#! /usr/bin/env python
# Copyright (C) 2008, Mike Mueller <
[email protected]>
"Minimal implementation."
import re
import sys
RE_NUMBER = re.compile(r"\[(\d+)\]")
def process(file_name):
"Process all data."
data = open(file_name).read()
split_text = data.split("@footnote:")
footnote_numbers = RE_NUMBER.findall(split_text[1])
pairs = zip(footnote_numbers, range(1, len(footnote_numbers) + 1))
number_dict = dict((number, counter) for number, counter in pairs)
def callback(match):
"Replace all old with new numbers."
return '[%s]' % number_dict.get(match.group(1),
'Error: no footnote found for number %s' % match.group(1))
print RE_NUMBER.sub(callback, data),
if __name__ == '__main__':
process(sys.argv[1])
