All commands that consume a citekey as an argument will now complete a

prefix.

pubs/commands/conf_cmd.py

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def command(conf, args):
             config.check_conf(new_conf)
             ui.message('The configuration file was updated.')
             break
-        except AssertionError: # TODO better error message
+        except AssertionError as e: # TODO better error message
-            ui.error('Error reading the modified configuration file.')
+            ui.error('Error reading the modified configuration file [' + e.message + '].')
             options = ['edit_again', 'abort']
             choice = options[ui.input_choice(
                 options, ['e', 'a'],

pubs/commands/doc_cmd.py

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def command(conf, args):
             if not path.endswith('/'):
                 path += '/'
         else:
-            ui.error('{} is not a directory.'.format(
+            ui.error('{} is not a directory. Quit.'.format(
                 color.dye_err(args.path[0], 'filepath')))
             ui.exit(1)
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def command(conf, args):
         paper = rp.pull_paper(citekey)
 
         if paper.docpath is None:
-            ui.error('No document associated with the entry {}.'.format(
+            ui.error('No document associated with the entry {}. Quit.'.format(
                       color.dye_err(citekey, 'citekey')))
             ui.exit()
 

pubs/commands/export_cmd.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 from .. import repo
 from ..uis import get_ui
 from .. import endecoder
-
+from ..utils import resolve_citekey_list
 
 def parser(subparsers):
     parser = subparsers.add_parser('export', help='export bibliography')
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ def command(conf, args):
     # :param bib_format (only 'bibtex' now)
 
     ui = get_ui()
-
     rp = repo.Repository(conf)
 
     try:
-        papers = [rp.pull_paper(c) for c in args.citekeys]
+        papers = []
-    except repo.InvalidReference as v:
+        if len(args.citekeys) < 1:
-        ui.error(v)
+            papers = rp.all_papers()
-        ui.exit(1)
+        else:
-
+            for key in resolve_citekey_list(repo=rp, citekeys=args.citekeys, ui=ui, exit_on_fail=True):
-    if len(papers) == 0:
+                papers.append(rp.pull_paper(key))
-        papers = rp.all_papers()
+        bib = {}
-    bib = {}
+        for p in papers:
-    for p in papers:
+            bib[p.citekey] = p.bibdata
-        bib[p.citekey] = p.bibdata
+            exporter = endecoder.EnDecoder()
-    exporter = endecoder.EnDecoder()
+            bibdata_raw = exporter.encode_bibdata(bib)
-    bibdata_raw = exporter.encode_bibdata(bib)
+            ui.message(bibdata_raw)
-    ui.message(bibdata_raw)
+    except Exception as e:
+        ui.error(e.message)

pubs/commands/import_cmd.py

@@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ def command(conf, args):
         try:
             p = papers[k]
             if isinstance(p, Exception):
-                ui.error('could not load entry for citekey {}.'.format(k))
+                ui.error('Could not load entry for citekey {}.'.format(k))
             else:
                 rp.push_paper(p)
-                ui.message('{} imported'.format(color.dye_out(p.citekey, 'citekey')))
+                ui.info('{} imported.'.format(color.dye_out(p.citekey, 'citekey')))
                 docfile = bibstruct.extract_docfile(p.bibdata)
                 if docfile is None:
-                    ui.warning("no file for {}.".format(p.citekey))
+                    ui.warning("No file for {}.".format(p.citekey))
                 else:
                     rp.push_doc(p.citekey, docfile, copy=copy)
                     #FIXME should move the file if configured to do so.
         except KeyError:
-            ui.error('no entry found for citekey {}.'.format(k))
+            ui.error('No entry found for citekey {}.'.format(k))
         except IOError as e:
             ui.error(e.message)

pubs/commands/init_cmd.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def command(conf, args):
     pubsdir = system_path(pubsdir)
 
     if check_directory(pubsdir, fail=False) and len(os.listdir(pubsdir)) > 0:
-        ui.error('directory {} is not empty.'.format(
+        ui.error('Directory {} is not empty.'.format(
             color.dye_err(pubsdir, 'filepath')))
         ui.exit()
 

