Add new-person subcommand

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/jt b/jt
index a60b34e..0df63bd 100755
--- a/jt
+++ b/jt
@@ -223,4 +223,40 @@ class JournalTool(cliapp.Application):
                 ['git', 'push', 'origin', 'HEAD'],
                 cwd=self.settings['source'])
 
+    def cmd_new_person(self, args):
+        '''Create a page to list all notes referring to a person.
+
+        This is probably only useful to Lars's personal journal.
+
+        '''
+
+        if len(args) != 1:
+            raise cliapp.AppException(
+                'Need the name of a person (in Last, First form)')
+
+        def normalise(name):
+            s = name.lower()
+            s = ' '.join(s.split(','))
+            s = '.'.join(s.split())
+            return s
+
+        name = args[0]
+        basename = normalise(name)
+        pathname = os.path.join(
+            self.settings['source'], 'people', basename + '.mdwn')
+
+        if os.path.exists(pathname):
+            raise cliapp.AppException('File %s already exists' % pathname)
+
+        with open(pathname, 'w') as f:
+            f.write('''\
+[[!meta title="%(name)s"]]
+
+[[!inline archive=yes pages="link(people/%(basename)s)"]]
+''' %
+                    {
+                    'name': name,
+                    'basename': basename,
+                    })
+
 JournalTool().run()