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#! @PYTHON@
###
### Convert a directory tree of audio files
###
### (c) 2010 Mark Wooding
###

###----- Licensing notice ---------------------------------------------------
###
### This file is part of the `autoys' audio tools collection.
###
### `autoys' is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
### it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
### the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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###
### `autoys' is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
### but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
### GNU General Public License for more details.
###
### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
### along with `autoys'; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
### Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### External dependencies.

## Language features.
from __future__ import with_statement

## Standard Python libraries.
import sys as SYS
import os as OS
import errno as E
import time as T
import unicodedata as UD
import fnmatch as FN
import re as RX
import shutil as SH
import optparse as OP
import threading as TH
import shlex as L
from math import sqrt, ceil
from contextlib import contextmanager

## eyeD3 tag fettling.
import eyed3 as E3

## Gstreamer.
import gi
gi.require_version('GLib', '2.0'); from gi.repository import GLib as G
gi.require_version('Gio', '2.0'); from gi.repository import Gio as GIO
gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0'); from gi.repository import Gst as GS
GS.init([])

## Python Imaging.
from PIL import Image as I

## Python parsing.
import pyparsing as P

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Special initialization.

VERSION = '@VERSION@'

## GLib.
G.threads_init()

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Eyecandy progress reports.

def charwidth(s):
  """
  Return the width of S, in characters.

  Specifically, this is the number of backspace characters required to
  overprint the string S.  If the current encoding for `stdout' appears to be
  Unicode then do a complicated Unicode thing; otherwise assume that
  characters take up one cell each.

  None of this handles tab characters in any kind of useful way.  Sorry.
  """

  ## If there's no encoding for stdout then we're doing something stupid.
  if SYS.stdout.encoding is None: return len(s)

  ## Turn the string into Unicode so we can hack on it properly.  Maybe that
  ## won't work out, in which case fall back to being stupid.
  try: u = s.decode(SYS.stdout.encoding)
  except UnicodeError: return len(s)

  ## Our main problem is combining characters, but we should also try to
  ## handle wide (mostly Asian) characters, and zero-width ones.  This hack
  ## is taken mostly from http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c
  w = 0
  for ch in u:
    cd = ord(ch)
    if UD.category(ch) in ['Cf', 'Me', 'Mn'] or \
          0x1160 <= cd <= 0x11ff: pass
    elif UD.east_asian_width(ch) in ['F', 'W']: w += 2
    else: w += 1

  ## Done.
  return w

class StatusLine (object):
  """
  Maintains a status line containing ephemeral progress information.

  The status line isn't especially important, but it keeps interactive users
  amused.

  There should be only one status line object in your program; otherwise
  they'll interfere with each other and get confused.

  The update algorithm (in `set') is fairly careful to do the right thing
  with long status `lines', and to work properly in an Emacs `shell' buffer.
  """

  def __init__(me):
    "Initialize the status line."
    me._last = ''
    me._lastlen = 0
    me.eyecandyp = OS.isatty(SYS.stdout.fileno())

  def set(me, line):
    """
    Set the status line contents to LINE, replacing what was there before.

    This only produces actual output if stdout is interactive.
    """
    n = len(line)

    ## Eyecandy update.
    if me.eyecandyp:

      ## If the old line was longer, we need to clobber its tail, so work out
      ## what that involves.
      if n < me._lastlen:
        b = charwidth(me._last[n:])
        pre = '\b'*b + ' '*b
      else:
        pre = ''

      ## Now figure out the length of the common prefix between what we had
      ## before and what we have now.  This reduces the amount of I/O done,
      ## which keeps network traffic down on SSH links, and keeps down the
      ## amount of work slow terminal emulators like Emacs have to do.
      i = 0
      m = min(n, me._lastlen)
      while i < m and line[i] == me._last[i]:
        i += 1

      ## Actually do the output, all in one syscall.
      b = charwidth(me._last[i:])
      SYS.stdout.write(pre + '\b'*b + line[i:])
      SYS.stdout.flush()

    ## Update our idea of what's gone on.
    me._lastlen = n
    me._last = line

  def clear(me):
    "Clear the status line.  Just like set('')."
    me.set('')

  def commit(me, line = None):
    """
    Commit the current status line, and maybe the string LINE.

    If the current status line is nonempty, then commit it to the transcript.
    If LINE is not None, then commit that to the transcript too.

    After all of this, we clear the status line to get back to a clean state.
    """
    if me._last:
      if me.eyecandyp:
        SYS.stdout.write('\n')
      else:
        SYS.stdout.write(me._last + '\n')
    if line is not None:
      SYS.stdout.write(line + '\n')
    me._lastlen = 0
    me._last = ''

STATUS = StatusLine()

def filestatus(file, status):
  return '%s%s: %s' % (' '*8, OS.path.basename(file), status)

class ProgressEyecandy (object):
  """
  Provide amusement while something big and complicated is happening.

  This is an abstract class.  Subclasses must provide a method `progress'
  returning a pair (CURRENT, MAX) indicating the current progress through the
  operation.
  """

  def __init__(me, what, silentp = False):
    """
    Initialize a progress meter.

    WHAT is a prefix string to be written before the progress eyecandy
    itself.
    """
    me._what = what
    me._silentp = silentp
    me._spinner = 0
    me._start = T.time()

  def _fmt_time(me, t):
    "Format T as a time, in (maybe hours) minutes and seconds."
    s, t = t % 60, int(t/60)
    m, h = t % 60, int(t/60)
    if h > 0:
      return '%d:%02d:%02d' % (h, m, s)
    else:
      return '%02d:%02d' % (m, s)

  def show(me):
    "Show the current level of progress."

    ## If we're not showing pointless frippery, don't bother at all.
    if not STATUS.eyecandyp:
      return

    ## Update the spinner index.
    me._spinner = (me._spinner + 1)%4

    ## Fetch the current progress information.  Note that we always fetch
    ## both the current and maximum levels, because both might change if an
    ## operation revises its idea of how much work needs doing.
    cur, max = me.progress()

    ## If we couldn't get progress information, display something vaguely
    ## amusing anyway.
    if cur is None or max is None:
      STATUS.set('%s %c [unknown progress]' %
                 (me._what, r'/-\|'[me._spinner]))
      return

    ## Work out -- well, guess -- the time remaining.
    if cur:
      t = T.time()
      eta = me._fmt_time(ceil((t - me._start)*(max - cur)/cur))
    else:
      eta = '???'

