Python script to create an ISPF panel from markdown

markdown_to_ispf.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import re

def make_header(name):
  return ''')ATTR DEFAULT(%+_)
% type(text) intens(high)
~ type(text) intens(high) caps(off) just(asis ) color(red)
+ type(text) color(turq) caps(off)
` type(text) intens(high) caps(off) just(asis) color(yellow)
# AREA(SCRL) EXTEND(ON)
)Body Expand(\\\\) WIDTH(80)
%-\-\-~Evil Mainframe WIKI%-\-\-
%Command ===>_zcmd
%=\=\= '''+name+''' =\=\=
#TextArea -------------------------------------------------------------#
)AREA TEXTAREA'''

footer = '''
)Init
 .help = wikihelp
 .cursor = zcmd
)End'''

def natural_sort(l):
    convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower()
    alphanum_key = lambda key: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key)]
    return sorted(l, key=alphanum_key)

def find_all(a_str, sub):
    start = 0
    while True:
        start = a_str.find(sub, start)
        if start == -1: return
        yield start
        start += len(sub) # use start += 1 to find overlapping matches

for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
  f = natural_sort(files)
  for filename in f:
    text = ''
    if filename.find('png') < 0:
      try:
        num = int(filename.split()[0])
        name = filename.split(" ",1)[1].split(".")[0]
        text = make_header(name)
        phile = open(filename, "r")
        md = phile.read().splitlines()
        phile.close()
        mode = "normal"
	for line in md:
          # Match ** with **
          # replace `` with `+
          # Split lines at 70 chars
          newline = '      '
          bullet = 0
          if len(line) == 0:
              newline = "+"
          elif line.find("## **",0) >= 0:
              if line.find("### **") >= 0:
                newline = "%"+line[6:-2]
              else:
                newline = "%"+line[5:-2]
          elif line == "```":
            if mode == "normal":
              mode = "code"
              newline = "`"
            else:
              mode = "normal"
              newline = "+"
          elif line[0] == "*":
            if line[0:3] == "***":
              newline = "+"+"    -"+line[3:]
              bullet = 6
            elif line[0:2] == "**":
              newline = "+"+"  -"+line[2:]
              bullet = 4
            elif line[0] == "*":
              newline = "+"+"-"+line[1:]
              bullet = 2
          else:
            if mode == "normal":
              newline = "+"+line
            else:
              newline = "`"+line
          # Ok we caught all the lines
          #remove bold
          if newline.find("**") > 0:
            newline = newline.replace("*","")
          #make inline code work
          if newline[1:].find("`") >= 0:
            code = "off"
            l = list(find_all(newline,"`"))
            for x in l:
              if code == "off":
                code = "on"
              else:
                code = "off"
                newline = newline[:x] + "+" + newline[x + 1:]
          #remove images
          if newline.find("[img") >= 0:
             newline = newline[:newline.find("[img")]+ newline[newline.find("]]")+2:]
          if len(newline) + bullet > 62:
             s = newline.rfind(" ",0,62 + bullet)
             if len(newline[s:]) + bullet > 62:
               if len(newline[s+62+bullet:])+bullet > 62:
                 newline = (newline[:s] + "\n" + bullet*" "+
                            newline[s:s+62+bullet] +"\n" + bullet*" "+" "+ newline[s+62+bullet:s+62+62+bullet] +
                            "\n" + bullet*" "+" "+
                            newline[s+62+62+bullet:])
               else:
                 newline = newline[:s] + "\n" + bullet*" "+ newline[s:s+62+bullet] +"\n" + bullet*" "+" "+ newline[s+62+bullet:]
             else:
               newline = newline[:s] +"\n" + bullet*" "+ newline[s:]
          newline = newline.replace("#"," ")
          newline = newline.replace("_"," ")
          newline = newline.replace("\\"," ")
          text = text + "\n" + newline
        text = text + footer
        with open("output/W"+str(num), "w") as text_file:
          text_file.write(text)
      except ValueError:
        continue