Merge pull request #18 from tildetown/packaging

Packaging and config consolidation

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pyc
+*.swp
+*.egg-info

bin/config/banner.txt

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
- __________________________________________________________
-|                                                          |
-|  the tilde.town                                          |
-|  ____ ____ ____ _    ____    ____ _  _ ____ _ _  _ ____  |
-|  |___ |___ |___ |    [__     |___ |\ | | __ | |\ | |___  |
-|  |    |___ |___ |___ ___]    |___ | \| |__] | | \| |___  |
-|                               ver 0.9.2 (almost stable)  |
-|__________________________________________________________|

bin/www

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/home/endorphant/public_html/ttbp/

changelog.txt

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ TO-DO:
 ------
 
 CHANGELOG:
+ver 0.9.3
+	-packaging
+	-easier to contribute to
+
 ver 0.9.2
 	-paginated scrolling
 

setup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name='ttbp',
+    version='0.9.3',
+    description='command line social blogging tool used on tilde.town',
+    url='https://github.com/modgethanc/ttbp',
+    author='~endorphant',
+    author_email='endorphant@tilde.town',
+    license='MIT',
+    classifiers=[
+        'Topic :: Artistic Software',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+    ],
+    keywords='blog',
+    packages=['ttbp'],
+    install_requires = [
+        'inflect==0.2.5',
+        'mistune==0.8.1',
+        'colorama==0.3.9',
+    ],
+    include_package_data = True,
+    entry_points = {
+          'console_scripts': [
+              'feels = ttbp.ttbp:start',
+              'ttbp = ttbp.ttbp:start',
+          ]
+    },
+)

ttbp/chatter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import json
+import os
+import random
+
+DEFAULT_LANG = {
+    "greet":[
+        "hi",
+        "hey",
+        "howdy",
+        "good morning",
+        "good afternoon",
+        "good day",
+        "good evening",
+        "welcome back",
+        "nice to see you"
+    ],
+    "bye":[
+        "see you later, space cowboy",
+        "bye, townie",
+        "until next time, friend",
+        "come back whenever"
+    ],
+    "friend":[
+        "friend",
+        "pal",
+        "buddy",
+        "townie"
+    ],
+    "months":{
+        "01":"january",
+        "02":"february",
+        "03":"march",
+        "04":"april",
+        "05":"may",
+        "06":"june",
+        "07":"july",
+        "08":"august",
+        "09":"september",
+        "10":"october",
+        "11":"november",
+        "12":"december"
+  }
+}
+
+if os.path.exists("/home/endorphant/lib/python/chatterlib.json"):
+    with open("/home/endorphant/lib/python/chatterlib.json", 'r') as f:
+        LANG = json.load(f)
+else:
+    LANG = DEFAULT_LANG
+
+def say(keyword):
+    '''
+    takes a keyword and randomly returns from language dictionary to match that keyword
+
+    returns None if keyword doesn't exist
+
+    TODO: validate keyword?
+    '''
+
+    return random.choice(LANG.get(keyword))
+
+def month(num):
+    '''
+    takes a MM and returns lovercase full name of that month
+
+    TODO: validate num?
+    '''
+
+    return LANG["months"].get(num)

