dokterbob · September 4, 2013 13:18 · Sep 4, 2013
diff --git a/rst2browser.py b/rst2browser.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+import argparse
+import tempfile
+import webbrowser
+import time
+
+from docutils.core import publish_string
+
+import locale
+try:
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+except:
+    pass
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=
+        'Render reStructuredText straight to the browser.'
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument('filename', type=str)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    source_file = open(args.filename)
+
+    print 'Rendering and viewing', source_file.name
+
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.html') as f:
+        # Render the file
+        html = publish_string(source=source_file.read(), writer_name='html')
+
+        # Write output to file
+        f.write(html)
+        f.flush()
+
+        fileurl = 'file://' + f.name
+
+        # Open in the browser
+        webbrowser.open(fileurl, new=2)
+
+        # Wait 1 second for the browser to open it
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
+