now creating events and publishing them

event.py

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+
+import yaml
+import os
+import glob
+import re
+
+class Event( object ):
+    def __init__( self, path, glob ):
+        self.path = path
+        self.glob = glob
+        self.fields = {}
+        self.doc = ""
+
+    def path_short( self ):
+        # XXX needs tidy
+        return "content/event/" + os.path.basename( self.path )
+
+    def open( self ):
+        for path in glob.glob( self.glob ):
+            if os.path.exists( path ):
+                self.path = path
+                self.read()
+                return False
+        return True
+
+    def write( self ):
+        outfile = open( self.path, 'w', encoding = "utf-8" )
+        outfile.write( ( '''\
+---
+%(yaml)s
+---
+%(md)s
+''' % { 'yaml': yaml.dump( self.fields, default_flow_style = False ),
+        'md': self.doc,
+        } ) )
+
+    def read( self ):
+        indata = open( self.path, 'r', encoding = "utf-8" ).read()
+        try:
+            ( pre, yamldata, docdata ) = re.split( "^---$", indata, flags = re.MULTILINE )
+        except ValueError:
+            return
+        self.yaml = yaml.load( yamldata )
+        self.doc = docdata.strip()