ttbp/config/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+import os
+import sys
+
+from .. import util
+
+## System config
+
+# We refer to some package files (ie .css stuff), so we save a reference to the
+# path.
+INSTALL_PATH = os.path.dirname(sys.modules['ttbp'].__file__)
+
+# We use this to store any persisted, global state.
+VAR = '/var/global/ttbp'
+VAR_WWW = os.path.join(VAR, 'www')
+
+if not os.path.isdir('/var/global'):
+    raise Exception('bad system state: /var/global does not exist.')
+
+if not os.path.isdir(VAR):
+    os.mkdir(VAR)
+
+if not os.path.isdir(VAR_WWW):
+    os.mkdir(VAR_WWW)
+
+LIVE = 'https://tilde.town/~'
+FEEDBOX = "endorphant@tilde.town"
+USERFILE = os.path.join(VAR, "users.txt")
+GRAFF_DIR = os.path.join(VAR, "graffiti")
+WALL = os.path.join(GRAFF_DIR, "wall.txt")
+WALL_LOCK = os.path.join(GRAFF_DIR, ".lock")
+
+if not os.path.isdir(GRAFF_DIR):
+    os.mkdir(GRAFF_DIR)
+
+## Defaults
+
+DEFAULT_HEADER = '''
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>$USER on TTBP</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="meta">
+      <h1><a href="#">~$USER</a>@<a href="/~endorphant/ttbp">TTBP</a></h1>
+    </div>
+
+    <div id="tlogs">
+'''.lstrip()
+
+DEFAULT_FOOTER = '''
+    </div>
+  </body>
+</html>
+'''.lstrip()
+
+with open(os.path.join(INSTALL_PATH, 'config', 'defaults', 'style.css')) as f:
+    DEFAULT_STYLE = f.read()
+
+
+## User config
+
+USER = os.path.basename(os.path.expanduser('~'))
+USER_HOME = os.path.expanduser('~')
+PATH = os.path.join(USER_HOME, '.ttbp')
+PUBLIC = os.path.join(USER_HOME, 'public_html')
+WWW = os.path.join(PATH, 'www')
+USER_CONFIG = os.path.join(PATH, 'config')
+TTBPRC = os.path.join(USER_CONFIG, 'ttbprc')
+USER_DATA = os.path.join(PATH, 'entries')
+NOPUB = os.path.join(USER_CONFIG, "nopub")
+
+## UI
+
+BANNER = '''
+__________________________________________________________
+|                                                          |
+|  the tilde.town                                          |
+|  ____ ____ ____ _    ____    ____ _  _ ____ _ _  _ ____  |
+|  |___ |___ |___ |    [__     |___ |\ | | __ | |\ | |___  |
+|  |    |___ |___ |___ ___]    |___ | \| |__] | | \| |___  |
+|                               ver 0.10.0 (almost stable) |
+|__________________________________________________________|
+'''.lstrip()

ttbp/core.py

@@ -39,19 +39,10 @@ import re
 import mistune
 import json
 
-import chatter
+from . import chatter
+from . import config
 
-SOURCE = os.path.join("/home", "endorphant", "projects", "ttbp", "bin")
+FEED = os.path.join(config.VAR_WWW, "index.html")
-USER = os.path.basename(os.path.expanduser("~"))
-PATH = os.path.join("/home", USER, ".ttbp")
-
-LIVE = "http://tilde.town/~"
-WWW = os.path.join(PATH, "www")
-CONFIG = os.path.join(PATH, "config")
-DATA = os.path.join(PATH, "entries")
-FEED = os.path.join(SOURCE, "www", "index.html")
-DOCS = os.path.join(SOURCE, "www", "help.html")
-NOPUB = os.path.join(CONFIG, "nopub")
 SETTINGS = {}
 
 HEADER = ""
@@ -67,8 +58,8 @@ def load(ttbprc={}):
     global FOOTER
     global SETTINGS
 
-    HEADER = open(os.path.join(CONFIG, "header.txt")).read()
+    HEADER = open(os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, "header.txt")).read()
-    FOOTER = open(os.path.join(CONFIG, "footer.txt")).read()
+    FOOTER = open(os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, "footer.txt")).read()
     SETTINGS = ttbprc
 
     load_files()
@@ -94,13 +85,13 @@ def load_files():
 
     FILES = []
 
-    for filename in os.listdir(DATA):
+    for filename in os.listdir(config.USER_DATA):
         if nopub(filename):
-            link = os.path.join(WWW, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]+".html")
+            link = os.path.join(config.WWW, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]+".html")
             if os.path.exists(link):
                 subprocess.call(["rm", link])
             continue
-        filename = os.path.join(DATA, filename)
+        filename = os.path.join(config.USER_DATA, filename)
         if os.path.isfile(filename) and valid(filename):
             FILES.append(filename)
 
@@ -119,7 +110,7 @@ def write(outurl="default.html"):
     * calls write_page() on each file to make permalinks
     '''
 
-    outfile = open(os.path.join(WWW, outurl), "w")
+    outfile = open(os.path.join(config.WWW, outurl), "w")
 
     outfile.write("<!--generated by the tilde.town blogging platform on "+time.strftime("%d %B %y")+"\nhttp://tilde.town/~endorphant/ttbp/-->\n\n")
 
@@ -140,7 +131,7 @@ def write(outurl="default.html"):
 
     outfile.close()
 
