Version bump: 2.5.1

Expand ~ for 'CHEAT_USER_DIR', 'CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR' and 'DEFAULT_CHEAT…

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+*.log
 *.pyc
 .env
+.vagrant
 MANIFEST
 build
 cheat.egg-info

README.md

@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ with your [dotfiles][].
 Configuring
 -----------
 
-### Setting a CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR ###
+### Setting a CHEAT_USER_DIR ###
 Personal cheatsheets are saved in the `~/.cheat` directory by default, but you
-can specify a different default by exporting a `CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR` environment
+can specify a different default by exporting a `CHEAT_USER_DIR` environment
 variable:
 
 ```sh
-export CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR='/path/to/my/cheats'
+export CHEAT_USER_DIR='/path/to/my/cheats'
 ```
 
 ### Setting a CHEAT_PATH ###
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ export CHEAT_COLORS=true
 
 Note that [pygments][] must be installed on your system for this to work.
 
+`cheat` ships with both light and dark colorschemes to support terminals with
+different background colors. A colorscheme may be selected via the
+`CHEAT_COLORSCHEME` envvar:
+
+```sh
+export CHEAT_COLORSCHEME=light # must be 'light' (default) or 'dark'
+```
 
 #### Specifying a Syntax Highlighter ####
 You may manually specify which syntax highlighter to use for each cheatsheet by
@@ -161,9 +168,9 @@ See Also:
 - [Related Projects][related-projects]
 
 
-[autocompletion]:   https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/wiki/Enabling-Command-line-Autocompletion
+[autocompletion]:   https://github.com/cheat/cheat/wiki/Enabling-Command-line-Autocompletion
 [dotfiles]:         http://dotfiles.github.io/
 [gfm]:              https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/
-[installing]:       https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/wiki/Installing
+[installing]:       https://github.com/cheat/cheat/wiki/Installing
 [pygments]:         http://pygments.org/
-[related-projects]: https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat/wiki/Related-Projects
+[related-projects]: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/wiki/Related-Projects

Vagrantfile

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    vb.memory = "512"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+     sudo apt-get update
+     sudo apt-get install -y python-pip
+     su vagrant && sudo -H pip install docopt pygments termcolor flake8
+     cd /vagrant && sudo python setup.py install
+  SHELL
+end

bin/cheat

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Usage:
   cheat -v
 
 Options:
-  -d --directories  List directories on CHEATPATH
+  -d --directories  List directories on $CHEAT_PATH
   -e --edit         Edit cheatsheet
   -l --list         List cheatsheets
   -s --search       Search cheatsheets for <keyword>
@@ -36,27 +36,57 @@ Examples:
 
 # require the dependencies
 from __future__ import print_function
-from cheat.sheets import Sheets
+from cheat.colorize import Colorize
-from cheat.sheet import Sheet
-from cheat.utils import Utils
 from cheat.configuration import Configuration
+from cheat.sheet import Sheet
+from cheat.sheets import Sheets
+from cheat.utils import Utils
 from docopt import docopt
 import os
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # parse the command-line options
-    options = docopt(__doc__, version='cheat 2.4.2')
+    options = docopt(__doc__, version='cheat 2.5.1')
 
+    # initialize and validate configs
     config = Configuration()
+    config.validate()
+
+    # create the CHEAT_USER_DIR if it does not exist
+    if not os.path.isdir(config.cheat_user_dir):
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(config.cheat_user_dir)
+
+        except OSError:
+            Utils.die("%s %s %s" % (
+                'Could not create CHEAT_USER_DIR (',
+                config.cheat_user_dir,
+                ')')
+            )
+
+    # assert that the CHEAT_USER_DIR is readable and writable
+    if not os.access(config.cheat_user_dir, os.R_OK):
+        Utils.die("%s %s %s" % (
+            'The CHEAT_USER_DIR (',
+            config.cheat_user_dir,
+            ') is not readable')
+        )
+    if not os.access(config.cheat_user_dir, os.W_OK):
+        Utils.die("%s %s %s" % (
+            'The CHEAT_USER_DIR (',
+            config.cheat_user_dir,
+            ') is not writeable')
+        )
+
+    # bootsrap
     sheets = Sheets(config)
-    utils = Utils(config)
+    sheet = Sheet(config, sheets)
-    sheet = Sheet(sheets, utils)
+    colorize = Colorize(config)
 