    ## Set the status bar.
    n = 40*cur/max
    STATUS.set('%s %c [%s%s] %3d%% (%s)' % \
               (me._what,
                r'/-\|'[me._spinner],
                '='*n, ' '*(40 - n),
                100*cur/max,
                eta))

  def done(me, win = True):
    "Show a completion notice, or a failure if WIN is false."
    if not win:
      STATUS.set('%s FAILED!' % me._what)
    elif not me._silentp:
      STATUS.set('%s done (%s)' %
                 (me._what,
                  me._fmt_time(T.time() - me._start)))
    else:
      return
    STATUS.commit()

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Timeout handling.

KILLSWITCH = TH.Event()

def timeout(t0, t1):
  T.sleep(t0)
  KILLSWITCH.set()
  T.sleep(t1)
  moan('dying messily due to timeout')
  OS._exit(3)

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Parsing utilities.

## Allow hyphens in identifiers.
IDCHARS = P.alphanums + '-_'
P.Keyword.setDefaultKeywordChars(IDCHARS)

## Some common kinds of tokens.
Name = P.Word(IDCHARS)
Num = P.Word(P.nums).setParseAction(lambda toks: map(int, toks))
String = P.QuotedString('"', '\\')

## Handy abbreviations for constructed parser elements.
def K(k): return P.Keyword(k).suppress()
def D(d): return P.Literal(d).suppress()
def R(p): return P.ZeroOrMore(p).setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: [t])
O = P.Optional

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Format identification and conversion.

class IdentificationFailure (Exception):
  pass

class FileCategory (object):
  """
  A FileCategory represents a class of files.

  For example, it's sensible to consider audio, or image files as a
  category.  A file category knows how to recognize member files from
  MIME content types.
  """

  def __init__(me, name, mime_pats, ident):
    """
    Construct a new category.

    The PATS are a list of `fnmatch' patterns to be compared with a MIME
    type.  The IDENT is a function which produces an identification object
    given a file's name and first-guess MIME type.  The object is passed to a
    Format's `check' method to see whether a file needs re-encoding, and to
    `convert' to assist with the conversion.

    An identification object must have an attribute `mime' which is a set of
    possible MIME types accumulated for the object.
    """
    me.name = name
    me._mime_pats = mime_pats
    me._ident = ident
    CATEGORYMAP[name] = me

  def identify(me, file, mime):
    """
    Attempt to identify FILE, given its apparent MIME type.

    If identification succeeds, return an identification object which can be
    used by associated file formats; otherwise return None.
    """
    for p in me._mime_pats:
      if not FN.fnmatchcase(mime, p):
        continue
      try:
        return me._ident(file, mime)
      except IdentificationFailure:
        pass
    return None

class BaseFormat (object):
  """
  A BaseFormat object represents a particular encoding and parameters.

  The object can verify (the `check' method) whether a particular file
  matches its requirements, and if necessary (`encode') re-encode a file.

  Subclasses should define the following methods.

  check(ID)
          Answer whether the file identified by ID is acceptable according to
          the receiver's parameters.

  convert(MASTER, ID, TARGET)
          Convert the file MASTER, which has been identified as ID, according
          to the receiver's parameters, writing the output to TARGET.

  Subclasses should also provide these attributes.

  CATEGORY
          A FileCategory object for the category of files that this format
          lives within.

  EXT     A file extension to be applied to encoded output files.

  NAME    A user-facing name for the format.

  PROPS   A parser element to parse a property definition.  It should produce
          a pair NAME, VALUE to be stored in a dictionary.

  Subclasses for different kinds of file may introduce more subclass
  protocol.
  """

  def fixup(me, path):
    """Post-encoding fixups."""
    pass

FORMATMAP = {}
CATEGORYMAP = {}

def defformat(name, cls):
  "Define a format NAME using class CLS."
  if not hasattr(cls, 'NAME'):
    raise ValueError, 'abstract class'
  if not hasattr(cls, 'CATEGORY'):
    raise ValueError, 'no category'
  FORMATMAP[name] = cls

class FormatParser (P.ParserElement):
  """
  Parse a format specifier:

  format-spec ::= string [format-properties]
  format-properties ::= `{' format-property (`,' format-property)* `}'

  The syntax of a format-property is determined by the PROPS attribute on the
  named format and its superclasses.
  """

  name = 'format-spec'

  ## We cache the parser elements we generate to avoid enormous consing.
  CACHE = {}

  def parseImpl(me, s, loc, actp = True):

    ## Firstly, determine the format name.
    loc, r = Name._parse(s, loc, actp)
    fmt = r[0]

    ## Look up the format class.
    try: fcls = FORMATMAP[fmt]
    except KeyError:
      raise P.ParseException(s, loc, "Unknown format `%s'" % fmt)

    ## Fetch the property-list parser from the cache, if possible; else
    ## construct it.
    try:
      pp = me.CACHE[fmt]
    except KeyError:
      seen = set()
      prop = None
      for c in fcls.mro():
        try: p = c.PROPS
        except AttributeError: continue
        if p in seen: continue
        if prop is None: prop = p
        else: prop |= p
        seen.add(p)
      if prop is None:
        pp = me.CACHE[fmt] = None
      else:
        props = P.delimitedList(prop)
        props.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: dict(t.asList()))
        pp = me.CACHE[fmt] = O(D('{') - props - D('}'))

    ## Parse the properties.
    if pp is None:
      pd = {}
    else:
      loc, r = pp._parse(s, loc, actp)
      if r: pd = r[0]
      else: pd = {}

    ## Construct the format object and return it.
    return loc, fcls(**pd)

Format = FormatParser()

def prop(kw, pval, tag = None):
  if tag is None: tag = kw
  if pval is None:
    p = K(kw)
    p.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: (tag, True))
  else:
    p = K(kw) + D('=') + pval
    p.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: (tag, t[0]))
  return p

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Policies and actions.

class Action (object):
  """
  An Action object represents a conversion action to be performed.

  This class isn't intended to be instantiated directly.  It exists to define
  some protocol common to all Action objects.

  Action objects have the following attributes.

  master        The name of the master (source) file.

  target        The name of the target (destination) file.

  PRIORITY      The priority of the action, for deciding which of two actions
                to perform.  Higher priorities are more likely to win.

