mr.bob 0.1a2

Bob renders directory structure templates

Mister Bob the Builder renders directory skeleton to a target directory.

More: http://mrbob.readthedocs.org/

TODO

• gittip

• add +var+ folder in template_sample

• [medium] validate questions being answered through config files

• [medium] figure out how templates can depend on each other (bobconfig setting with a list of template names?)

• [medium] ability to use multiple templates at the same time and depend on them (similar templer structures, but doesnt separate structures and templates)

• [medium] Check how one would implement multi-namespace python package with current mr.bob api

• [medium] Consider http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/code/treedict/overview.html#overview for “variables” storage

• [low] Ability to configure what to ignore when copying templates in bobconfig

• [low] better format print questions output (keep order of questions)

• [low] non-interactive support (disable last phase of configuration) - what happens on missing variable?

• [low] ability to have localcommands (maybe we dont need them because you can just use another template on top of template) - document this

• [low] ability to specify answers to questions from cli

• [low] ability to simulate rendering (dry-run)

• [low] ability to rewrite templates

• [low] ability to remember answers for the rendered template (goes together with updating/overriding templates)

[high] parse mr.bob section in templates (determine how that goes into configuration chain):

[mr.bob]
post_render_msg = Balblablalba
pre_render(all stuff passed to render())
post_render
pre_ask_question(question, questions, more?)
post_ask_question

Add advanced templating docs section:

• remove action in favor of post_ask_question

• default may require input from previous answers (for example url of documentation may propose package.rtfd.org link for docs) -> use pre_ask_question to set default value

• ability to conditionally render a file -> use post_render and delete the file if needed

• if one question was answered, another template may be triggered -> use post_ask_question and use api to do whatever

• question may be asked if another question is answered in a certain way -> use post_ask_question and add another question (is that possible if we are looping through questions? -> While questions: questions.pop())

Changelog

0.1a2 (2012-11-29)

• #12: Fix unicode errors when using non-ASCII in questions or defaults [Domen Kožar]

• Ask questions in same order they were defined in template configuration file [Domen Kožar]

0.1a1 (2012-10-19)

• Initial release. [Domen Kožar, Tom Lazar]