     # list directories
     if options['--directories']:
-        print("\n".join(sheets.paths()))
+        print("\n".join(sheets.directories()))
 
     # list cheatsheets
     elif options['--list']:
@@ -64,12 +94,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # create/edit cheatsheet
     elif options['--edit']:
-        sheet.create_or_edit(options['<cheatsheet>'])
+        sheet.edit(options['<cheatsheet>'])
 
     # search among the cheatsheets
     elif options['--search']:
-        print(utils.colorize(sheets.search(options['<keyword>'])), end="")
+        print(colorize.syntax(sheets.search(options['<keyword>'])), end="")
 
     # print the cheatsheet
     else:
-        print(utils.colorize(sheet.read(options['<cheatsheet>'])), end="")
+        print(colorize.syntax(sheet.read(options['<cheatsheet>'])), end="")

bin/cheat.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@echo OFF
+
+if not defined CHEAT_EDITOR if not defined EDITOR if not defined VISUAL (
+    set CHEAT_EDITOR=write
+)
+
+REM %~dp0 is black magic for getting directory of script
+python %~dp0cheat %*

cheat/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from . import sheet
-from . import sheets
-from . import utils
-from . import configuration

cheat/cheatsheets/gcc

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gcc -g
 # Debug with all symbols.
 gcc -ggdb3
 
-# Build for 64 bytes
+# Build for 64 bits
 gcc -m64
 
 # Include the directory {/usr/include/myPersonnal/lib/} to the list of path for #include <....>

cheat/cheatsheets/rename

@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # Lowercase all files and folders in current directory
 rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *
+
+# Replace 'sometext' with 'replacedby' in all files in current directory
+rename 's/sometext/replacedby/' *

cheat/cheatsheets/ssh

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ssh -f -L 8080:remote.example.com:5000 user@personal.server.com -N
 ssh -X -t user@example.com 'chromium-browser'
 
 # To create a SOCKS proxy on localhost and port 9999
-ssh -D 9999 user@example.com
+ssh -qND 9999 user@example.com
 
 # To tunnel an ssh session over the SOCKS proxy on localhost and port 9999
 ssh -o "ProxyCommand nc -x 127.0.0.1:9999 -X 4 %h %p" username@example2.com

cheat/cheatsheets/youtube-dl

@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ youtube-dl -s example.com/watch?v=id
 # To download audio in mp3 format with best quality available
 youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 example.com/watch?v=id
 
-# For all video formats see
+# For all video formats see link below (unfold "Comparison of YouTube media encoding options")
-# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs
+# https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=YouTube&oldid=723160791#Quality_and_formats

cheat/colorize.py

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+import sys
+
+
+class Colorize:
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self._config = config
+
+    def search(self, needle, haystack):
+        """ Colorizes search results matched within a line """
+
+        # if a highlight color is not configured, exit early
+        if not self._config.cheat_highlight:
+            return haystack
+
+        # otherwise, attempt to import the termcolor library
+        try:
+            from termcolor import colored
+
+        # if the import fails, return uncolored text
+        except ImportError:
+            return haystack
+
+        # if the import succeeds, colorize the needle in haystack
+        return haystack.replace(needle,
+                                colored(needle, self._config.cheat_highlight))
+
+    def syntax(self, sheet_content):
+        """ Applies syntax highlighting """
+
+        # only colorize if cheat_colors is true, and stdout is a tty
+        if self._config.cheat_colors is False or not sys.stdout.isatty():
+            return sheet_content
+
+        # don't attempt to colorize an empty cheatsheet
+        if not sheet_content.strip():
+            return ""
+
+        # otherwise, attempt to import the pygments library
+        try:
+            from pygments import highlight
+            from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
+            from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter
+
+        # if the import fails, return uncolored text
+        except ImportError:
+            return sheet_content
+
+        # otherwise, attempt to colorize
+        first_line = sheet_content.splitlines()[0]
+        lexer = get_lexer_by_name('bash')
+
+        # apply syntax-highlighting if the first line is a code-fence
+        if first_line.startswith('```'):
+            sheet_content = '\n'.join(sheet_content.split('\n')[1:-2])
+            try:
+                lexer = get_lexer_by_name(first_line[3:])
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        return highlight(
+               sheet_content,
+               lexer,
+               TerminalFormatter(bg=self._config.cheat_colorscheme))

cheat/configuration.py

@@ -1,134 +1,119 @@
-import os
 from cheat.utils import Utils
 import json
+import os
 
 
 class Configuration:
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self._get_global_conf_file_path()
+        # compute the location of the config files
-        self._get_local_conf_file_path()
+        config_file_path_global = self._select([
-        self._saved_configuration = self._get_configuration()
+            os.environ.get('CHEAT_GLOBAL_CONF_PATH'),
-
+            '/etc/cheat',
-    def _get_configuration(self):
+        ])
-        # get options from config files and environment vairables
+        config_file_path_local = self._select([
-        merged_config = {}
+            os.environ.get('CHEAT_LOCAL_CONF_PATH'),
+            os.path.expanduser('~/.config/cheat/cheat'),
+        ])
 
