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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 = self.app.read_template('new_person.tmpl')
        with open(pathname, 'w') as f:
            f.write(
                template %
                {
                    'name': name,
                    'basename': basename,
                })