  Converting an Action to a string describes the action in a simple
  user-readable manner.  The `perform' method actually carries the action
  out.
  """

  PRIORITY = 0

  def __init__(me, master):
    "Stash the MASTER file name for later."
    me.master = master

  def choose(me, him):
    "Choose either ME or HIM and return one."
    if him is None or me.PRIORITY > him.PRIORITY:
      return me
    else:
      return him

class CopyAction (Action):
  """
  An Action object for simply copying a file.

  Actually we try to hardlink it first, falling back to a copy later.  This
  is both faster and more efficient with regard to disk space.
  """

  ## Copying is good.  Linking is really good, but we can't tell the
  ## difference at this stage.
  PRIORITY = 10

  def __init__(me, master, targetdir):
    "Initialize a CopyAction, from MASTER to the TARGETDIR directory."
    Action.__init__(me, master)
    me.target = OS.path.join(targetdir, OS.path.basename(master))

  def __str__(me):
    return 'copy/link'

  def perform(me):
    "Actually perform a CopyAction."
    try:
      STATUS.set(filestatus(me.master, 'link'))
      OS.link(me.master, me.target)
    except OSError, err:
      if err.errno != E.EXDEV:
        raise
      STATUS.set(filestatus(me.master, 'copy'))
      new = me.target + '.new'
      SH.copyfile(me.master, new)
      OS.rename(new, me.target)
    STATUS.commit()

class ConvertAction (Action):
  """
  An Action object for converting a file to a given format.

  Additional attributes:

  id            The identification object for the master file.

  format        The format to which we're meant to conver the master.
  """

  def __init__(me, master, targetdir, id, format):
    "Initialize a ConvertAction."
    Action.__init__(me, master)
    stem, ext = OS.path.splitext(OS.path.basename(master))
    me.target = OS.path.join(targetdir, stem + '.' + format.EXT)
    me.id = id
    me.format = format

  def __str__(me):
    return 'convert to %s' % me.format.NAME

  def perform(me):
    "Acually perform a ConvertAction."
    STATUS.set(filestatus(me.master, me))
    me.format.convert(me.master, me.id, me.target)

Policy = P.Forward()

class FormatPolicy (object):
  """
  A FormatPolicy object represents a set of rules for how to convert files.

  Given a master file, the FormatPolicy will identify it and return a list of
  actions to be performed.  The methods required of a FormatPolicy are:

  setcategory(CAT)
          Store CAT as the policy's category.  Check that this is consistent
          with the policy as stored.

  actions(MASTER, TARGETDIR, ID, COHORT)
          Given a MASTER file, identified as ID, a target directory
          TARGETDIR, and a list COHORT of (FILE, ID) pairs for other files
          of the same category in the same directory, return a list of
          actions to be performed to get the target directory into the right
          form.  The list might be empty if the policy object /rejects/ the
          file.
  """

class AndPolicy (FormatPolicy):
  """
  A FormatPolicy which does the union of a bunch of other policies.

  Each subsidiary policy is invoked in turn.  The highest-priority action for
  each target file is returned.
  """

  def __init__(me, policies):
    me._policies = policies

  def setcategory(me, cat):
    me.cat = cat
    for p in me._policies:
      p.setcategory(cat)

  def actions(me, master, targetdir, id, cohort):
    tmap = {}
    for p in me._policies:
      for a in p.actions(master, targetdir, id, cohort):
        if a.target in tmap:
          tmap[a.target] = a.choose(tmap.get(a.target))
        else:
          tmap[a.target] = a
    return tmap.values()

And = K('and') - D('{') - R(Policy) - D('}')
And.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: AndPolicy(t[0]))

class OrPolicy (FormatPolicy):
  """
  A FormatPolicy which tries other policies and uses the first that accepts.

  Each subsidiary policy is invoked in turn.  If any accepts, the actions it
  proposes are turned and no further policies are invoked.  If none accepts
  then the file is rejected.
  """

  def __init__(me, policies):
    me._policies = policies

  def setcategory(me, cat):
    me.cat = cat
    for p in me._policies:
      p.setcategory(cat)

  def actions(me, master, targetdir, id, cohort):
    for p in me._policies:
      aa = p.actions(master, targetdir, id, cohort)
      if aa:
        return aa
    else:
      return []

Or = K('or') - D('{') - R(Policy) - D('}')
Or.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: OrPolicy(t[0]))

class AcceptPolicy (FormatPolicy):
  """
  A FormatPolicy which copies files in a particular format.

  If all of the files in a cohort are recognized as being in a particular
  format (including this one), then accept it with a CopyAction; otherwise
  reject.
  """

  def __init__(me, format):
    me._format = format

  def setcategory(me, cat):
    if me._format.CATEGORY is not cat:
      raise ValueError, \
            "Accept format `%s' has category `%s', not `%s'" % \
            (me._format.__class__.__name__,
             me._format.CATEGORY.name, cat.name)
    me.cat = cat

  def actions(me, master, targetdir, id, cohort):
    if me._format.check(id) and \
       all(me._format.check(cid) for f, cid in cohort):
      return [CopyAction(master, targetdir)]
    else:
      return []

Accept = K('accept') - Format
Accept.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: AcceptPolicy(t[0]))

class ConvertPolicy (FormatPolicy):
  """
  A FormatPolicy which copies files in a particular format or converts if
  necessary.
  """
  def __init__(me, format):
    me._format = format

  def setcategory(me, cat):
    if me._format.CATEGORY is not cat:
      raise ValueError, \
            "Accept format `%s' has category `%s', not `%s'" % \
            (me._format.__class__.__name__,
             me._format.CATEGORY.name, cat.name)
    me.cat = cat

  def actions(me, master, targetdir, id, cohort):
    if me._format.check(id):
      return [CopyAction(master, targetdir)]
    else:
      return [ConvertAction(master, targetdir, id, me._format)]

Convert = K('convert') - Format
Convert.setParseAction(lambda s, l, t: ConvertPolicy(t[0]))

Policy << (And | Or | Accept | Convert)

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Audio handling, based on GStreamer.

def make_element(factory, name = None, **props):
  "Return a new element from the FACTORY with the given NAME and PROPS."
  elt = GS.ElementFactory.make(factory, name)
  if elt is None: raise ValueError, 'failed to make `%s\' element' % factory
  elt.set_properties(**props)
  return elt

def link_elements(elts):
  "Link the elements ELTS together, in order."
  e0 = None
  for e1 in elts:
    if e0 is not None: e0.link(e1)
    e0 = e1

def bin_children(bin):
  "Iterate over the (direct) children of a BIN."
  iter = bin.iterate_elements()
  while True:
    rc, elt = iter.next()
    if rc == GS.IteratorResult.DONE: break
    elif rc != GS.IteratorResult.OK:
      raise ValueError, 'iteration failed (%s)' % rc
    else: yield elt

class GStreamerProgressEyecandy (ProgressEyecandy):
  """
  Provide amusement while GStreamer is busy doing something.