-    return os.path.join(LIVE+USER,os.path.basename(os.path.realpath(WWW)),outurl)
+    return os.path.join(config.LIVE+config.USER,os.path.basename(os.path.realpath(config.WWW)),outurl)
 
 def write_page(filename):
     '''
@@ -150,7 +141,7 @@ def write_page(filename):
     url
     '''
 
-    outurl = os.path.join(WWW, "".join(parse_date(filename))+".html")
+    outurl = os.path.join(config.WWW, "".join(parse_date(filename))+".html")
     outfile = open(outurl, "w")
 
     outfile.write("<!--generated by the tilde.town blogging platform on "+time.strftime("%d %B %y")+"\nhttp://tilde.town/~endorphant/ttbp/-->\n\n")
@@ -190,7 +181,7 @@ def write_entry(filename):
     ]
 
     raw = []
-    rawfile = open(os.path.join(DATA, filename), "r")
+    rawfile = open(os.path.join(config.USER_DATA, filename), "r")
 
     for line in rawfile:
         raw.append(line)
@@ -244,7 +235,7 @@ def write_global_feed(blogList):
     ## docs
     outfile.write("""\
         <div class="docs">""")
-    outfile.write(mistune.markdown(open(os.path.join(SOURCE, "..", "README.md"), "r").read()))
+    outfile.write(mistune.markdown(open(os.path.join(config.INSTALL_PATH, "..", "README.md"), "r").read()))
     outfile.write("""\
         </div>""")
 
@@ -354,14 +345,14 @@ def find_ttbps():
 
     return users
 
-def publishing(username = USER):
+def publishing(username=config.USER):
     '''
     checks .ttbprc for whether or not user opted for www publishing
     '''
 
     ttbprc = {}
 
-    if username == USER:
+    if username == config.USER:
         ttbprc = SETTINGS
 
     else:
@@ -384,7 +375,7 @@ def www_neighbors():
 
         url = ""
         if userRC["publish dir"]:
-            url = LIVE+user+"/"+userRC["publish dir"]
+            url = config.LIVE+user+"/"+userRC["publish dir"]
 
         lastfile = ""
         files = os.listdir(os.path.join("/home", user, ".ttbp", "entries"))
@@ -418,8 +409,8 @@ def nopub(filename):
 
     exclude = []
 
-    if os.path.isfile(NOPUB):
+    if os.path.isfile(config.NOPUB):
-        for line in open(NOPUB, "r"):
+        for line in open(config.NOPUB, "r"):
             exclude.append(line.rstrip())
 
     return os.path.basename(filename) in exclude

ttbp/ttbp.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 the complete codebase is available at:
 https://github.com/modgethanc/ttbp
 '''
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
 import random
@@ -41,41 +42,26 @@ import json
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText;
 import re
 
-import core
-import chatter
 import inflect
-import util
 
-__version__ = "0.9.2"
+from . import config
+from . import core
+from . import chatter
+from . import util
+
+__version__ = "0.9.3"
 __author__ = "endorphant <endorphant@tilde.town)"
 
-## system globals
-SOURCE = os.path.join("/home", "endorphant", "projects", "ttbp", "bin")
-LIVE = "http://tilde.town/~"
-FEEDBACK = os.path.join("/home", "endorphant", "ttbp-mail")
-FEEDBOX = "endorphant@tilde.town"
-USERFILE = os.path.join("/home", "endorphant", "projects", "ttbp", "users.txt")
-GRAFF_DIR = os.path.join(SOURCE, "graffiti")
-WALL = os.path.join(GRAFF_DIR, "wall.txt")
-WALL_LOCK = os.path.join(GRAFF_DIR, ".lock")
-
 p = inflect.engine()
 
 ## user globals
-USER = os.path.basename(os.path.expanduser("~"))
-PATH = os.path.join("/home", USER, ".ttbp")
-PUBLIC = os.path.join("/home", USER, "public_html")
-WWW = os.path.join(PATH, "www")
-CONFIG = os.path.join(PATH, "config")
-TTBPRC = os.path.join(CONFIG, "ttbprc")
-DATA = os.path.join(PATH, "entries")
 SETTINGS = {
         "editor": "none",
         "publish dir": False
     }
 
