Function main

pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py:186–397

()

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="A kickstarter for Pelican",
        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter,
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-p", "--path", default=_DEFAULT_PATH, help="The path to generate the blog into"
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-t", "--title", metavar="title", help="Set the title of the website"
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-a", "--author", metavar="author", help="Set the author name of the website"
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-l", "--lang", metavar="lang", help="Set the default web site language"
    )

    args = parser.parse_args()

    print(
        f"""Welcome to pelican-quickstart v{__version__}.

This script will help you create a new Pelican-based website.

Please answer the following questions so this script can generate the files
needed by Pelican.

    """
    )

    project = os.path.join(os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV", os.curdir), ".project")
    no_path_was_specified = hasattr(args.path, "is_default_path")
    if os.path.isfile(project) and no_path_was_specified:
        CONF["basedir"] = open(project).read().rstrip("\n")
        print(
            "Using project associated with current virtual environment. "
            "Will save to:\n{}\n".format(CONF["basedir"])
        )
    else:
        CONF["basedir"] = os.path.abspath(
            os.path.expanduser(
                ask(
                    "Where do you want to create your new web site?",
                    answer=str,
                    default=args.path,
                )
            )
        )

    CONF["sitename"] = ask(
        "What will be the title of this web site?", answer=str, default=args.title
    )
    CONF["author"] = ask(
        "Who will be the author of this web site?", answer=str, default=args.author
    )
    CONF["lang"] = ask(
        "What will be the default language of this web site?",