view abcfirstline.py @ 359:2a7d03d6a89f

Use txt2tags to format intro text. That way we can include basic markup in the into text and use it in both LaTeX and HTML. Take advantage of this to expand the wording of the intro text in all books.
author Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
date Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:28:10 +0100
parents 811151d3ae73
children 1b79867b4f35
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#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Write out a modified version of a .abc file with just the data
# to print the first line of the music only.
#

import sys

def process(inf):
    continued = False
    print "X:1"
    for line in inf:
        line = line.strip()
        # If it is empty or starts "%", ignore it.
        if len(line) == 0 or line[0] == "%":
            continue

        # Is it a header line? I.e. does it start LETTER COLON?
        # If so, output only ones we need.
        start = line[:2]
        if len(start) > 1 and start[1] == ":" and start[0].isalpha():
            if start[0] in ["M", "K", "L"]:
                print line
        # Output line. If it is a continuation, output at most one
        # continuation.
        else:
            print line
            if continued or line[-1] != "\\":
                break
            else:
                continued = True

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
        try:
            inf = open(arg, "r")
            process(inf)
        finally:
            inf.close()
else:
    process(sys.stdin)