glossary preformater

I have created a preformatter that does glossary substitutions similar  
to "shortcuts" in Radio Userland.

The basic idea is that glossary words will be replaced by specified  
text. For example, I have created a glossary entry:

{joramo}

which is replaced with the link to my web site:

<a href="http://www.joramo.com">Lee Joramo</a>

Below you will find the glossary.py (the preformatter code),  
glossary.txt (the glossary substitution file, and a sample blog entry.

Question: in glossary.py, I use a full file spec for glossary.txt. Is  
there a better way to do this? Where would be the best location to  
store the glossary.txt file in pyblosxom's directory? I also don't  
quite understand the preformatter mechanism. Can there only be one  
formatter specified in the pyblosxom configuration? I wrote this code   
while offline, so I suppose if I was online, a quick search would  
answer this question....

Any comments and suggestions most welcome.

Lee Joramo
www.joramo.com



---glossary.py--START---
# Lee Joramo
# www.joramo.com
#
# implements a glossary subsitution system similar to
# the one found in Radio Userland
#
from libs.preformatters.base import PreFormatterBase
import string

class PreFormatter(PreFormatterBase):
	def __init__(self, text = ''):
		self.text = ''.join(text)

	def parse(self):
		result = self.text
		glossary = getGlossary()
		for word in glossary.keys():
			result = string.replace(result, word, glossary[word])
		return result

def getGlossary():
	glossary = {}
	f =  
open('/Users/ljoramo/Sites/cgi-bin/blog/libs/preformatters/ 
glossary.txt', 'r')
	line = f.readline()
	while line:
		line = line.strip()
		if line == "":
			# empty lines
			pass
		elif string.find(line, "#") == 0:
			# comment line
			pass
		else:
			linesplit = line.split("\t")
			glossary[linesplit[0]] = string.join(linesplit[1:], "/t")
		line = f.readline()
	f.close()
	return glossary
---glossary.py--END---


---glossary.txt--START---
#Lee's Glossary

#  blank whitespace  lines ignored
#  lines with a leading # are ignored

#  all other lines are in the format:
#  [keyword][TAB][replacement text]

#  it is a good idea to use some special formating
#  to distinish keywords, so that you do not get
#  unexpected subsitutions. If you created a glossary
#  for the word "red" (without quotes) then all
#  occurances of the string "red" would be replaced
#  including those within HTML or withing words such
#  such as "hundred".


#  To mark my glossary words, I prefer to use {curly}
#  braces around my keywords. However, if you are
#  trying to be compatible with Radio Userland,
#  you will need to use "double quotes"


#  LINKS
{joramo}	<a href="http://www.joramo.com">Lee Joramo</a>
{uuus}	<a href="http://www.uuus.org">UUUS</a>
{google}	<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>

#  IMAGES
{joramo.jpeg}	<img  
src="http://www.joramo.com/images/my/leeajoramo.jpeg" alt="Lee Joramo"  
height="140" width="187">

#  FORMATING
#  here is the start and end of a block quote:
{quote}	<table><tr><td width="15">&nbsp;</td><td><i>
{quote/}	</i></td></tr></table>

#  BOILER PLATE
{copyright}	My attorney said: Eat SPAM and EGGS Daily!

#  RADIO USERLAND
#  if you have a blog that used Radio, you could follow
#  this example to bring over you glossary.
"radio keyword"	<a href="http://radio.userland.com">Radio Userland</a>
---glossary.txt--END---


---sample blog entry--START---
Glossary for PyBlosxom

My web address is {joramo}.

{quote}
All of this text is in a block quote. Have you visited {google} lately?
<br><br>
{joramo.jpeg}
<br><br>
{copyright}
{quote/}

Glossaries are called shortcuts in  "radio shortcut".
---sample blog entry--END---



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