+        # attempt to read the global config file
+        config = {}
         try:
-            merged_config.update(
+            config.update(self._read_config_file(config_file_path_global))
-                self._read_configuration_file(self.glob_config_path)
-            )
         except Exception as e:
-            Utils.warn('error while parsing global configuration Reason: '
+            Utils.warn('Error while parsing global configuration: '
-                       + e.message
+                       + e.message)
-                       )
 
+        # attempt to read the local config file
         try:
-            merged_config.update(
+            config.update(self._read_config_file(config_file_path_local))
-                self._read_configuration_file(self.local_config_path)
-            )
         except Exception as e:
-            Utils.warn('error while parsing user configuration Reason: '
+            Utils.warn('Error while parsing local configuration: ' + e.message)
-                       + e.message
-                       )
 
-        merged_config.update(self._read_env_vars_config())
+        # With config files read, now begin to apply envvar overrides and
+        # default values
 
-        self._check_configuration(merged_config)
+        # self.cheat_colors
+        self.cheat_colors = self._select([
+            Utils.boolify(os.environ.get('CHEAT_COLORS')),
+            Utils.boolify(os.environ.get('CHEATCOLORS')),
+            Utils.boolify(config.get('CHEAT_COLORS')),
+            True,
+        ])
 
-        return merged_config
+        # self.cheat_colorscheme
+        self.cheat_colorscheme = self._select([
+            os.environ.get('CHEAT_COLORSCHEME'),
+            config.get('CHEAT_COLORSCHEME'),
+            'light',
+        ]).strip().lower()
 
-    def _read_configuration_file(self, path):
+        # self.cheat_user_dir
-        # Reads configuration file and returns list of set variables
+        self.cheat_user_dir = self._select(
-        read_config = {}
+            map(os.path.expanduser,
-        if (os.path.isfile(path)):
+                filter(None,
+                    [os.environ.get('CHEAT_USER_DIR'),
+                     os.environ.get('CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR'),
+                     os.environ.get('DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR'),
+                     # TODO: XDG home?
+                     os.path.join('~', '.cheat')])))
+
+        # self.cheat_editor
+        self.cheat_editor = self._select([
+            os.environ.get('CHEAT_EDITOR'),
+            os.environ.get('EDITOR'),
+            os.environ.get('VISUAL'),
+            config.get('CHEAT_EDITOR'),
+            'vi',
+        ])
+
+        # self.cheat_highlight
+        self.cheat_highlight = self._select([
+            os.environ.get('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT'),
+            config.get('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT'),
+            False,
+        ])
+        if isinstance(self.cheat_highlight, str):
+            Utils.boolify(self.cheat_highlight)
+
+        # self.cheat_path
+        self.cheat_path = self._select([
+            os.environ.get('CHEAT_PATH'),
+            os.environ.get('CHEATPATH'),
+            config.get('CHEAT_PATH'),
+            '/usr/share/cheat',
+        ])
+
+    def _read_config_file(self, path):
+        """ Reads configuration file and returns list of set variables """
+        config = {}
+        if os.path.isfile(path):
             with open(path) as config_file:
-                read_config.update(json.load(config_file))
+                config.update(json.load(config_file))
-        return read_config
+        return config
 
-    def _read_env_vars_config(self):
+    def _select(self, values):
-        read_config = {}
+        for v in values:
+            if v is not None:
+                return v
 
-        # NOTE: These variables are left here because of backwards
+    def validate(self):
-        # compatibility and are supported only as env vars but not in
+        """ Validates configuration parameters """
-        # configuration file
 
