# HG changeset patch
# User Steve Losh <steve@stevelosh.com>
# Date 1291992138 18000
# Node ID 8341feacc8f98996eb71b657043839910680fa2f
# Parent  edd3e758a0c82ae512f26e9d8650e32ace224b21
vim: I hate vimballs THIS much

diff -r edd3e758a0c8 -r 8341feacc8f9 vim/castrate.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/vim/castrate.py	Fri Dec 10 09:42:18 2010 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Original source: http://forrst.com/posts/An_unball_script_for_vimball_plugins-CHM
+
+import os, sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    raise SystemExit('usage: python castrate.py annoying.vba bundle/annoying')
+
+infile = sys.argv[1]
+
+vba_dir = os.path.splitext(infile)[0]
+if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+    vba_dir = sys.argv[2]
+
+if os.path.exists(vba_dir):
+    raise SystemExit('The location ' + vba_dir + ' already exists. '
+                     'Please delete/move it or give a different folder to extract into.')
+
+lines = open(infile).read().splitlines()
+vbasize = len(lines)
+i = 0
+
+while i < vbasize:
+    line = lines[i]
+    if line.endswith('\t[[[1'):
+        path = line.rstrip('\t[[[1').replace('\\', '/')
+        size = int(lines[i + 1])
+        content = '\n'.join(lines[i + 2 : i + 2 + size])
+        relpath = os.path.join(vba_dir, path)
+        dirname = os.path.dirname(relpath)
+        if not os.path.exists(dirname):
+            os.makedirs(dirname)
+        open(relpath, 'w').write(content)
+        print 'wrote', path
+        i += 2 + size
+    else:
+        i += 1
+
+print 'Unballed', infile, 'into', vba_dir
+print 'And hence the world rests in peace'
+