  The GStreamerProgressEyecandy object is a context manager.  Wrap it round
  your GStreamer loop to provide progress information for an operation.
  """

  def __init__(me, what, elt, **kw):
    """
    Initialize a progress meter.

    WHAT is a prefix string to be written before the progress eyecandy
    itself.  ELT is a GStreamer element to interrogate to find the progress
    information.
    """
    me._elt = elt
    ProgressEyecandy.__init__(me, what, **kw)

  def _update(me):
    "Called by GLib main event loop to update the eyecandy."
    me.show()
    return True

  def _timer(me):
    """
    Update the progress meter.

    This is called periodically by the GLib main event-processing loop.
    """
    me.show()
    return True

  def progress(me):
    "Return the current progress as a pair (CURRENT, MAX)."

    ## Fetch the current progress information.  We get the duration each
    ## time, because (particularly with VBR-encoded MP3 inputs) the estimated
    ## duration can change as we progress.  Hopefully it settles down fairly
    ## soon.
    ok, t = me._elt.query_position(GS.Format.TIME)
    if ok: ok, end = me._elt.query_duration(GS.Format.TIME)
    if ok: return t, end
    else: return None, None

  def __enter__(me):
    "Enter context: attach progress meter display."

    ## If we're not showing pointless frippery, don't bother at all.
    if not STATUS.eyecandyp:
      return

    ## Update regularly.  The pipeline runs asynchronously.
    me._id = G.timeout_add(100, me._update)

  def __exit__(me, ty, val, tb):
    "Leave context: remove display and report completion or failure."

    ## If we're not showing pointless frippery, there's nothing to remove.
    if STATUS.eyecandyp:
      G.source_remove(me._id)

    ## Report completion anyway.
    me.done(ty is None)

    ## As you were.
    return False

class AudioIdentifier (object):
  """
  Analyses and identifies an audio file.

  Important properties are:

  cap     A capabilities structure describing the audio file data.  The most
          interesting thing in here is probably its name, which is a MIME
          type describing the data.

  dcap    A capabilities structure describing the decoded audio data.  This
          is of interest during conversion.

  tags    A dictionary containing metadata tags from the file.  These are in
          GStreamer's encoding-independent format.

  bitrate An approximation to the stream's bitrate, in kilobits per second.
          This might be slow to work out for some files so it's computed on
          demand.
  """

  def _prepare_pipeline(me):
    pipe = GS.Pipeline()
    bus = pipe.get_bus()

    ## The basic recognition kit is based around `decodebin'.  We must keep
    ## it happy by giving it sinks for the streams it's found, which it
    ## announces asynchronously.
    source = make_element('filesrc', 'file', location = me._file)
    decoder = make_element('decodebin', 'decode')
    sink = make_element('fakesink')
    def decoder_pad_arrived(elt, pad):
      if pad.get_current_caps()[0].get_name().startswith('audio/'):
        elt.link_pads(pad.get_name(), sink, 'sink')
    decoder.connect('pad-added', decoder_pad_arrived)
    for i in [source, decoder, sink]: pipe.add(i)
    link_elements([source, decoder])

    ## Done.
    return pipe, bus, decoder, sink

  def __init__(me, file, mime):
    "Initialize the object suitably for identifying FILE."

    me._file = file
    pipe, bus, decoder, sink = me._prepare_pipeline()

    ## Make some initial GStreamer objects.  We'll want the pipeline later if
    ## we need to analyse a poorly tagged MP3 stream, so save it away.
    loop = G.MainLoop()

    ## Arrange to collect tags from the pipeline's bus as they're reported.
    tags = {}
    fail = []
    def bus_message(bus, msg):
      ty, s = msg.type, msg.get_structure()
      if ty == GS.MessageType.ERROR:
        fail[:] = (ValueError, s['debug'], None)
        loop.quit()
      elif ty == GS.MessageType.STATE_CHANGED:
        if s['new-state'] == GS.State.PAUSED and \
               msg.src == pipe:
          loop.quit()
      elif ty == GS.MessageType.TAG:
        tt = s['taglist']
        for i in xrange(tt.n_tags()):
          t = tt.nth_tag_name(i)
          if tt.get_tag_size(t) != 1: continue
          v = tt.get_value_index(t, 0)
          tags[t] = v
    bmid = bus.connect('message', bus_message)

    ## We want to identify the kind of stream this is.  (Hmm.  The MIME type
    ## recognizer has already done this work, but GStreamer is probably more
    ## reliable.)  The `decodebin' has a `typefind' element inside which will
    ## announce the identified media type.  All we need to do is find it and
    ## attach a signal handler.  (Note that the handler might be run in the
    ## thread context of the pipeline element, but Python's GIL will keep
    ## things from being too awful.)
    me.cap = None
    me.dcap = None
    for e in bin_children(decoder):
      if e.get_factory().get_name() == 'typefind':
        tfelt = e
        break
    else:
      assert False, 'failed to find typefind element'

    ## Crank up most of the heavy machinery.  The message handler will stop
    ## the loop when things seem to be sufficiently well underway.
    bus.add_signal_watch()
    pipe.set_state(GS.State.PAUSED)
    loop.run()
    bus.disconnect(bmid)
    bus.remove_signal_watch()
    if fail:
      pipe.set_state(GS.State.NULL)
      raise fail[0], fail[1], fail[2]

    ## Store the collected tags.
    me.tags = tags

    ## Gather the capabilities.  The `typefind' element knows the input data
    ## type.  The 'decodebin' knows the raw data type.
    me.cap = tfelt.get_static_pad('src').get_allowed_caps()[0]
    me.mime = set([mime, me.cap.get_name()])
    me.dcap = sink.get_static_pad('sink').get_allowed_caps()[0]

    ## If we found a plausible bitrate then stash it.  Otherwise note that we
    ## failed.  If anybody asks then we'll work it out then.
    if 'nominal-bitrate' in tags:
      me._bitrate = tags['nominal-bitrate']/1000
    elif 'bitrate' in tags and tags['bitrate'] >= 80000:
      me._bitrate = tags['bitrate']/1000
    else:
      me._bitrate = None
    pipe.set_state(GS.State.NULL)

  @property
  def bitrate(me):
    """
    Return the approximate bit-rate of the input file.

