Add a phpbb forum backend to the news generator

2 files changed, 55 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/_news_colors.py b/_news_colors.py
index 329a6b8..3fdf2b2 100644
--- a/_news_colors.py
+++ b/_news_colors.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import cgi
 
-__all__ = ['make_html_colors_dict', 'make_txt_colors_dict']
+__all__ = ['make_html_colors_dict', 'make_txt_colors_dict', 'make_forum_colors_dict']
 
 class Color(object):
     __slots__ = ('txt', 'rgb')
@@ -82,6 +82,45 @@ def make_html_colors_dict():
         r['/' + k] = '</font>'
     return r
 
+
+class ForumDate(object):
+    __slots__ = ()
+    def __format__(self, date):
+        return '[i]%s[/i]' % date
+
+class ForumLink(object):
+    __slots__ = ()
+    def __format__(self, target):
+        return '[url=%s]%s[/url]' % (target, target)
+
+class ForumSignature(object):
+    __slots__ = ()
+    def __format__(self, author):
+        return '-[i]%s[/i]' % author
+
+class ForumTitle(object):
+    __slots__ = ()
+    def __format__(self, title):
+        # no color here
+        # (we really need someone to do CSS)
+        return 'put this in the post title: %s' % title
+
+def make_forum_colors_dict():
+    r = {
+        'date': ForumDate(),
+        'link': ForumLink(),
+        'author': ForumSignature(),
+        'title': ForumTitle(),
+        'ul' : '[list]',
+        '/ul': '[/list]',
+        'li' : '[*]',
+        '/li': '',
+    }
+    for k, v in color_dict.items():
+        r[k] = '[color=#%06x]' % v.rgb
+        r['/' + k] = '[/color]'
+    return r
+
 # Here be dragons
 
 def make_txt_colors_dict():
diff --git a/news.py b/news.py
index 4391714..7c9056e 100755
--- a/news.py
+++ b/news.py
@@ -79,9 +79,24 @@ class TxtWriter(BasicWriter):
         #self.stream.write('Did you really read down this far?\n')
         pass
 
+class ForumWriter(BasicWriter):
+    # unlike the other writers, the forum writer only generates the latest
+    __slots__ = ('done')
+    def start(self):
+        self.done = False
+    def put(self, entry):
+        if self.done:
+            return
+        entry = entry.format(**colors.make_forum_colors_dict())
+        self.stream.write(entry)
+        self.done = True
+    def finish(self):
+        pass
+
 def create_writers(outdir):
     yield TxtWriter(os.path.join(outdir, 'news.txt'))
     yield HtmlWriter(os.path.join(outdir, 'news.html'))
+    yield ForumWriter(os.path.join(outdir, 'news.phpbb.txt'))
 
 def main(outdir, indir=None):
     if indir is None: