view gpp/messages/utils.py @ 271:4746df47a538

Follow on to last rev (r292) for #126. Missed updating a shoutbox template. Also the repoze.timeago package uses UTC time by default. Change this to local time for now until we decide to switch over to UTC for everything.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:42:00 +0000
parents dbd703f7d63a
children 538a1bd2f1f4
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"""
This file contains various helper utility functions for the messages
application.
"""

from django.utils.text import wrap


def reply_subject(subject):
   """
   Builds a subject line for a reply.
   If the subject already starts with Re: then return the subject.
   Otherwise, prepend Re: to the subject and return it.
   """
   if subject.startswith('Re: '):
      return subject
   return 'Re: ' + subject


def quote_message(who, date, message):
   """
   Builds a message reply by quoting the existing message in a
   typical email-like fashion. The quoting is compatible with Markdown.
   """
   header = '> On %s, %s wrote:\n>\n' % (date.strftime('%a, %b %d %Y, %I:%M %p'), who)
   lines = wrap(message, 55).split('\n')
   for i, line in enumerate(lines):
      lines[i] = '> ' + line
   return header + '\n'.join(lines)