    This might take a while if we have to work it out the hard way.
    """

    ## If we already know the answer then just return it.
    if me._bitrate is not None:
      return me._bitrate

    ## Make up a new pipeline and main loop.
    pipe, bus, _, _ = me._prepare_pipeline()
    loop = G.MainLoop()

    ## Watch for bus messages.  We'll stop when we reach the end of the
    ## stream: then we'll have a clear idea of how long the track was.
    fail = []
    def bus_message(bus, msg):
      ty, s = msg.type, msg.get_structure()
      if ty == GS.MessageType.ERROR:
        fail[:] = (ValueError, s['debug'], None)
        loop.quit()
      elif ty == GS.MessageType.EOS:
        loop.quit()
    bus = pipe.get_bus()
    bmid = bus.connect('message', bus_message)

    ## Get everything moving, and keep the user amused while we work.
    bus.add_signal_watch()
    pipe.set_state(GS.State.PLAYING)
    with GStreamerProgressEyecandy(filestatus(me._file, 'measure bitrate'),
                                   pipe, silentp = True):
      loop.run()
    bus.remove_signal_watch()
    bus.disconnect(bmid)
    if fail:
      pipe.set_state(GS.State.NULL)
      raise fail[0], fail[1], fail[2]
    STATUS.clear()

    ## The bitrate computation wants the file size.  Ideally we'd want the
    ## total size of the frames' contents, but that seems hard to dredge
    ## out.  If the framing overhead is small, this should be close enough
    ## for our purposes.
    bytes = OS.stat(me._file).st_size

    ## Now we should be able to find out our position accurately and work out
    ## a bitrate.  Cache it in case anybody asks again.
    ok, t = pipe.query_position(GS.Format.TIME)
    assert ok, 'failed to discover bitrate'
    me._bitrate = int(8*bytes*1e6/t)
    pipe.set_state(GS.State.NULL)

    ## Done.
    return me._bitrate

class AudioFormat (BaseFormat):
  """
  An AudioFormat is a kind of Format specialized for audio files.

  Format checks are done on an AudioIdentifier object.
  """

  PROPS = prop('bitrate', Num)

  ## libmagic reports `application/ogg' for Ogg Vorbis files.  We've switched
  ## to GIO now, which reports either `audio/ogg' or `audio/x-vorbis+ogg'
  ## depending on how thorough it's trying to be.  Still, it doesn't do any
  ## harm here; the main risk is picking up Ogg Theora files by accident, and
  ## we'll probably be able to extract the audio from them anyway.
  CATEGORY = FileCategory('audio', ['audio/*', 'application/ogg'],
                          AudioIdentifier)

  def __init__(me, bitrate = None):
    "Construct an object, requiring an approximate bitrate."
    me.bitrate = bitrate

  def check(me, id):
    """
    Return whether the AudioIdentifier ID is suitable for our purposes.

    Subclasses can either override this method or provide a property
    `MIMETYPES', which is a list (other thing that implements `__contains__')
    of GStreamer MIME types matching this format.
    """
    return id.mime & me.MIMETYPES and \
           (me.bitrate is None or id.bitrate <= me.bitrate * sqrt(2))

  def encoder(me):
    """
    Constructs a GStreamer element to encode audio input.

    Subclasses can either override this method (or replace `encode'
    entirely), or provide a method `encoder_chain' which returns a list of
    elements to be linked together in sequence.  The first element in the
    chain must have a pad named `sink' and the last must have a pad named
    `src'.
    """
    elts = me.encoder_chain()
    bin = GS.Bin()
    for i in elts: bin.add(i)
    link_elements(elts)
    bin.add_pad(GS.GhostPad('sink', elts[0].get_static_pad('sink')))
    bin.add_pad(GS.GhostPad('src', elts[-1].get_static_pad('src')))
    return bin

  def convert(me, master, id, target):
    """
    Encode audio from MASTER, already identified as ID, writing it to TARGET.

    See `encoder' for subclasses' responsibilities.
    """

    ## Construct the necessary equipment.
    pipe = GS.Pipeline()
    bus = pipe.get_bus()
    loop = G.MainLoop()

    ## Make sure that there isn't anything in the way of our output.  We're
    ## going to write to a scratch file so that we don't get confused by
    ## half-written rubbish left by a crashed program.
    new = target + '.new'
    try:
      OS.unlink(new)
    except OSError, err:
      if err.errno != E.ENOENT:
        raise

    ## Piece together our pipeline.  The annoying part is that the
    ## `decodebin' doesn't have any source pads yet, so our chain is in two
    ## halves for now.
    source = make_element('filesrc', 'source', location = master)
    decoder = make_element('decodebin', 'decode')
    convert = make_element('audioconvert', 'convert')
    encoder = me.encoder()
    sink = make_element('filesink', 'sink', location = new)
    for i in [source, decoder, convert, encoder, sink]: pipe.add(i)
    link_elements([source, decoder])
    link_elements([convert, encoder, sink])

    ## Some decoders (e.g., the AC3 decoder) include channel-position
    ## indicators in their output caps.  The Vorbis encoder interferes with
    ## this, and you end up with a beautifully encoded mono signal from a
    ## stereo source.  From a quick butchers at the `vorbisenc' source, I
    ## /think/ that this is only a problem with stereo signals: mono signals
    ## are mono already, and `vorbisenc' accepts channel positions if there
    ## are more than two channels.
    ##
    ## So we have this bodge.  We already collected the decoded audio caps
    ## during identification.  So if we see 2-channel audio with channel
    ## positions, we strip the positions off forcibly by adding a filter.
    if id.dcap.get_name().startswith('audio/x-raw-') and \
       id.dcap.has_field('channels') and \
       id.dcap['channels'] == 2 and \
       id.dcap.has_field('channel-positions'):
      dcap = GS.Caps()
      c = id.dcap.copy()
      c.remove_field('channel-positions')
      dcap.append(c)
    else:
      dcap = None

