medit/tools/xml2h.py

#! /usr/bin/python

import os
import sys
import filecmp
import shutil

input = sys.argv[1]
output = sys.argv[2]
tmp_output = output + '.tmp'
varname = sys.argv[3]

outfile = open(tmp_output, 'w')
print >> outfile, '/* -*- C -*- */'
print >> outfile, 'static const char %s [] = ""' % (varname,)
for line in open(input):
    if line.endswith('\n'):
        line = line[:-1]
    print >> outfile, '"' + line.replace('"', '\\"') + '\\n"'
print >> outfile, ';'

outfile.close()

docopy = False
try:
    docopy = not filecmp.cmp(tmp_output, output)
except:
    docopy = True

if docopy:
    shutil.copyfile(tmp_output, output)

open(output + '.stamp', 'w').write('stamp\n')

try:
    os.remove(tmp_output)
    os.remove(output + '.stamp')
except:
    pass