improvements for *** splitting the body; and fix years

event.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Index( object ):
         self.path = path
         self.fields = {}
         self.doc = ""
+        self.updates = []
 
     def path_short( self ):
         # XXX needs tidy
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class Index( object ):
 ---
 %(md)s
 ''' % { 'yaml': yaml.dump( self.fields, default_flow_style = False ),
-        'md': self.doc,
+        'md': "\n\n***\n\n".join( [ self.doc ] + self.updates ),
         } )
         outfile = open( self.path, 'w', encoding = "utf-8" )
         outfile.write( outdata )
@@ -34,8 +35,10 @@ class Index( object ):
         indata = open( self.path, 'r', encoding = "utf-8" ).read()
         ( pre, yamldata, docdata ) = re.split( "^---$", indata, flags = re.MULTILINE )
         self.fields = yaml.load( yamldata, Loader = yaml.SafeLoader )
-        self.doc = docdata.strip()
-
+        doc = docdata.strip()
+        bits = re.split( r"^\**$", doc, flags = re.MULTILINE )        
+        self.doc = bits.pop( 0 )
+        self.updates = [ x.strip() for x in bits ]
 
     def _toggle( self, fieldname ):
         if self.fields.get( fieldname ):
@@ -91,8 +94,8 @@ class Event( Index ):
         self.fields[ '$slug' ] = slug
 
     def set_year( self, year ):
-        if not self.fields.get( 'year' ):
-            self.fields[ 'year' ] = year
+        if isinstance( self.fields.get( 'year', None ), ( type( None ), str ) ):
+            self.fields[ 'year' ] = int( year )
 
     def set_published( self, published ):
         if not self.fields.get( '$date' ):