = regex.compile('<URL:\([^>]*\)>')
+ampprog = regex.compile('&')
+aprog = regex.compile('^A\. +')
+qprog = regex.compile('>Q\. +')
+qrefprog = regex.compile('question +\([0-9]\.[0-9]+\)')
+versionprog = regex.compile('^Version: ')
+emailprog = regex.compile('<\([^>@:]+@[^>@:]+\)>')
+
+def main():
+    print 'Reading lines...'
+    lines = open(FAQ, 'r').readlines()
+    print 'Renumbering in memory...'
+    oldlines = lines[:]
+    after_blank = 1
+    chapter = 0
+    question = 0
+    chapters = ['<OL>']
+    questions = ['<OL>']
+    for i in range(len(lines)):
+	line = lines[i]
+	if after_blank:
+	    n = chapterprog.match(line)
+	    if n >= 0:
+		chapter = chapter + 1
+		if chapter != 1:
+		    questions.append('</UL>\n')
+		question = 0
+		lines[i] = '<H2>' + line[n:-1] + '</H2>\n'
+		chapters.append('<LI> ' + line[n:])
+		questions.append('<LI> ' + line[n:])
+		questions.append('<UL>\n')
+		afterblank = 0
+		continue
+	    n = underlineprog.match(line)
+	    if n >= 0:
+		lines[i] = ''
+		continue
+	    n = questionprog.match(line)
+	    if n < 0: n = newquestionprog.match(line) - 3
+	    if n >= 0:
+		question = question + 1
+		number = '%d.%d'%(chapter, question)
+		lines[i] = '<A NAME="' + number + '"><H3>' + line[n:]
+		questions.append('<LI><A HREF="#' + \
+				 number + '">' + line[n:])
+		# Add up to 4 continuations of the question
+		n = len(number)
+		for j in range(i+1, i+5):
+		    if blankprog.match(lines[j]) >= 0:
+			lines[j-1] = lines[j-1] + '</H3></A>'
+			questions[-1] = \
+			      questions[-1][:-1] + '</A>\n'
+			break
+		    questions.append(' '*(n+2) + lines[j])
+		afterblank = 0
+		continue
+	afterblank = (blankprog.match(line) >= 0)
+    print 'Inserting list of chapters...'
+    chapters.append('</OL>\n')
+    for i in range(len(lines)):
+	line = lines[i]
+	if regex.match(
+		  '^This FAQ is divided in the following chapters',
+		  line) >= 0:
+	    i = i+1
+	    while 1:
+		line = lines[i]
+		if indentedorblankprog.match(line) < 0:
+		    break
+		del lines[i]
+	    lines[i:i] = chapters
+	    break
+    else:
+	print '*** Can\'t find header for list of chapters'
+	print '*** Chapters found:'
+	for line in chapters: print line,
+    print 'Inserting list of questions...'
+    questions.append('</UL></OL>\n')
+    for i in range(len(lines)):
+	line = lines[i]
+	if regex.match('^Here.s an overview of the questions',
+		  line) >= 0:
+	    i = i+1
+	    while 1:
+		line = lines[i]
+		if indentedorblankprog.match(line) < 0:
+		    break
+		del lines[i]
+	    lines[i:i] = questions
+	    break
+    else:
+	print '*** Can\'t find header for list of questions'
+	print '*** Questions found:'
+	for line in questions: print line,
+    # final cleanup
+    print "Final cleanup..."
+    doingpre = 0
+    for i in range(len(lines)):
+	# set lines indented by >= 8 spaces using PRE
+	# blank lines either terminate PRE or separate paragraphs
+	n = eightblanksprog.match(lines[i])
+	if n < 0: n = mailheaderprog.match(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    if versionprog.match(lines[i]) > 0:
+		version = string.split(lines[i])[1]
+	    if doingpre == 0:
+		lines[i] = '<PRE>\n' + lines[i]
+		doingpre = 1
+		continue
+	n = blankprog.match(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    # print '*** ', lines[i-1], doingpre
+	    if doingpre == 1:
+		lines[i] = '</PRE><P>\n'
+		doingpre = 0
+	    else:
+		lines[i] = '<P>\n'
+	    continue
+
+	# & -> &amp;
+	n = ampprog.search(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    lines[i] = regsub.gsub(ampprog, '&amp;', lines[i])
+	    # no continue - there might be other changes to the line...
+
+	# zap all the 'Q.' and 'A.' leaders - what happened to the
+	# last couple?
+	n = qprog.search(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    lines[i] = regsub.sub(qprog, '>', lines[i])
+	    # no continue - there might be other changes to the line...
+
+	n = aprog.search(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    lines[i] = regsub.sub(aprog, '', lines[i])
+	    # no continue - there might be other changes to the line...
+
+	# patch up hard refs to questions
+	n = qrefprog.search(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    lines[i] = regsub.sub(qrefprog,
+				  '<A HREF="#\\1">question \\1</A>', lines[i])
+	    # no continue - there might be other changes to the line...
+
+	# make <URL:...> into actual links
+	n = urlprog.search(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    lines[i] = regsub.gsub(urlprog, '<A HREF="\\1">\\1</A>', lines[i])
+	    # no continue - there might be other changes to the line...
+
+	# make <user@host.domain> into <mailto:...> links
+	n = emailprog.search(lines[i])
+	if n >= 0:
+	    lines[i] = regsub.gsub(emailprog,
+				   '<A HREF="mailto:\\1">\\1</A>', lines[i])
+	    # no continue - there might be other changes to the line...
+
+    lines[0:0] = ['<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Python Frequently Asked Questions v',
+		  version,
+		  '</TITLE>\n',
+		  '</HEAD><body>\n',
+		  '(This file was generated using',
+		  '<A HREF="faq2html.py">faq2html.py</A>.)<P>\n']
+    lines.append('<P></BODY></HTML>\n')
+
+    print 'Writing html file...'
+    f = open(FAQ + '.html', 'w')
+    for line in lines:
+	f.write(line)
+    f.close()
+    print 'Done.'
+
+main()