#!/usr/bin/env python3 from datetime import date import os import subprocess def main(): base_dir = get_base_dir() today = date.today() edit_note(base_dir, today) def get_base_dir() -> str: """ Creates the directories necessary for the program to work, if they are not present. Returns the path to the directory where data can be stored. """ base_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/.local/share/histd') os.makedirs(base_dir, exist_ok=True) return base_dir def edit_note(base_dir: str, note_date: date): """ Creates the required directories and opens a text editor so that the user can describe the day. """ # Create dirs (base_dir/year/month) year = str(note_date.year) month = f'{note_date.month:02}' workdir = os.path.join(base_dir, year, month) os.makedirs(workdir, exist_ok=True) # Open file (base_dir/year/month/day.txt) with default editor filename = f'{note_date.day:02}.txt' path_to_file = os.path.join(workdir, filename) editor = os.environ.get('EDITOR', 'nano') try: subprocess.run([editor, path_to_file], check=True, cwd=base_dir) except FileNotFoundError: print("Error: I can't find your text editor") print("Make sure the 'EDITOR' environment variable is set correctly") except subprocess.CalledProcessError: print("Your editor returned non-zero exit code") if __name__ == '__main__': main()