pubs/commands/note_cmd.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from .. import repo
 from .. import content
 from ..uis import get_ui
+from ..utils import resolve_citekey
 
 
 def parser(subparsers):
@@ -16,11 +17,10 @@ def command(conf, args):
     """
 
     ui = get_ui()
-
     rp = repo.Repository(conf)
-    if not rp.databroker.exists(args.citekey):
+    citekey = resolve_citekey(rp, args.citekey, ui=ui, exit_on_fail=True)
-        ui.error("citekey {} not found".format(args.citekey))
+    try:
-        ui.exit(1)
+        notepath = rp.databroker.real_notepath(citekey)
-
+        content.edit_file(conf['main']['edit_cmd'], notepath, temporary=False)
-    notepath = rp.databroker.real_notepath(args.citekey)
+    except Exception as e:
-    content.edit_file(conf['main']['edit_cmd'], notepath, temporary=False)
+        ui.error(e.message)

pubs/commands/tag_cmd.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from ..repo import Repository
 from ..uis import get_ui
 from .. import pretty
 from .. import color
+from ..utils import resolve_citekey
 
 
 def parser(subparsers):
@@ -81,7 +82,12 @@ def command(conf, args):
     if citekeyOrTag is None:
         ui.message(color.dye_out(' '.join(sorted(rp.get_tags())), 'tag'))
     else:
-        if rp.databroker.exists(citekeyOrTag):
+        not_citekey = False
+        try:
+            citekeyOrTag = resolve_citekey(repo=rp, citekey=citekeyOrTag, ui=ui, exit_on_fail=True)
+        except SystemExit:
+            not_citekey = True
+        if not not_citekey:
             p = rp.pull_paper(citekeyOrTag)
             if tags is None:
                 ui.message(color.dye_out(' '.join(sorted(p.tags)), 'tag'))
@@ -93,9 +99,10 @@ def command(conf, args):
                     p.remove_tag(tag)
                 rp.push_paper(p, overwrite=True)
         elif tags is not None:
-            ui.error(ui.error('no entry found for citekey {}.'.format(citekeyOrTag)))
+            ui.error(ui.error('No entry found for citekey {}.'.format(citekeyOrTag)))
             ui.exit()
         else:
+            ui.info('Assuming {} to be a tag.'.format(color.dye_out(citekeyOrTag)))
             # case where we want to find papers with specific tags
             included, excluded = _tag_groups(_parse_tag_seq(citekeyOrTag))
             papers_list = []

pubs/uis.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class InputUI(PrintUI):
         option_str = '/'.join(["{}{}".format(color.dye_out(c, 'bold'), s[1:])
                                 for c, s in zip(displayed_chars, options)])
 
-        self.message('{} {}: '.format(question, option_str), end='')
+        self.message('{}: {} {}: '.format(color.dye_err('prompt', 'warning'), question, option_str), end='')
         while True:
             answer = self.input()
             if answer is None or answer == '':

pubs/utils.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from . import pretty
 
 def resolve_citekey(repo, citekey, ui=None, exit_on_fail=True):
     """Check that a citekey exists, or autocompletes it if not ambiguous."""
+    """ :returns found citekey """
     # FIXME. Make me optionally non ui interactive/exiting
     citekeys = repo.citekeys_from_prefix(citekey)
     if len(citekeys) == 0:
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ def resolve_citekey(repo, citekey, ui=None, exit_on_fail=True):
     elif len(citekeys) == 1:
         if citekeys[0] != citekey:
             if ui is not None:
-                ui.info("Provided citekey '{}' has been autocompleted into '{}'".format(color.dye_out(citekey, 'citekey'), color.dye_out(citekeys[0], 'citekey')))
+                ui.info("Provided citekey '{}' has been autocompleted into [{}].".format(color.dye_out(citekey, 'citekey'), color.dye_out(citekeys[0], 'citekey')))
             citekey = citekeys[0]
     elif citekey not in citekeys:
         if ui is not None: