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comparison python/tmpbuffer.py @ 276:dc20e1fa93d0
add a thing to make a temporary buffer
author | Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> |
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date | Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:14:09 -0700 |
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1 #!/usr/bin/env python | |
2 | |
3 # from http://k0s.org/hg/bitsyblog/file/5c04cf601aba/bitsyblog/blogme.py | |
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5 import os | |
6 import subprocess | |
7 import tempfile | |
8 | |
9 def tmpbuffer(editor=None): | |
10 """open an editor and retreive the resulting editted buffer""" | |
11 | |
12 if not editor: | |
13 editor = os.environ.get('EDITOR') | |
14 if not editor: | |
15 raise Exception("tmpbuffer: editor not supplied and EDITOR not defined") | |
16 tmpfile = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.txt') | |
17 cmdline = editor.split() # XXX shlex would be more powerful | |
18 cmdline.append(tmpfile) | |
19 edit = subprocess.call(cmdline) | |
20 buffer = file(tmpfile).read().strip() | |
21 os.remove(tmpfile) | |
22 return buffer | |
23 | |
24 if __name__ == '__main__': | |
25 # purely for testing/illustration purposes | |
26 contents = tmpbuffer() | |
27 print contents | |
28 |