    ## Hook onto the `decodebin' so we can link together the two halves of
    ## our encoding chain.  For now, we'll hope that there's only one audio
    ## stream in there, and just throw everything else away.
    def decoder_pad_arrived(elt, pad):
      if pad.get_current_caps()[0].get_name().startswith('audio/'):
        if dcap:
          elt.link_pads_filtered(pad.get_name(), convert, 'sink', dcap)
        else:
          elt.link_pads(pad.get_name(), convert, 'sink')
    decoder.connect('pad-added', decoder_pad_arrived)

    ## Watch the bus for completion messages.
    fail = []
    def bus_message(bus, msg):
      if msg.type == GS.MessageType.ERROR:
        fail[:] = (ValueError, msg.get_structure()['debug'], None)
        loop.quit()
      elif msg.type == GS.MessageType.EOS:
        loop.quit()
    bmid = bus.connect('message', bus_message)

    ## Get everything ready and let it go.
    bus.add_signal_watch()
    pipe.set_state(GS.State.PLAYING)
    with GStreamerProgressEyecandy(filestatus(master,
                                              'convert to %s' % me.NAME),
                                   pipe):
      loop.run()
    pipe.set_state(GS.State.NULL)
    bus.remove_signal_watch()
    bus.disconnect(bmid)
    if fail:
      raise fail[0], fail[1], fail[2]

    ## Fix up the output file if we have to.
    me.fixup(new)

    ## We're done.
    OS.rename(new, target)

class OggVorbisFormat (AudioFormat):
  "AudioFormat object for Ogg Vorbis."

  ## From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis
  QMAP = [(-1,  45), ( 0,  64), ( 1,  80), ( 2,  96),
          ( 3, 112), ( 4, 128), ( 5, 160), ( 6, 192),
          ( 7, 224), ( 8, 256), ( 9, 320), (10, 500)]

  NAME = 'Ogg Vorbis'
  MIMETYPES = set(['application/ogg', 'audio/x-vorbis', 'audio/ogg',
                   'audio/x-vorbis+ogg'])
  EXT = 'ogg'

  def encoder_chain(me):
    encprops = {}
    if me.bitrate is not None:
      for q, br in me.QMAP:
        if br >= me.bitrate:
          break
      else:
        raise ValueError, 'no suitable quality setting found'
      encprops['quality'] = q/10.0
    return [make_element('vorbisenc', **encprops),
            make_element('oggmux')]

defformat('ogg-vorbis', OggVorbisFormat)

class MP3Format (AudioFormat):
  "AudioFormat object for MP3."

  NAME = 'MP3'
  MIMETYPES = set(['audio/mpeg'])
  EXT = 'mp3'

  def encoder_chain(me):
    encprops = {}
    if me.bitrate is not None:
      encprops['bitrate'] = me.bitrate
      encprops['target'] = 'bitrate'
    else:
      encprops['quality'] = 4
      encprops['target'] = 'quality'
    return [make_element('lamemp3enc', quality = 4, **encprops),
            make_element('xingmux'),
            make_element('id3v2mux')]

  def fixup(me, path):
    """
    Fix up MP3 files.

    GStreamer produces ID3v2 tags, but not ID3v1.  This seems unnecessarily
    unkind to stupid players.
    """
    f = E3.load(path)
    if f is None: return
    t = f.tag
    if t is None: return
    for v in [E3.id3.ID3_V2_3, E3.id3.ID3_V1]:
      try: f.tag.save(version = v)
      except (UnicodeEncodeError,
              E3.id3.GenreException,
              E3.id3.TagException):
        pass

defformat('mp3', MP3Format)

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Image handling, based on the Python Imaging Library.

class ImageIdentifier (object):
  """
  Analyses and identifies an image file.

  Simply leaves an Image object in the `img' property which can be inspected.
  """

  def __init__(me, file, mime):

    ## Get PIL to open the file.  It will magically work out what kind of
    ## file it is.
    try:
      me.img = I.open(file)
    except IOError, exc:

      ## Unhelpful thing to raise on identification failure.  We can
      ## distinguish this from an actual I/O error because it doesn't have an
      ## `errno'.
      if exc.errno is None:
        raise IdentificationFailure
      raise

    me.mime = set([mime])

class ImageFormat (BaseFormat):
  """
  An ImageFormat is a kind of Format specialized for image files.

  Subclasses don't need to provide anything other than the properties
  required by all concrete Format subclasses.  However, there is a
  requirement that the `NAME' property match PIL's `format' name for the
  format.
  """

  PROPS = prop('size', Num)
  CATEGORY = FileCategory('image', ['image/*'], ImageIdentifier)

  def __init__(me, size = None, **kw):
    """
    Initialize an ImageFormat object.

    Additional keywords are used when encoding, and may be recognized by
    enhanced `check' methods in subclasses.
    """
    me._size = size
    me._props = kw

  def check(me, id):
    "Check whether the ImageIdentifier ID matches our requirements."
    return id.img.format == me.NAME and \
           (me._size is None or
            (id.img.size[0] <= me._size and
             id.img.size[1] <= me._size))

  def convert(me, master, id, target):
    "Encode the file MASTER, identified as ID, writing the result to TARGET."

    ## Write to a scratch file.
    new = target + '.new'

    ## The ImageIdentifier already contains a copy of the open file.  It
    ## would be wasteful not to use it.
    img = id.img
    STATUS.set(filestatus(master, 'convert to %s' % me.NAME))

    ## If there's a stated maximum size then scale the image down to match.
    ## But thumbnailing clobbers the original, so take a copy.
    if me._size is not None and \
           (img.size[0] > me._size or img.size[1] > me._size):
      img = img.copy()
      img.thumbnail((me._size, me._size), I.ANTIALIAS)

    ## Write the output image.
    img.save(new, me.NAME, **me._props)

    ## Fix it up if necessary.
    me.fixup(new)

    ## We're done.
    OS.rename(new, target)
    STATUS.commit()

class JPEGFormat (ImageFormat):
  """
  Image format for JPEG (actually JFIF) files.

  Interesting properties to set:

  optimize
          If present, take a second pass to select optimal encoder settings.

  progressive
          If present, make a progressive file.

  quality Integer from 1--100 (worst to best); default is 75.
  """
  EXT = 'jpg'
  NAME = 'JPEG'
  PROPS = prop('optimize', None) \
    | prop('progressive', None, 'progression') \
    | prop('quality', Num)

defformat('jpeg', JPEGFormat)

class PNGFormat (ImageFormat):
  """
  Image format for PNG files.