-        if (os.environ.get('VISUAL')):
+        # assert that cheat_highlight contains a valid value
-            read_config['EDITOR'] = os.environ.get('VISUAL')
+        highlights = [
-
-        # variables supported both in environment and configuration file
-        # NOTE: Variables without CHEAT_ prefix are legacy
-        # key is variable name and value is its legacy_alias
-        # if variable has no legacy alias then set to None
-        variables = {'CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR': 'DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR',
-                     'CHEAT_PATH': 'CHEATPATH',
-                     'CHEAT_COLORS': 'CHEATCOLORS',
-                     'CHEAT_EDITOR': 'EDITOR',
-                     'CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT': None
-                     }
-
-        for (k, v) in variables.items():
-            self._read_env_var(read_config, k, v)
-
-        return read_config
-
-    def _check_configuration(self, config):
-        """ Check values in config and warn user or die """
-
-        # validate CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT values if set
-        colors = [
             'grey', 'red', 'green', 'yellow',
-            'blue', 'magenta', 'cyan', 'white'
+            'blue', 'magenta', 'cyan', 'white',
+            False
         ]
-        if (
+        if self.cheat_highlight not in highlights:
-            config.get('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT') and
+            Utils.die("%s %s" %
-            config.get('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT') not in colors
+                      ('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT must be one of:', highlights))
-        ):
-            Utils.die("%s %s" % ('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT must be one of:', colors))
 
-    def _read_env_var(self, current_config, key, alias=None):
+        # assert that the color scheme is valid
-        if os.environ.get(key) is not None:
+        colorschemes = ['light', 'dark']
-            current_config[key] = os.environ.get(key)
+        if self.cheat_colorscheme not in colorschemes:
-            return
+            Utils.die("%s %s" %
-        elif alias is not None and os.environ.get(alias) is not None:
+                      ('CHEAT_COLORSCHEME must be one of:', colorschemes))
-            current_config[key] = os.environ.get(alias)
-            return
 
-    def _get_global_conf_file_path(self):
+        return True
-        self.glob_config_path = (os.environ.get('CHEAT_GLOBAL_CONF_PATH')
-                                 or '/etc/cheat')
-
-    def _get_local_conf_file_path(self):
-        path = (os.environ.get('CHEAT_LOCAL_CONF_PATH')
-                or os.path.expanduser('~/.config/cheat/cheat'))
-        self.local_config_path = path
-
-    def _choose_value(self, primary_value_name, secondary_value_name):
-        """ Return primary or secondary value in saved_configuration
-
-        If primary value is in configuration then return it. If it is not
-        then return secondary. In the absence of both values return None
-        """
-
-        primary_value = self._saved_configuration.get(primary_value_name)
-        secondary_value = self._saved_configuration.get(secondary_value_name)
-
-        if primary_value is not None:
-            return primary_value
-        else:
-            return secondary_value
-
-    def get_default_cheat_dir(self):
-        return self._choose_value('CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR', 'DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR')
-
-    def get_cheatpath(self):
-        return self._choose_value('CHEAT_PATH', 'CHEATPATH')
-
-    def get_cheatcolors(self):
-        return self._choose_value('CHEAT_COLORS', 'CHEATCOLORS')
-
-    def get_editor(self):
-        return self._choose_value('CHEAT_EDITOR', 'EDITOR')
-
-    def get_highlight(self):
-        return self._saved_configuration.get('CHEAT_HIGHLIGHT')

cheat/editor.py

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+from cheat.utils import Utils
+import subprocess
+
+
+class Editor:
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self._config = config
+
+    def editor(self):
+        """ Determines the user's preferred editor """
+
+        # assert that the editor is set
+        if not self._config.cheat_editor:
+            Utils.die(
+                'You must set a CHEAT_EDITOR, VISUAL, or EDITOR environment '
+                'variable or setting in order to create/edit a cheatsheet.'
+            )
+
+        return self._config.cheat_editor
+
+    def open(self, filepath):
+        """ Open `filepath` using the EDITOR specified by the env variables """
+        editor_cmd = self.editor().split()
+        try:
+            subprocess.call(editor_cmd + [filepath])
+        except OSError:
+            Utils.die('Could not launch ' + self.editor())

cheat/sheet.py

@@ -1,79 +1,64 @@
+from cheat.editor import Editor
+from cheat.utils import Utils
 import io
 import os
 import shutil
 
-from cheat.utils import Utils
-
 
 class Sheet:
 
-    def __init__(self, sheets, utils):
+    def __init__(self, config, sheets):
+        self._config = config
+        self._editor = Editor(config)
         self._sheets = sheets
-        self._utils = utils
 
