Rewrote spec2md in python.

Better to only require python, not python and perl.

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/spec2md.py b/spec2md.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import re
+import sys
+
+stage = 0
+example = 0
+section = ""
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    specfile = sys.argv[1]
+else:
+    specfile = 'spec.txt'
+
+with open(specfile, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as spec:
+    for ln in spec:
+        if re.match(r'^\.$', ln):
+            if stage == 0:
+                example += 1
+                sys.stdout.write("\n<div class=\"example\" id=\"example-{0}\" data-section=\"{1}\">\n".format(example, section))
+                sys.stdout.write("<div class=\"examplenum\"><a href=\"#example-{0}\">Example {0}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"dingus\" title=\"open in interactive dingus\">(interact)</a></div>\n\n".format(example))
+                sys.stdout.write("````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` markdown\n")
+                stage = 1
+            elif stage == 1:
+                sys.stdout.write("`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n\n")
+                sys.stdout.write("````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` html\n")
+                stage = 2
+            elif stage == 2:
+                sys.stdout.write("`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n\n")
+                sys.stdout.write("</div>\n")
+                stage = 0
+            else:
+                sys.stderr.out("Encountered unknown stage {0}\n".format(stage))
+                sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            if stage == 0:
+                match = re.match(r'^#{1,6} *(.*)', ln)
+                if match:
+                    section = match.group(1)
+            else:
+                ln = re.sub(r' ', '␣', ln)
+            sys.stdout.write(ln)