Merge in changes from DeWitt to enable this to work on OSX

examples/planet-schmanet.ini

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+# Planet configuration file based on the 'fancy' Planet 2.0 example.
+#
+# This illustrates some of Planet's fancier features with example.
+
+# Every planet needs a [Planet] section
+[Planet]
+# name: Your planet's name
+# link: Link to the main page
+# owner_name: Your name
+# owner_email: Your e-mail address
+name = Planet Schmanet
+link = http://planet.schmanet.janet/
+owner_name = Janet Weiss
+owner_email = janet@slut.sex
+
+# cache_directory: Where cached feeds are stored
+# log_level: One of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR or CRITICAL
+# feed_timeout: number of seconds to wait for any given feed
+cache_directory = /home/rubys/planet/pscache
+log_level = DEBUG
+feed_timeout = 20
+
+# output_theme: "theme" of the output
+# output_dir: Directory to place output files
+# items_per_page: How many items to put on each page
+output_theme = classic_fancy
+output_dir = /home/rubys/public_html/fancy
+items_per_page = 60
+
+# Options placed in the [DEFAULT] section provide defaults for the feed
+# sections.  Placing a default here means you only need to override the
+# special cases later.
+[DEFAULT]
+# Hackergotchi default size.
+# If we want to put a face alongside a feed, and it's this size, we
+# can omit these variables.
+facewidth = 65
+faceheight = 85
+
+
+# Any other section defines a feed to subscribe to.  The section title
+# (in the []s) is the URI of the feed itself.  A section can also be
+# have any of the following options:
+# 
+# name: Name of the feed (defaults to the title found in the feed)
+#
+# Additionally any other option placed here will be available in
+# the template (prefixed with channel_ for the Items loop).  We use
+# this trick to make the faces work -- this isn't something Planet
+# "natively" knows about.  Look at fancy-examples/index.html.tmpl
+# for the flip-side of this.
+
+[http://www.netsplit.com/blog/index.rss]
+name = Scott James Remnant
+face = keybuk.png
+# pick up the default facewidth and faceheight
+
+[http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/blog/?flav=rss]
+name = Jeff Waugh
+face = jdub.png
+facewidth = 70
+faceheight = 74
+
+[http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/rss91]
+name = Edd Dumbill
+face = edd.png
+facewidth = 62
+faceheight = 80
+
+[http://blog.clearairturbulence.org/?flav=rss]
+name = Thom May
+face = thom.png
+# pick up the default faceheight only
+facewidth = 59

planet/shell/__init__.py

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 import planet
 import os
+import sys
 
 def run(template_file, doc):
     """ select a template module based on file extension and execute it """
     log = planet.getLogger(planet.config.log_level())
 
+    # see if the template can be located
     for template_dir in planet.config.template_directories():
         template_resolved = os.path.join(template_dir, template_file)
         if os.path.exists(template_resolved): break
     else:
         return log.error("Unable to locate template %s", template_file)
 
-    base,ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(template_resolved))
-    try:
-        template_module_name = os.path.join('planet', 'shell', ext[1:])
-        template_module = __import__(template_module_name)
-    except ImportError, inst:
-        return log.error("Skipping template '%s' after failing to load '%s': %s", template_resolved, template_module_name, inst)
-    except Exception, inst:
-        return log.error("Unknown exception: %s", inst)
+    # Add shell directory to the path, if not already there
+    shellpath = os.path.join(sys.path[0],'planet','shell')
+    if shellpath not in sys.path:
+        sys.path.append(shellpath)
 
-    log.info("Processing template %s from %s", template_resolved, template_module_name)
+    # Try loading module for processing this template, based on the extension
+    base,ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(template_resolved))
+    template_module_name = ext[1:]
+    try:
+        template_module = __import__(template_module_name)
+    except Exception, inst:
+        return log.error("Skipping template '%s' after failing to load '%s':" +
+            " %s", template_resolved, template_module_name, inst)
+
+    # Execute the shell module
+    log.info("Processing template %s using %s", template_resolved,
+        template_module_name)
     output_dir = planet.config.output_dir()
     output_file = os.path.join(output_dir, base)
     template_module.run(template_resolved, doc, output_file)