vim_to_anki.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import os
import argparse
import re

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument("--file", "-f", type=str, required=True)
parser.add_argument("--output", "-o", type=str, required=True)

def main(file, output):
    print(f"Parsing {file}")
    if os.path.exists(output):
        print(f"deleting {output}")
        os.remove(output)
    inputfile, outputfile = open(file), open(output, 'w')
    for line in inputfile:
        if line.startswith('" ANKI') != True:
            continue
        description = re.sub('"( )?ANKI(I)?(:)?( )?', "", line).strip()
        next_line = next(inputfile)
        if next_line.startswith('" '):
            continue
        outputfile.write(f"{description}; {next_line}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = parser.parse_args()
    main(args.file, args.output)
    sys.exit(0)