 ## ui globals
-BANNER = util.attach_rainbow()+open(os.path.join(SOURCE, "config", "banner.txt")).read()+util.attach_reset()
+BANNER = util.attach_rainbow() + config.BANNER + util.attach_reset()
 SPACER = "\n"
 INVALID = "please pick a number from the list of options!\n\n"
 DUST = "sorry about the dust, but this part is still under construction. check back later!\n\n"
@@ -229,14 +215,14 @@ def check_init():
 
     print("\n\n")
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"),".ttbp")):
-        print(chatter.say("greet")+", "+USER+".\n")
+        print(chatter.say("greet")+", "+config.USER+".\n")
 
         '''
         ## ttbprc validation
-        while not os.path.isfile(TTBPRC):
+        while not os.path.isfile(config.TTBPRC):
             setup_repair()
         try:
-            SETTINGS = json.load(open(TTBPRC))
+            SETTINGS = json.load(open(config.TTBPRC))
         except ValueError:
             setup_repair()
         '''
@@ -279,28 +265,30 @@ press <enter> to begin, or <ctrl-c> to get out of here.
         quit()
 
     ## record user in source list
-    users = open(USERFILE, 'a')
+    users = open(config.USERFILE, 'a')
-    users.write(USER+"\n")
+    users.write(config.USER+"\n")
     users.close()
 
     ## make .ttbp directory structure
-    subprocess.call(["mkdir", PATH])
+    subprocess.call(["mkdir", config.PATH])
-    subprocess.call(["mkdir", CONFIG])
+    subprocess.call(["mkdir", config.USER_CONFIG])
-    subprocess.call(["mkdir", DATA])
+    subprocess.call(["mkdir", config.USER_DATA])
 
-    versionFile = os.path.join(PATH, "version")
+    versionFile = os.path.join(config.PATH, "version")
     open(versionFile, "w").write(__version__)
 
     ## create header file
     header = gen_header()
-    headerfile = open(os.path.join(CONFIG, "header.txt"), 'w')
+    headerfile = open(os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, "header.txt"), 'w')
     for line in header:
         headerfile.write(line)
     headerfile.close()
 
     ## copy footer and default stylesheet
-    subprocess.call(["cp", os.path.join(SOURCE, "config", "defaults", "footer.txt"), CONFIG])
+    with open(os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, 'footer.txt'), 'w') as f:
-    subprocess.call(["cp", os.path.join(SOURCE, "config", "defaults", "style.css"), CONFIG])
+        f.write(config.DEFAULT_FOOTER)
+    with open(os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, 'style.css'), 'w') as f:
+        f.write(config.DEFAULT_STYLE)
 
     ## run user-interactive setup and load core engine
     setup()
@@ -321,12 +309,12 @@ def gen_header():
 <html>
     <head>
         <!--- this header automatically generated by ttbp initialization on """+time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %h:m")+""" --->
-        <title>~"""+USER+""" on TTBP</title>
+        <title>~"""+config.USER+""" on TTBP</title>
         <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"style.css\" />
     </head>
     <body>
         <div id=\"meta\">
-            <h1><a href=\"index.html#\">~"""+USER+"""</a>@<a href=\"/~endorphant/ttbp\">TTBP</a></h1>
+            <h1><a href=\"index.html#\">~"""+config.USER+"""</a>@<a href=\"/~endorphant/ttbp\">TTBP</a></h1>
         </div>
 
         <!---put your custom html here-->
@@ -345,11 +333,11 @@ def valid_setup():
 
     global SETTINGS
 
-    if not os.path.isfile(TTBPRC):
+    if not os.path.isfile(config.TTBPRC):
         return False
 
     try:
-        SETTINGS = json.load(open(TTBPRC))
+        SETTINGS = json.load(open(config.TTBPRC))
     except ValueError:
         return False
 
@@ -357,10 +345,10 @@ def valid_setup():
         if not SETTINGS.get("publish dir"):
             return False
 
-        if not os.path.exists(WWW):
+        if not os.path.exists(config.WWW):
             return False
 
