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+# Copyright 2010-2015  Lars Wirzenius
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+import cliapp
+import os
+import shutil
+import string
+import time
+
+import jtlib
+
+
+class NewPersonCommand(cliapp.Plugin):
+
+    def enable(self):
+        self.app.add_subcommand('new-person', self.run)
+
+    def run(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.app.settings['source'], 'people', basename + '.mdwn')
+
+        if os.path.exists(pathname):
+            raise cliapp.AppException('File %s already exists' % pathname)
+
+        template = '''\
+[[!meta title="%(name)s"]]
+
+[[!inline archive=yes pages="link(.)"]]
+'''
+
+        with open(pathname, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(
+                template %
+                {
+                    'name': name,
+                    'basename': basename,
+                })
+
+