-    def copy(self, current_sheet_path, new_sheet_path):
+    def _exists(self, sheet):
-        """ Copies a sheet to a new path """
-
-        # attempt to copy the sheet to DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR
-        try:
-            shutil.copy(current_sheet_path, new_sheet_path)
-
-        # fail gracefully if the cheatsheet cannot be copied. This can happen
-        # if DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR does not exist
-        except IOError:
-            Utils.die('Could not copy cheatsheet for editing.')
-
-    def create_or_edit(self, sheet):
-        """ Creates or edits a cheatsheet """
-
-        # if the cheatsheet does not exist
-        if not self.exists(sheet):
-            self.create(sheet)
-
-        # if the cheatsheet exists but not in the default_path, copy it to the
-        # default path before editing
-        elif self.exists(sheet) and not self.exists_in_default_path(sheet):
-            self.copy(self.path(sheet),
-                      os.path.join(self._sheets.default_path(), sheet))
-            self.edit(sheet)
-
-        # if it exists and is in the default path, then just open it
-        else:
-            self.edit(sheet)
-
-    def create(self, sheet):
-        """ Creates a cheatsheet """
-        new_sheet_path = os.path.join(self._sheets.default_path(), sheet)
-        self._utils.open_with_editor(new_sheet_path)
-
-    def edit(self, sheet):
-        """ Opens a cheatsheet for editing """
-        self._utils.open_with_editor(self.path(sheet))
-
-    def exists(self, sheet):
         """ Predicate that returns true if the sheet exists """
         return (sheet in self._sheets.get() and
-                os.access(self.path(sheet), os.R_OK))
+                os.access(self._path(sheet), os.R_OK))
 
-    def exists_in_default_path(self, sheet):
+    def _exists_in_default_path(self, sheet):
         """ Predicate that returns true if the sheet exists in default_path"""
-        default_path_sheet = os.path.join(self._sheets.default_path(), sheet)
+        default_path = os.path.join(self._config.cheat_user_dir, sheet)
         return (sheet in self._sheets.get() and
-                os.access(default_path_sheet, os.R_OK))
+                os.access(default_path, os.R_OK))
 
-    def is_writable(self, sheet):
+    def _path(self, sheet):
-        """ Predicate that returns true if the sheet is writeable """
-        return (sheet in self._sheets.get() and
-                os.access(self.path(sheet), os.W_OK))
-
-    def path(self, sheet):
         """ Returns a sheet's filesystem path """
         return self._sheets.get()[sheet]
 
+    def edit(self, sheet):
+        """ Creates or edits a cheatsheet """
+
+        # if the cheatsheet does not exist
+        if not self._exists(sheet):
+            new_path = os.path.join(self._config.cheat_user_dir, sheet)
+            self._editor.open(new_path)
+
+        # if the cheatsheet exists but not in the default_path, copy it to the
+        # default path before editing
+        elif self._exists(sheet) and not self._exists_in_default_path(sheet):
+            try:
+                shutil.copy(
+                            self._path(sheet),
+                            os.path.join(self._config.cheat_user_dir, sheet)
+                           )
+
+            # fail gracefully if the cheatsheet cannot be copied. This can
+            # happen if CHEAT_USER_DIR does not exist
+            except IOError:
+                Utils.die('Could not copy cheatsheet for editing.')
+
+            self._editor.open(self._path(sheet))
+
+        # if it exists and is in the default path, then just open it
+        else:
+            self._editor.open(self._path(sheet))
+
     def read(self, sheet):
         """ Returns the contents of the cheatsheet as a String """
-        if not self.exists(sheet):
+        if not self._exists(sheet):
             Utils.die('No cheatsheet found for ' + sheet)
 
-        with io.open(self.path(sheet), encoding='utf-8') as cheatfile:
+        with io.open(self._path(sheet), encoding='utf-8') as cheatfile:
             return cheatfile.read()

cheat/sheets.py

@@ -1,55 +1,34 @@
+from cheat.colorize import Colorize
+from cheat.utils import Utils
 import io
 import os
 
-from cheat.utils import Utils
-
 
 class Sheets:
 
     def __init__(self, config):
-        self._default_cheat_dir = config.get_default_cheat_dir()
+        self._config = config
-        self._cheatpath = config.get_cheatpath()
+        self._colorize = Colorize(config)
-        self._utils = Utils(config)
 