-        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(WWW, SETTINGS.get("pubish dir"))):
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(config.WWW, SETTINGS.get("pubish dir"))):
             return False
 
     return True
@@ -396,7 +384,7 @@ def setup():
 
     print("\n\ttext editor:\t" +SETTINGS.get("editor"))
     if core.publishing():
-        print("\tpublish dir:\t" +os.path.join(PUBLIC, str(SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))))
+        print("\tpublish dir:\t" +os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, str(SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))))
     print("\tpubishing:\t"+str(SETTINGS.get("publishing"))+"\n")
 
     # editor selection
@@ -410,10 +398,10 @@ def setup():
     redraw("blog publishing: "+str(core.publishing()))
 
     if core.publishing():
-        print("publish directory: ~"+USER+"/public_html/"+SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))
+        print("publish directory: ~"+config.USER+"/public_html/"+SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))
 
     # save settings
-    ttbprc = open(TTBPRC, "w")
+    ttbprc = open(config.TTBPRC, "w")
     ttbprc.write(json.dumps(SETTINGS, sort_keys=True, indent=2, separators=(',',':')))
     ttbprc.close()
 
@@ -452,7 +440,7 @@ def main_menu():
     if choice == '0':
         redraw()
         today = time.strftime("%Y%m%d")
-        write_entry(os.path.join(DATA, today+".txt"))
+        write_entry(os.path.join(config.USER_DATA, today+".txt"))
         core.www_neighbors()
     elif choice == '1':
         if core.publishing():
@@ -463,7 +451,7 @@ def main_menu():
             core.write("index.html")
         else:
             redraw("your recorded feels, listed by date:")
-            view_feels(USER)
+            view_feels(config.USER)
     elif choice == '2':
         users = core.find_ttbps()
         prompt = "the following "+p.no("user", len(users))+" "+p.plural("is", len(users))+" recording feels on ttbp:"
@@ -488,7 +476,7 @@ def main_menu():
         redraw()
         show_credits()
     elif choice == '8':
-        subprocess.call(["lynx", os.path.join(SOURCE, "..", "README.html")])
+        subprocess.call(["lynx", os.path.join(config.INSTALL_PATH, "..", "README.html")])
         redraw()
     elif choice in QUITS:
         return stop()
@@ -541,7 +529,7 @@ def review_menu(intro=""):
     if choice is not False:
         if choice == 0:
             redraw("your recorded feels, listed by date:")
-            view_feels(USER)
+            view_feels(config.USER)
         elif choice == 1:
             redraw("here's your current nopub status:")
             set_nopubs()
@@ -568,7 +556,7 @@ def view_neighbors(users, prompt):
         ## retrieve publishing url, if it exists
         url="\t\t\t"
         if userRC.get("publish dir"):
-            url = LIVE+user+"/"+userRC.get("publish dir")
+            url = config.LIVE+user+"/"+userRC.get("publish dir")
 
         ## find last entry
         files = os.listdir(os.path.join("/home", user, ".ttbp", "entries"))
@@ -628,8 +616,8 @@ def view_feels(townie):
     filenames = []
     showpub = False
 
-    if townie == USER:
+    if townie == config.USER:
-        entryDir = DATA
+        entryDir = config.USER_DATA
         owner = "your"
         if core.publishing():
             showpub = True
@@ -683,7 +671,7 @@ thanks to everyone who reads, listens, writes, and feels.\
 
 ## handlers
 
-def write_entry(entry=os.path.join(DATA, "test.txt")):
+def write_entry(entry=os.path.join(config.USER_DATA, "test.txt")):
     '''
     main feels-recording handler
     '''
@@ -713,7 +701,7 @@ editor.
     if core.publishing():
         core.load_files()
         core.write("index.html")
-        left = "posted to "+LIVE+USER+"/"+str(SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))+"/index.html\n\n>"
+        left = "posted to "+config.LIVE+config.USER+"/"+str(SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))+"/index.html\n\n>"
     redraw(left + " thanks for sharing your feels!")
 
     return
@@ -743,8 +731,8 @@ def send_feedback(entered, subject="none"):
     if message:
         id = "#"+util.genID(3)
         mail = MIMEText(message)
-        mail['To'] = FEEDBOX
+        mail['To'] = config.FEEDBOX
-        mail['From'] = USER+"@tilde.town"
+        mail['From'] = config.USER+"@tilde.town"
         mail['Subject'] = " ".join(["[ttbp]", subject, id])
         m = os.popen("/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -oi", 'w')
         m.write(mail.as_string())
@@ -836,10 +824,10 @@ def graffiti_handler():
     Main graffiti handler.
     '''
 
-    if os.path.isfile(WALL_LOCK):
+    if os.path.isfile(config.WALL_LOCK):
         redraw("sorry, "+chatter.say("friend")+", but someone's there right now. try again in a few!")
     else:
-        subprocess.call(["touch", WALL_LOCK])
+        subprocess.call(["touch", config.WALL_LOCK])
         redraw()
         print("""\
 the graffiti wall is a world-writeable text file. anyone can
@@ -853,8 +841,8 @@ your changes by exiting without saving.
 
