fencedcodeblocks.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

# Replaces indented code with fenced code blocks

import re
import glob

skiplist=['doc/src/concepts.md', 'doc/src/faq.md']

def replfunction1(matchobj):
    matchedstring=matchobj.group(0)
    matchedstring=matchedstring.strip()
    matchedstring=re.sub('^    ', '', matchedstring, flags=re.MULTILINE)
    matchedstring="\n```cpp" + "\n" + matchedstring + "\n" + "```\n\n"
    return(matchedstring)

def replfunction2(matchobj):
    matchedstring=matchobj.group(0)
    print("matched string is \n")
    print(matchedstring)
    matchedstring=matchedstring.strip()
    matchedstring=matchedstring + " "
    matchedstring = re.sub('^/// ', '', matchedstring, flags=re.MULTILINE)
    matchedstring = re.sub('^\s*\n(\s{4}.*$)+\n*', replfunction1, matchedstring, flags=re.MULTILINE)
    matchedstring=matchedstring.strip()
    matchedstring=matchedstring + "\n"
    matchedstring=re.sub('^', '/// ', matchedstring, flags=re.MULTILINE)
    matchedstring=re.sub('^/// ///$', '/// ', matchedstring, flags=re.MULTILINE)
    matchedstring="\n" + matchedstring + "\n\n"
    return(matchedstring)

for filename in glob.glob('doc/**/*.md',recursive=True):
    if filename not in skiplist:
        print("Name is " + filename)
        file = open(filename, 'r+')
        Lines = file.read()
        result = re.sub('^\s*\n(\s{4}.*$)+\n*',replfunction1,Lines,flags=re.MULTILINE)
        file.seek(0)
        file.truncate()
        file.write(result)
        file.close()

for filename in glob.glob('**/*.hpp',recursive=True):
    print("Name is " + filename)
    file = open(filename, 'r+')
    Lines = file.read()
    result = re.sub('^(\s*///.*$)+\n*',replfunction2,Lines,flags=re.MULTILINE)
    file.seek(0)
    file.truncate()
    file.write(result)
    file.close()