modified: ReadEtextsActivity.py

modified:   activity/activity.info
modified:   help.txt
new file:   pgconvert.py
Add word wrapping conversion for text files.

1 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pgconvert.py b/pgconvert.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009 James D. Simmons
+#
+# 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+import getopt
+import sys
+
+# This is a script to take the a file in PG format and convert it to a text file readable by Read Etexts that does
+# not have newlines at the end of each line.
+
+def convert(file_path,  output_path):
+
+    pg_file = open(file_path,"r")
+    out = open(output_path, 'w')
+    previous_line_length = 0
+
+    while pg_file:
+        line = pg_file.readline()
+        outline = ''
+        if not line:
+            break
+        # print line
+        if len(line) == 2 and not previous_line_length  == 2:
+            # Blank line separates paragraphs
+            outline = line + '\r\n'
+            # print 'first blank line'''
+        elif len(line) == 2 and previous_line_length == 2:
+            outline = line
+            # print 'multiple blank lines'
+        elif line[0] == ' ' or (line[0] >= '0' and line[0] <= '9'):
+            outline = '\r\n' + line[0:len(line)-2] 
+            # print 'non-wrapped line;'
+        else:
+            outline = line[0:len(line)-2] + ' '
+            # print 'wrapped line'
+        out.write(outline)
+        previous_line_length = len(line)
+    pg_file.close()
+    out.close()
+    print "All done!"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "")
+        convert(args[0],  args[1])
+    except getopt.error, msg:
+        print msg
+        print "This program has no options"
+        sys.exit(2)