 """)
         raw_input("press <enter> to visit the wall\n\n")
-        subprocess.call([SETTINGS.get("editor"), WALL])
+        subprocess.call([SETTINGS.get("editor"), config.WALL])
-        subprocess.call(["rm", WALL_LOCK])
+        subprocess.call(["rm", config.WALL_LOCK])
         redraw("thanks for visiting the graffiti wall!")
 
 
@@ -884,14 +872,14 @@ def select_publish_dir():
     republish = False
 
     if current:
-        print("\ncurrent publish dir:\t"+os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS["publish dir"]))
+        print("\ncurrent publish dir:\t"+os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, SETTINGS["publish dir"]))
         republish = True
 
     choice = raw_input("\nwhere do you want your blog published? (leave blank to use default \"blog\") ")
     if not choice:
         choice = "blog"
 
-    publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, choice)
+    publishDir = os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, choice)
     while os.path.exists(publishDir):
         second = raw_input("\n"+publishDir+"""\
  already exists!
@@ -905,7 +893,7 @@ otherwise, pick another location: """)
         if second == "":
             break
         choice = second
-        publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, choice)
+        publishDir = os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, choice)
 
     return choice
 
@@ -936,10 +924,9 @@ def unpublish():
     '''
     remove user's published directory, if it exists. this should only remove the symlink in public_html.
     '''
-
+    directory = SETTINGS.get("publish dir")
-    dir = SETTINGS.get("publish dir")
+    if directory:
-    if dir:
+        publishDir = os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, directory)
-        publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, dir)
         subprocess.call(["rm", publishDir])
 
 def update_publishing():
@@ -954,7 +941,7 @@ def update_publishing():
         newDir = select_publish_dir()
         SETTINGS.update({"publish dir": newDir})
         if oldDir:
-            subprocess.call(["rm", os.path.join(PUBLIC, oldDir)])
+            subprocess.call(["rm", os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, oldDir)])
         make_publish_dir(newDir)
         core.load_files()
         core.write("index.html")
@@ -969,21 +956,21 @@ def make_publish_dir(dir):
     setup helper to create publishing directory
     '''
 
-    if not os.path.exists(WWW):
+    if not os.path.exists(config.WWW):
-        subprocess.call(["mkdir", WWW])
+        subprocess.call(["mkdir", config.WWW])
-        subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", os.path.join(CONFIG, "style.css"), os.path.join(WWW, "style.css")])
+        subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, "style.css"), os.path.join(config.WWW, "style.css")])
-        subprocess.call(["touch", os.path.join(WWW, "index.html")])
+        subprocess.call(["touch", os.path.join(config.WWW, "index.html")])
-        index = open(os.path.join(WWW, "index.html"), "w")
+        index = open(os.path.join(config.WWW, "index.html"), "w")
         index.write("<h1>ttbp blog placeholder</h1>")
         index.close()
 
-    publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, dir)
+    publishDir = os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, dir)
     if os.path.exists(publishDir):
         subprocess.call(["rm", publishDir])
 
-    subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", WWW, publishDir])
+    subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", config.WWW, publishDir])
 
-    print("\n\tpublishing to "+LIVE+USER+"/"+SETTINGS.get("publish dir")+"/\n\n")
+    print("\n\tpublishing to "+config.LIVE+config.USER+"/"+SETTINGS.get("publish dir")+"/\n\n")
 
 ##### PATCHING UTILITIES
 
@@ -992,7 +979,7 @@ def build_mismatch():
     checks to see if user's last run build is the same as this session
     '''
 
-    versionFile = os.path.join(PATH, "version")
+    versionFile = os.path.join(config.PATH, "version")
     if not os.path.exists(versionFile):
         return False
 
