there was a major bug that caused users who opted not to publish to

crash during version checking. the version checker was trying to update
files associated with published blogs, and crashing due to trying to
read null paths.

this fix checks to see if the user has opted to publish *before* running
those updates.

bin/core.py

@@ -382,7 +382,9 @@ def www_neighbors():
 
         userRC = json.load(open(os.path.join("/home", user, ".ttbp", "config", "ttbprc")))
 
-        url = LIVE+user+"/"+userRC["publish dir"]
+        url = ""
+        if userRC["publish dir"]:
+            url = LIVE+user+"/"+userRC["publish dir"]
 
         lastfile = ""
         files = os.listdir(os.path.join("/home", user, ".ttbp", "entries"))

bin/ttbp.py

@@ -893,26 +893,27 @@ def update_version():
         # from 0.8.5 to 0.8.6:
 
         # change style.css location
-        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(WWW, "style.css")):
+        if core.publishing():
-            subprocess.call(["mv", os.path.join(WWW, "style.css"), CONFIG])
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(WWW, "style.css")):
+                subprocess.call(["mv", os.path.join(WWW, "style.css"), CONFIG])
 
-        # change www symlink
+            # change www symlink
-        if os.path.exists(WWW):
+            if os.path.exists(WWW):
-            subprocess.call(["rm", WWW])
+                subprocess.call(["rm", WWW])
             
-        subprocess.call(["mkdir", WWW])
+            subprocess.call(["mkdir", 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, "style.css"), os.path.join(WWW, "style.css")])
 
-        publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))
+            publishDir = os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))
-        if os.path.exists(publishDir):
+            if os.path.exists(publishDir):
-            subprocess.call(["rm", "-rf", publishDir])
+                subprocess.call(["rm", "-rf", publishDir])
 
-        subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", WWW, os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))])
+            subprocess.call(["ln", "-s", WWW, os.path.join(PUBLIC, SETTINGS.get("publish dir"))])
 
-        # repopulate html files
+            # repopulate html files
-        core.load_files()
+            core.load_files()
-        core.write("index.html")
+            core.write("index.html")
 
         # add publishing setting
         print("\nnew feature!\n")

devnotes.txt

@@ -3,3 +3,15 @@ NOTES FOR ~ENDO
 handling global feels out of order:
   -check to see if entry filename date and mtime date matches
   -if not, process as if it was last modified on the date indicated by filename
+
+stuff to sort out:
+
+  -figure out how to deal with entries scrolling too far (either learn more
+  curses handling, or find someone who knows how to do curses stuff)
+
+  -there's like some seriously weird out of order updating for publishing that
+  breaks things too much
+
+user-friendliness:
+  -reset button, instead of having to manually delete things
+  -wall lock clearing