Journal.py

!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import json
from sys import argv
from time import strftime


def firstrun():
    x = {}
    x['jf'] = raw_input("File name?: ")
    x['use_date'] = raw_input("Use date stamp [y/n]?: ")
    return x

try:
    if os.environ.get('LOCALAPPDATA'):
        cf = os.path.join(os.environ['LOCALAPPDATA'], '_pyjot.conf')
    elif os.environ.get('HOME'):
        cf = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.pyjot.conf')
    else:
        raise Exception("Something went wrong.")
except Exception as e:
    print "Couldn't determine config file location"
    exit(1)


print cf
try:
    if os.path.exists(cf):
        fh = open(cf, 'r')
        config = json.load(fh)
    else:
        fh = open(cf, 'w')
        ic = firstrun()
        config = {'journal_file': ic['jf'], 'use_date': ic['use_date']}
        json.dump(config, fh)
except:
    print "Couldn't deserialize config"
finally:
    fh.close()

try:
    if config['use_date'].lower() == 'y':
        pre = strftime("%Y-%m-%d-")
    journal = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(config['journal_file']),
                           pre + os.path.basename(config['journal_file']))

    jf = open(journal, 'a')
except:
    print "Couldn't open journal.\n"

entry = str(strftime('%m/%d/%y, %I:%M %p:'))
entry += "\n"

for word in argv[1:]:
    entry += word + ' '

entry += "\n\n------\n"
jf.write(entry)
jf.close()