@@ -1018,7 +1005,7 @@ def switch_build(ver):
     print("\nswitching you over to the "+build+" version...\n")
     time.sleep(1)
     print("...")
-    versionFile = os.path.join(PATH, "version")
+    versionFile = os.path.join(config.PATH, "version")
     open(versionFile, "w").write(ver)
     time.sleep(1)
     #print("\nall good!\n")
@@ -1028,7 +1015,7 @@ def updated():
     checks to see if current user is up to the same version as system
     '''
 
-    versionFile = os.path.join(PATH, "version")
+    versionFile = os.path.join(config.PATH, "version")
     if not os.path.exists(versionFile):
         return False
 
@@ -1046,7 +1033,7 @@ def update_version():
 
     global SETTINGS
 
-    versionFile = os.path.join(PATH, "version")
+    versionFile = os.path.join(config.PATH, "version")
 
     print("ttbp had some updates!")
 
@@ -1063,22 +1050,22 @@ def update_version():
 
         # change style.css location
         if core.publishing():
-            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(WWW, "style.css")):
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(config.WWW, "style.css")):
-                subprocess.call(["mv", os.path.join(WWW, "style.css"), CONFIG])
+                subprocess.call(["mv", os.path.join(config.WWW, "style.css"), config.USER_CONFIG])
 
             # change www symlink
-            if os.path.exists(WWW):
+            if os.path.exists(config.WWW):
-                subprocess.call(["rm", WWW])
+                subprocess.call(["rm", config.WWW])
 
-            subprocess.call(["mkdir", WWW])
+            subprocess.call(["mkdir", config.WWW])
 
-            subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", os.path.join(CONFIG, "style.css"), os.path.join(WWW, "style.css")])
+            subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", os.path.join(config.USER_CONFIG, "style.css"), os.path.join(config.WWW, "style.css")])
 
-            publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))
+            publishDir = os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))
             if os.path.exists(publishDir):
                 subprocess.call(["rm", "-rf", publishDir])
 
-            subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", WWW, os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))])
+            subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", config.WWW, os.path.join(config.PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))])
 
             # repopulate html files
             core.load_files()
@@ -1088,7 +1075,7 @@ def update_version():
         print("\nnew feature!\n")
         SETTINGS.update({"publishing":select_publishing()})
         update_publishing()
-        ttbprc = open(TTBPRC, "w")
+        ttbprc = open(config.TTBPRC, "w")
         ttbprc.write(json.dumps(SETTINGS, sort_keys=True, indent=2, separators=(',',':')))
         ttbprc.close()
 
@@ -1100,7 +1087,7 @@ def update_version():
             print("\nresetting your publishing settings...\n")
             SETTINGS.update({"publishing":select_publishing()})
             update_publishing()
-            ttbprc = open(TTBPRC, "w")
+            ttbprc = open(config.TTBPRC, "w")
             ttbprc.write(json.dumps(SETTINGS, sort_keys=True, indent=2, separators=(',',':')))
             ttbprc.close()
 
@@ -1111,6 +1098,9 @@ you're all good to go, """+chatter.say("friend")+"""! please contact ~endorphant
 somehing strange happened to you during this update.
 """)
 
+    # TODO these conditionals will need to change if we increment the Y level
+    # to 10.
+
     # show patch notes
     #if userVersion != "0.9.0" and userVersion != "0.9.0b":
     if userVersion[0:5] < "0.9.0":
@@ -1138,6 +1128,16 @@ ver 0.9.2 features:
     * expanded menu for viewing your own feels (further
       features to be implemented)
         """)
+    if userVersion[0:5] < "0.9.3":
+        # version 0.9.3 patch notes
+        print()
+        print("""
+        version 0.9.3 features:
+        * ttbp is now packaged, making it easier to contribute to.
+        * things should otherwise be the same!
+        * check out https://github.com/modgethanc/ttbp if you'd like to contribute.
+        * takes advantage of new /var/global
+        """.lstrip())
 
 #####
 

ttbp/util.py

@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
 OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 '''
-
-import inflect
-import time
 import random
+import time
+
 import colorama
+import inflect
 
 ## misc globals
 BACKS = ['back', 'b', 'q']