# HG changeset patch
# User Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
# Date 1368267535 25200
# Node ID fbc033540a34b049b03751b03c9bfc6a4192a9fe
# Parent  8f92aa15406f1e7f1213385d33903b2412c39455
resurrect this ole beast

diff -r 8f92aa15406f -r fbc033540a34 python/html2flux.py
--- a/python/html2flux.py	Fri May 10 20:44:58 2013 -0700
+++ b/python/html2flux.py	Sat May 11 03:18:55 2013 -0700
@@ -1,30 +1,64 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+"""
+transform an HTML <dl> file into a fluxbox menu
+if no file give, read from stdin
+
+<dl><a>submenu name</a>
+  <dt>program label</dt><dd>command</dd>
+  <dt>another program label</dt><dd>command2</dd>
+</dl>
+
+x-form -> internal format:
+
+('submenu name': [('program label', 'command'),
+                  ('another program label', 'command2')])
+"""
+
+import optparse
 import sys
 from lxml import etree
+from lsex import lsex # local import
 
-from lsex import lsex # local import
+# available executables
 executables = set([i.rsplit('/', 1)[-1] for i in lsex() ])
 
 def printmenu(dl, output, top=True):
-    
-    # XXX should do more checking
+
+    menu_items = []
+    name = None # menu name
     for child in dl.iterchildren():
+
         if not top and child.tag == 'a':
+            # TODO: better way of labeling this!
             print >> output, '[submenu] (%s)' % child.text
+
         if child.tag == 'dt':
-            label = ' '.join([ i.strip() for i in child.itertext() if i.strip() ])
+            # item label
+            label = ' '.join([i.strip() for i in child.itertext() if i.strip()])
         if child.tag == 'dd':
-            command = ' '.join([ i.strip() for i in child.itertext() if i.strip() ])
+            command = ' '.join([i.strip() for i in child.itertext() if i.strip()])
             executable = command.split()[0]
-            if executable in executables:
+            if executable in executables or os.path.isabs(executable):
                 print >> output, '[exec] (%s) {%s}' % (label, command)
+
         if child.tag == 'dl':
             printmenu(child, output, top=False)
     if not top:
         print >> output, '[end]'
 
-def main(args = sys.argv[1:]):
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+
+    # parse command line option
+    usage = '%prog [options] [menu.html]'
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage,
+                                   description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_option('--collapse', dest='collapse',
+                      action='store_true', default=False,
+                      help="collapse menus with a single item to that item")
+    parser.add_option('-o', '--output', dest='output',
+                      help="output file [Default: <stdout>]")
+    options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
     # setup input, output
     if args:
@@ -38,6 +72,7 @@
     dom = etree.fromstring(html)
     dl = dom.find('.//dl')
 
+    # print to stdout
     printmenu(dl, fluxout)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':