  Interesting properties:

  optimize
          If present, make a special effort to minimize the output file.
  """
  EXT = 'png'
  NAME = 'PNG'
  PROPS = prop('optimize', None)

defformat('png', PNGFormat)

class BMPFormat (ImageFormat):
  """
  Image format for Windows BMP files, as used by RockBox.

  No additional properties.
  """
  NAME = 'BMP'
  EXT = 'bmp'

defformat('bmp', BMPFormat)

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Remaining parsing machinery.

Type = K('type') - Name - D('{') - R(Policy) - D('}')
def build_type(s, l, t):
  try:
    cat = CATEGORYMAP[t[0]]
  except KeyError:
    raise P.ParseException(s, loc, "Unknown category `%s'" % t[0])
  pols = t[1]
  if len(pols) == 1: pol = pols[0]
  else: pol = AndPolicy(pols)
  pol.setcategory(cat)
  return pol
Type.setParseAction(build_type)

TARGETS = []
class TargetJob (object):
  def __init__(me, targetdir, policies):
    me.targetdir = targetdir
    me.policies = policies
  def perform(me):
    TARGETS.append(me)

Target = K('target') - String - D('{') - R(Type) - D('}')
def build_target(s, l, t):
  return TargetJob(t[0], t[1])
Target.setParseAction(build_target)

VARS = { 'master': None }
class VarsJob (object):
  def __init__(me, vars):
    me.vars = vars
  def perform(me):
    for k, v in me.vars:
      VARS[k] = v

Var = prop('master', String)
Vars = K('vars') - D('{') - R(Var) - D('}')
def build_vars(s, l, t):
  return VarsJob(t[0])
Vars.setParseAction(build_vars)

TopLevel = Vars | Target
Config = R(TopLevel)
Config.ignore(P.pythonStyleComment)

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### The directory grobbler.

def grobble(master, targets, noact = False):
  """
  Work through the MASTER directory, writing converted files to TARGETS.

  The TARGETS are a list of `TargetJob' objects, each describing a target
  directory and a policy to apply to it.

  If NOACT is true, then don't actually do anything permanent to the
  filesystem.
  """

  ## Transform the targets into a more convenient data structure.
  tpolmap = []
  for t in targets:
    pmap = {}
    tpolmap.append(pmap)
    for p in t.policies: pmap.setdefault(p.cat, []).append(p)

  ## Keep track of the current position in the master tree.
  dirs = []

  ## And the files which haven't worked.
  broken = []

  def grobble_file(master, pmap, targetdir, cohorts):
    ## Convert MASTER, writing the result to TARGETDIR.
    ##
    ## The COHORTS are actually (CAT, ID, COHORT) triples, where a COHORT is
    ## a list of (FILENAME, ID) pairs.
    ##
    ## Since this function might convert the MASTER file, the caller doesn't
    ## know the name of the output files, so we return then as a list.

    done = set()
    st_m = OS.stat(master)

    ## Work through each category listed and apply its policy.
    for cat, id, cohort in cohorts:

      ## Go through the category's policies and see if any match.  If we fail
      ## here, see if there are more categories to try.
      for pol in pmap[cat]:
        acts = pol.actions(master, targetdir, id, cohort)
        if acts: break
      else:
        continue

      ## Work through the targets one by one.
      for a in acts:
        done.add(a.target)

        ## Find out whether the target file already exists and is up-to-date
        ## with respect to the master.  (Caution here with low-resolution
        ## timestamps.)  If it's OK, then just move on.
        try:
          st_t = OS.stat(a.target)
          if st_m.st_mtime < st_t.st_mtime or \
                 (st_m.st_ino, st_m.st_dev) == (st_t.st_ino, st_t.st_dev):
            continue
        except OSError, err:
          if err.errno not in (E.ENOENT, E.ENOTDIR):
            raise

        ## We have real work to do.  If there's a current status message,
        ## it's the containing directory so flush it so that people know
        ## where we are.
        STATUS.commit()

        ## Remove the target.  (A hardlink will fail if the target already
        ## exists.)
        if not noact:
          try:
            OS.unlink(a.target)
          except OSError, err:
            if err.errno not in (E.ENOENT, E.ENOTDIR):
              raise

        ## Do whatever it is we decided to do.
        if noact:
          STATUS.commit(filestatus(master, a))
        else:
          a.perform()

    ## We're done.  Return the names of the targets.
    return list(done)

  @contextmanager
  def wrap(masterfile):
    ## Handle exceptions found while trying to convert a particular file or
    ## directory.

    try:
      yield masterfile

    ## Something bad happened.  Report the error, but continue.  (This list
    ## of exceptions needs a lot of work.)
    except (IOError, OSError), exc:
      STATUS.clear()
      STATUS.commit(filestatus(masterfile, 'failed (%s)' % exc))
      broken.append((masterfile, exc))

  def grobble_dir(master, targets):
    ## Recursively convert files in MASTER, writing them to the TARGETS.

    ## Keep track of the subdirectories we encounter, because we'll need to
    ## do all of those in one go at the end.
    subdirs = set()

    ## Work through each target directory in turn.
    for target, pmap in zip(targets, tpolmap):

      ## Make sure the TARGET exists and is a directory.  It's a fundamental
      ## assumption of this program that the entire TARGET tree is
      ## disposable, so if something exists but isn't a directory, we should
      ## kill it.
      if OS.path.isdir(target):
        pass
      else:
        if OS.path.exists(target):
          STATUS.commit(filestatus(target, 'clear nondirectory'))
          if not noact:
            OS.unlink(target)
        STATUS.commit(filestatus(target, 'create directory'))
        if not noact:
          OS.mkdir(target)

      ## Keep a list of things in the target.  As we convert files, we'll
      ## check them off.  Anything left over is rubbish and needs to be
      ## deleted.
      checklist = {}
      try:
        for i in OS.listdir(target):
          checklist[i] = False
      except OSError, err:
        if err.errno not in (E.ENOENT, E.ENOTDIR):
          raise

