--- a/bitsyblog/blogme.py	Wed Nov 11 19:25:21 2009 -0500
+++ b/bitsyblog/blogme.py	Wed Nov 11 19:39:27 2009 -0500
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+"""
+command line blogger
+"""
+
 import optparse
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -7,8 +11,10 @@
 import tempfile
 import urllib2
 
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+
 # global variable
-dotfile='.blogme'
+CONFIG = '.blogme'
 
 def tmpbuffer(editor=None):
     """open an editor and retreive the resulting editted buffer"""
@@ -24,14 +30,14 @@
 
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
 
-    # create the option parser
+    # parse command line options
     parser = optparse.OptionParser()
-    parser.add_option('-s', '--server')
+    parser.add_option('-c', '--config')
+    parser.add_option('-H', '--host')
     parser.add_option('-u', '--user')
     parser.add_option('-p', '--password')
     parser.add_option('--private', action='store_true', default=False)
     parser.add_option('--secret', action='store_true', default=False)
-
     options, args = parser.parse_args()
     
     # sanity check
@@ -39,18 +45,13 @@
         print "post can't be secret and private!"
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    # parse dotfile
-    home = os.environ.get('HOME')
-    if home:
-        dotfile = os.path.join(home, dotfile)
-        if os.path.exists(dotfile):
-            prefs = file(dotfile).read().split('\n')
-            prefs = [ i for i in prefs if i.strip() ]
-            prefs = [ [ j.strip() for j in i.split(':', 1) ] for i in prefs
-                      if ':' in i] # probably not necessary
-            prefs = dict(prefs)
-        else:
-            prefs = {}
+    # parse dotfile config
+    config = ConfigParser()
+    if not options.config:
+        home = os.environ['HOME']
+        options.config = os.path.join(home, CONFIG)
+    if os.path.exists(options.config):
+        config.read(options.config)
 
     # determine user name and password
     fields = [ 'user', 'password' ]
@@ -68,12 +69,12 @@
     assert password is not None
 
     # write the dotfile if it doesn't exist
-    if not os.path.exists(dotfile):
-        preffile = file(dotfile, 'w')
-        print >> preffile, 'user: %s' % user
-        print >> preffile, 'password: %s' % password
-        preffile.close()
-        os.chmod(dotfile, 0600)
+#    if not os.path.exists(dotfile):
+#        preffile = file(dotfile, 'w')
+#        print >> preffile, 'user: %s' % user
+#        print >> preffile, 'password: %s' % password
+#        preffile.close()
+#        os.chmod(dotfile, 0600)
     
 
     # get the blog
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
         msg = tmpbuffer()
 
     # open the url
-    url = '/'.join((options.server, user))
+    url = options.host
     url += '?auth=digest' # specify authentication method
     if options.private:
         url += '&privacy=private'
@@ -93,12 +94,11 @@
     authhandler.add_password('bitsyblog', url, user, password)
     opener = urllib2.build_opener(authhandler)
     urllib2.install_opener(opener)
-
     try:
         url = urllib2.urlopen(url, data=msg)
         print url.url # print the blog post's url
-    except urllib2.HTTPError:
-        pass
+    except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+        print e
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

--- a/setup.py	Wed Nov 11 19:25:21 2009 -0500
+++ b/setup.py	Wed Nov 11 19:39:27 2009 -0500
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
         ],
       entry_points="""
       # -*- Entry points: -*-
+      [console_scripts]
+      blog = bitsyblog.blogme:main
+
       [paste.app_factory]
       main = bitsyblog.factory:factory
       """,