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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""Software Carpentry Nano Installer for Windows
+
+Installs nano and makes it the default editor in msysgit
+
+To use:
+
+1. Install Python
+2. Install msysgit
+ http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list?q=full+installer+official+git
+3. Run swc_nano_installer.py
+ You should be able to simply double click the file in Windows
+
+This is a stripped down version of swc_windows_installer.py
+originally written by Ethan White and W. Trevor Price.
+
+"""
+
+try: # Python 3
+ from io import BytesIO as _BytesIO
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+ from StringIO import StringIO as _BytesIO
+import os
+try: # Python 3
+ from urllib.request import urlopen as _urlopen
+except ImportError: # Python 2
+ from urllib2 import urlopen as _urlopen
+import zipfile
+
+
+def install_nano(install_dir):
+ """Download and install the nano text editor"""
+ url = "http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/NT/nano-2.2.6.zip"
+ r = _urlopen(url)
+ nano_zip_content = _BytesIO(r.read())
+ nano_zip = zipfile.ZipFile(nano_zip_content)
+ nano_files = ['nano.exe', 'cygwin1.dll', 'cygintl-8.dll',
+ 'cygiconv-2.dll', 'cyggcc_s-1.dll']
+ for file_name in nano_files:
+ nano_zip.extract(file_name, install_dir)
+
+def make_bashrc(home_dir, nano_dir):
+ """Creates a .bashrc file for nano setup
+
+ Adds nano to the path and sets the default editor to nano
+
+ """
+
+ nano_path = make_posix_path(nano_dir)
+ contents = '\n'.join([
+ 'export PATH=$PATH:%s' % nano_path,
+ 'export EDITOR=nano',
+ '',
+ ])
+ with open(os.path.join(home_dir, '.bashrc'), 'w') as f:
+ f.write(contents)
+
+def make_posix_path(windows_path):
+ """Convert a Windows path to a posix path"""
+ return windows_path.replace('\\', '/').replace('C:', '/c')
+
+def main():
+ home_dir = os.path.expanduser("~")
+ nano_dir = os.path.join(home_dir, '.nano')
+ #home_dir = "/home/ethan/swc-nano-test"
+ if not os.path.exists(nano_dir):
+ os.makedirs(nano_dir)
+ install_nano(nano_dir)
+ make_bashrc(home_dir, nano_dir)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ main()