html_skeleton.py

#!/usr/bin/python2.5

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import sys

root = ET.Element("html")
head = ET.Element("head")

title = ET.Element("title")
title.text = " "

css = ET.Element("link")
css.set("rel", "stylesheet")
css.set("type", "text/css")
css.set("href", "/static/style.css")
css.text = " "

script = ET.Element("script")
script.set("src", "/static/script.js")
script.set("type", "text/javascript")
script.text = " "

for elem in [title, css, script]:
    head.append(elem)
root.append(head)

body = ET.Element("body")

for id in ["header", "container", "footer"]:
    div = ET.Element("div")
    div.set("id", id)
    div.text = "\n    "
    body.append(div)

root.append(body)

def indent(elem, level=0):
    i = "\n" + level*"  "
    if len(elem):
        if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip():
            elem.text = i + "  "
        for e in elem:
            indent(e, level+1)
            if not e.tail or not e.tail.strip():
                e.tail = i + "  "
        if not e.tail or not e.tail.strip():
            e.tail = i
    else:
        if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()):
            elem.tail = i

if __name__ == "__main__":
    indent(root)
    tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
    tree.write(sys.stdout, "utf-8")