-    def default_path(self):
+        # Assembles a dictionary of cheatsheets as name => file-path
-        """ Returns the default cheatsheet path """
+        self._sheets = {}
+        sheet_paths = [
+            config.cheat_user_dir
+        ]
 
-        # determine the default cheatsheet dir
+        # merge the CHEAT_PATH paths into the sheet_paths
-        default_sheets_dir = (self._default_cheat_dir or
+        if config.cheat_path:
-                              os.path.join('~', '.cheat'))
+            for path in config.cheat_path.split(os.pathsep):
-        default_sheets_dir = os.path.expanduser(
+                if os.path.isdir(path):
-            os.path.expandvars(default_sheets_dir))
+                    sheet_paths.append(path)
 
-        # create the DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR if it does not exist
+        if not sheet_paths:
-        if not os.path.isdir(default_sheets_dir):
+            Utils.die('The CHEAT_USER_DIR dir does not exist '
-            try:
+                      + 'or the CHEAT_PATH is not set.')
-                # @kludge: unclear on why this is necessary
-                os.umask(0000)
-                os.mkdir(default_sheets_dir)
-
-            except OSError:
-                Utils.die('Could not create DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR')
-
-        # assert that the DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR is readable and writable
-        if not os.access(default_sheets_dir, os.R_OK):
-            Utils.die('The DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR ('
-                      + default_sheets_dir
-                      + ') is not readable.')
-        if not os.access(default_sheets_dir, os.W_OK):
-            Utils.die('The DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR ('
-                      + default_sheets_dir
-                      + ') is not writable.')
-
-        # return the default dir
-        return default_sheets_dir
-
-    def get(self):
-        """ Assembles a dictionary of cheatsheets as name => file-path """
-        cheats = {}
 
         # otherwise, scan the filesystem
-        for cheat_dir in reversed(self.paths()):
+        for cheat_dir in reversed(sheet_paths):
-            cheats.update(
+            self._sheets.update(
                 dict([
                     (cheat, os.path.join(cheat_dir, cheat))
                     for cheat in os.listdir(cheat_dir)
@@ -58,26 +37,22 @@ class Sheets:
                 ])
             )
 
-        return cheats
+    def directories(self):
-
-    def paths(self):
         """ Assembles a list of directories containing cheatsheets """
         sheet_paths = [
-            self.default_path(),
+            self._config.cheat_user_dir,
         ]
 
         # merge the CHEATPATH paths into the sheet_paths
-        if self._cheatpath:
+        for path in self._config.cheat_path.split(os.pathsep):
-            for path in self._cheatpath.split(os.pathsep):
+            sheet_paths.append(path)
-                if os.path.isdir(path):
-                    sheet_paths.append(path)
-
-        if not sheet_paths:
-            Utils.die('The DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR dir does not exist '
-                      + 'or the CHEATPATH is not set.')
 
         return sheet_paths
 
+    def get(self):
+        """ Returns a dictionary of cheatsheets as name => file-path """
+        return self._sheets
+
     def list(self):
         """ Lists the available cheatsheets """
         sheet_list = ''
@@ -94,7 +69,7 @@ class Sheets:
             match = ''
             for line in io.open(cheatsheet[1], encoding='utf-8'):
                 if term in line:
-                    match += '  ' + self._utils.highlight(term, line)
+                    match += '  ' + self._colorize.search(term, line)
 
             if match != '':
                 result += cheatsheet[0] + ":\n" + match + "\n"

cheat/utils.py

@@ -1,100 +1,26 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
-import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
 
 
 class Utils:
 
