zed/fill-textarea.py

## fill-textarea.py
#!/usr/bin/env python2.6
"""Fill textarea.

http://stackoverflow.com/q/20621751
"""
import cgi

text = u'the text <that> you want & "to" put into textarea \u263a'
html_safe_text = cgi.escape(text, quote=True) # < > & " -> &lt; &gt; &amp; &quot;
textarea_html = u'<textarea placeholder="{0}"></textarea>'.format(
    html_safe_text)
textarea_html_filled = u'<textarea>{0}</textarea>'.format(
    html_safe_text)

import tempfile
import webbrowser
import time

def open_in_browser(html):
    """like lxml.html.open_in_browser() but `html` is a bytestring."""
    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("wb", 0, suffix='.html') as file:
        file.write(html)
        webbrowser.open(file.name)
        time.sleep(60) # give the browser a minute to open before
                       # deleting the file

open_in_browser((u'''<!doctype html>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Fill textarea</title>
''' + textarea_html + textarea_html_filled).encode('utf-8'))
	#!/usr/bin/env python2.6
	"""Fill textarea.

	http://stackoverflow.com/q/20621751
	"""
	import cgi

	text = u'the text <that> you want & "to" put into textarea \u263a'
	html_safe_text = cgi.escape(text, quote=True) # < > & " -> < > & "
	textarea_html = u'<textarea placeholder="{0}"></textarea>'.format(
	html_safe_text)
	textarea_html_filled = u'<textarea>{0}</textarea>'.format(
	html_safe_text)

	import tempfile
	import webbrowser
	import time

	def open_in_browser(html):
	"""like lxml.html.open_in_browser() but `html` is a bytestring."""
	with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("wb", 0, suffix='.html') as file:
	file.write(html)
	webbrowser.open(file.name)
	time.sleep(60) # give the browser a minute to open before
	# deleting the file

	open_in_browser((u'''<!doctype html>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>Fill textarea</title>
	''' + textarea_html + textarea_html_filled).encode('utf-8'))