quick hack to batch export from ulysses into simple plain text

pully.py

#!/usr/bin/env python                                                                                                                                                    

import os
import glob
import plistlib

def cleanse(text):
    body = text
    body = body.replace('\xe2\x80\x99', "'")
    body = body.replace('\xe2\x80\x9c', '"')
    body = body.replace('\xe2\x80\x9d', '"')
    body = body.replace('\xe2\x80\x98', "'")
    body = body.replace('\xe2\x80\xa6', "'")
    body = body.replace('\xe2\x80\xa8', "")
    return body

def output_group(group_dir):
    chunks = []
    group_info = plistlib.readPlist(os.path.join(group_dir, 'Info.ulgroup'))
    for subdirs in group_info.get('sheetClusters', []):
        for subdir in subdirs:
            text_name = os.path.join(group_dir, subdir, 'Text.txt')
            chunks.append(cleanse(open(text_name).read()))
            if not chunks[-1].endswith('\n\n'):
                chunks.append('\n\n')
    for child in group_info.get('childOrder', []):
        if not child.endswith('-ulgroup'):
            continue
        chunks.extend(
            output_group(os.path.join(group_dir, child)))
    return chunks  

ulysses_root = glob.glob(os.path.expanduser('~/Library/Mobile Documents/*com~soulmen~ulysses3/Documents/Library/Groups-ulgroup'))[0]
output_root = os.path.expanduser('~/src/writing/ulysses')
for group_dir in glob.glob(os.path.join(ulysses_root, "*-ulgroup")):
    group_info = plistlib.readPlist(os.path.join(group_dir, 'Info.ulgroup'))
    body = ''.join(output_group(group_dir))
    open(os.path.join(output_root, group_info['displayName'] + '.md'), 'w').write(body)