Transmogrify

test.tmpl

Dear all,

Here's a list of attendees, in alphabetical order:

{{py:
attendees = [
"Van der Walt, Stefan",
"Laurie, Dirk",]
}}

{{for s in sorted(attendees)}}
 - {{s}}
{{endfor}}

Regards,
{{author}}

tm.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import tempita
import os
import sys

config = {'author': 'Stefan'}

if not len(sys.argv) == 2:
    print "Usage: tm.py file"
    sys.exit(-1)

fn = sys.argv[1]
if not os.path.exists(fn):
    print "Cannot open file: %s" % fn
    sys.exit(-1)

template = tempita.HTMLTemplate(open(fn, 'r').read())
print template.substitute(config)