      ## Keep track of the files in each category.
      catmap = {}
      todo = []
      done = []

      ## Work through the master files.
      for f in sorted(OS.listdir(master)):

        ## If the killswitch has been pulled then stop.  The whole idea is
        ## that we want to cause a clean shutdown if possible, so we don't
        ## want to do it in the middle of encoding because the encoding
        ## effort will have been wasted.  This is the only place we need to
        ## check.  If we've exited the loop, then clearing old files will
        ## probably be fast, and we'll either end up here when the recursive
        ## call returns or we'll be in the same boat as before, clearing old
        ## files, only up a level.  If worst comes to worst, we'll be killed
        ## forcibly somewhere inside `SH.rmtree', and that can continue where
        ## it left off.
        if KILLSWITCH.is_set():
          return

        ## Do something with the file.
        with wrap(OS.path.join(master, f)) as masterfile:

          ## If it's a directory then prepare to grobble it recursively, but
          ## don't do that yet.
          if OS.path.isdir(masterfile):
            subdirs.add(f)
            done.append(OS.path.join(target, f))

          ## Otherwise it's a file.  Work out what kind, and stash it under
          ## the appropriate categories.  Later, we'll apply policy to the
          ## files, by category, and work out what to do with them all.
          else:
            mime = GIO.file_new_for_path(masterfile) \
                      .query_info('standard::content-type', 0) \
                      .get_content_type()
            cats = []
            for cat in pmap.iterkeys():
              id = cat.identify(masterfile, mime)
              if id is None: continue
              catmap.setdefault(cat, []).append((masterfile, id))
              cats.append((cat, id))
            if not cats:
              catmap.setdefault(None, []).append((masterfile, id))
            todo.append((masterfile, cats))

      ## Work through the categorized files to see what actions to do for
      ## them.
      for masterfile, cats in todo:
        with wrap(masterfile):
          done += grobble_file(masterfile, pmap, target,
                               [(cat, id, catmap[cat]) for cat, id in cats])

      ## Check the results off the list so that we don't clear it later.
      for f in done:
        checklist[OS.path.basename(f)] = True

      ## Maybe there's stuff in the target which isn't accounted for.  Delete
      ## it: either the master has changed, or the policy for this target has
      ## changed.  Either way, the old files aren't wanted.
      for f in checklist:
        if not checklist[f]:
          STATUS.commit(filestatus(f, 'clear bogus file'))
          if not noact:
            bogus = OS.path.join(target, f)
            try:
              if OS.path.isdir(bogus):
                SH.rmtree(bogus)
              else:
                OS.unlink(bogus)
            except OSError, err:
              if err.errno != E.ENOENT:
                raise

    ## If there are subdirectories which want processing then do those.
    ## Keep the user amused by telling him where we are in the tree.
    for d in sorted(subdirs):
      dirs.append(d)
      STATUS.set('/'.join(dirs))
      with wrap(OS.path.join(master, d)) as masterdir:
        try:
          grobble_dir(masterdir,
                      [OS.path.join(target, d) for target in targets])
        finally:
          dirs.pop()
          STATUS.set('/'.join(dirs))

  ## Right.  We're ready to go.
  grobble_dir(master, [t.targetdir for t in targets])
  return broken

###--------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Command-line interface.

QUIS = OS.path.basename(SYS.argv[0])

def moan(msg):
  "Report a warning message to the user."
  SYS.stderr.write('%s: %s\n' % (QUIS, msg))

def die(msg):
  "Report a fatal error message to the user."
  moan(msg)
  SYS.exit(1)

def parse_opts(args):
  """
  Parse command-line arguments in ARGS.

  Returns a Grobbler object and the MASTER and TARGET directories to be
  grobbled.
  """

  ## Build the option parser object.
  op = OP.OptionParser(prog = QUIS, version = VERSION,
                       usage = '%prog [-in] [-t TIMEOUT] [-T TIMEOUT] '
                               'CONFIG',
                       description = """\
Convert a directory tree of files according to the configuration file
CONFIG.
""")

  ## Timeout handling.
  def cb_time(opt, ostr, arg, op):
    m = RX.match(r'\s*(\d+)\s*([dhms]?)\s*', arg)
    if not m:
      raise OP.OptionValueerror, 'bad time value `%s\'' % arg
    t, u = m.groups()
    t = int(t) * { '': 1, 's': 1, 'm': 60, 'h': 3600, 'd': 86400 }[u]
    setattr(op.values, opt.dest, t)
  op.add_option('-t', '--timeout', type = 'string', metavar = 'SECS',
                dest = 'timeout',
                help = 'stop processing nicely after SECS',
                action = 'callback', callback = cb_time)
  op.add_option('-T', '--timeout-nasty', type = 'string', metavar = 'SECS',
                dest = 'timeout_nasty',
                help = 'stop processing unpleasantly after further SECS',
                action = 'callback', callback = cb_time)

  ## Other options.
  op.add_option('-i', '--interactive', action = 'store_true', dest = 'tty',
                help = 'provide progress information')
  op.add_option('-n', '--no-act', action = 'store_true', dest = 'noact',
                help = 'don\'t actually modify the filesystem')

  ## Ready to rock.
  op.set_defaults(formats = [], noact = False,
                  timeout = None, timeout_nasty = 300)
  opts, args = op.parse_args(args)

  ## Check that we got the non-option arguments that we want.
  if len(args) != 1:
    op.error('wrong number of arguments')

  ## Act on the options.
  if opts.tty:
    STATUS.eyecandyp = True
  if opts.timeout is not None:
    to = TH.Thread(target = timeout,
                   args = (opts.timeout, opts.timeout_nasty))
    to.daemon = True
    to.start()

  ## Parse the configuration file.
  with open(args[0]) as conf:
    jobs, = Config.parseFile(conf, True)
  for j in jobs:
    j.perform()

  return opts

if __name__ == '__main__':
  opts = parse_opts(SYS.argv[1:])
  if 'master' not in VARS:
    die("no master directory set")
  broken = grobble(VARS['master'], TARGETS, opts.noact)
  if broken:
    moan('failed to convert some files:')
    for file, exc in broken:
      moan('%s: %s' % (file, exc))
    SYS.exit(1)

  ## This is basically a successful completion: we did what we were asked to
  ## do.  It seems polite to report a message, though.
  ##
  ## Why don't we have a nonzero exit status?  The idea would be that a
  ## calling script would be interested that we used up all of our time, and
  ## not attempt to convert some other directory as well.  But that doesn't
  ## quite work.  Such a script would need to account correctly for time we
  ## had spent even if we complete successfully.  And if the script is having
  ## to watch the clock itself, it can do that without our help here.
  if KILLSWITCH.is_set():
    moan('killed by timeout')

###----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------