-    def __init__(self, config):
-        self._displaycolors = config.get_cheatcolors()
-        self._editor_executable = config.get_editor()
-        self._highlight_color = config.get_highlight()
-
-    def highlight(self, needle, haystack):
-        """ Highlights a search term matched within a line """
-
-        # if a highlight color is not configured, exit early
-        if not self._highlight_color:
-            return haystack
-
-        # otherwise, attempt to import the termcolor library
-        try:
-            from termcolor import colored
-
-        # if the import fails, return uncolored text
-        except ImportError:
-            return haystack
-
-        # if the import succeeds, colorize the needle in haystack
-        return haystack.replace(needle, colored(needle, self._highlight_color))
-
-    def colorize(self, sheet_content):
-        """ Colorizes cheatsheet content if so configured """
-
-        # cover all possible positive values to be safe
-        positive_values = ["True", "true", "1", 1, True]
-
-        # only colorize if configured to do so, and if stdout is a tty
-        if (self._displaycolors not in positive_values or
-                not sys.stdout.isatty()):
-            return sheet_content
-
-        # don't attempt to colorize an empty cheatsheet
-        if not sheet_content.strip():
-            return ""
-
-        # otherwise, attempt to import the pygments library
-        try:
-            from pygments import highlight
-            from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
-            from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter
-
-        # if the import fails, return uncolored text
-        except ImportError:
-            return sheet_content
-
-        # otherwise, attempt to colorize
-        first_line = sheet_content.splitlines()[0]
-        lexer = get_lexer_by_name('bash')
-
-        # apply syntax-highlighting if the first line is a code-fence
-        if first_line.startswith('```'):
-            sheet_content = '\n'.join(sheet_content.split('\n')[1:-2])
-            try:
-                lexer = get_lexer_by_name(first_line[3:])
-            except Exception:
-                pass
-
-        return highlight(sheet_content, lexer, TerminalFormatter())
-
     @staticmethod
     def die(message):
         """ Prints a message to stderr and then terminates """
         Utils.warn(message)
         exit(1)
 
-    def editor(self):
-        """ Determines the user's preferred editor """
-
-        # assert that the editor is set
-        if (not self._editor_executable):
-            Utils.die(
-                'You must set a CHEAT_EDITOR, VISUAL, or EDITOR environment '
-                'variable or setting in order to create/edit a cheatsheet.'
-            )
-
-        return self._editor_executable
-
-    def open_with_editor(self, filepath):
-        """ Open `filepath` using the EDITOR specified by the env variables """
-        editor_cmd = self.editor().split()
-        try:
-            subprocess.call(editor_cmd + [filepath])
-        except OSError:
-            Utils.die('Could not launch ' + self.editor())
-
     @staticmethod
     def warn(message):
         """ Prints a message to stderr """
         print((message), file=sys.stderr)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def boolify(value):
+        """ Type-converts 'true' and 'false' to Booleans """
+        # if `value` is not a string, return it as-is
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
+            return value
+
+        # otherwise, convert "true" and "false" to Boolean counterparts
+        return value.strip().lower() == "true"

ci/lint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Resolve the app root
+SCRIPT=`realpath $0`
+SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
+APPROOT=`realpath "$SCRIPTPATH/.."`
+
+flake8 $APPROOT/setup.py
+flake8 $APPROOT/bin/cheat
+flake8 $APPROOT/cheat/*.py

config/cheat

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "CHEAT_COLORS": true,
+  "CHEAT_COLORS"      : true,
-  "CHEAT_EDITOR":"vi",
+  "CHEAT_COLORSCHEME" : "light",
-  "CHEAT_PATH":"/usr/share/cheat"
+  "CHEAT_EDITOR"      : "vi",
+  "CHEAT_PATH"        : "/usr/share/cheat"
 }

setup.py

@@ -9,31 +9,31 @@ cheat_path = os.environ.get('CHEAT_PATH') or '/usr/share/cheat'
 # aggregate the systme-wide cheatsheets
 cheat_files = []
 for f in os.listdir('cheat/cheatsheets/'):
-    cheat_files.append(os.path.join('cheat/cheatsheets/',f))
+    cheat_files.append(os.path.join('cheat/cheatsheets/', f))
 
 # specify build params
 setup(
-    name         = 'cheat',
+    name='cheat',
-    version      = '2.4.2',
+    version='2.5.1',
-    author       = 'Chris Lane',
+    author='Chris Lane',
-    author_email = 'chris@chris-allen-lane.com',
+    author_email='chris@chris-allen-lane.com',
-    license      = 'GPL3',
+    license='GPL3',
-    description  = 'cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets '
+    description='cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets '
     'on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system '
     'administrators of options for commands that they use frequently, but not '
     'frequently enough to remember.',
-    url          = 'https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat',
+    url='https://github.com/chrisallenlane/cheat',
-    packages     = [
+    packages=[
         'cheat',
         'cheat.test',
     ],
-    scripts          = ['bin/cheat'],
+    scripts=['bin/cheat'],
-    install_requires = [
+    install_requires=[
         'docopt >= 0.6.1',
         'pygments >= 1.6.0',
         'termcolor >= 1.1.0',
     ],
-    data_files = [
+    data_files=[
         (cheat_path, cheat_files),
         ('/etc', ['config/cheat']),
     ],