Added sourcefile generator that generates .text files

docs/plugins.rst

@@ -53,14 +53,10 @@ List of signals
 
 Here is the list of currently implemented signals:
 
-=========================   ============================   ===========================================================================
+=========================   ============================   =========================================
 Signal                      Arguments                      Description
-=========================   ============================   ===========================================================================
+=========================   ============================   =========================================
 initialized                 pelican object
-finalized                   pelican object                 invoked after all the generators are executed and just before pelican exits
-                                                           usefull for custom post processing actions, such as: 
-                                                           - minifying js/css assets.
-                                                           - notify/ping search engines with an updated sitemap.
 article_generate_context    article_generator, metadata
 article_generator_init      article_generator              invoked in the ArticlesGenerator.__init__
 get_generators              generators                     invoked in Pelican.get_generator_classes,
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ get_generators              generators                     invoked in Pelican.ge
                                                            generator in a tuple or in a list.
 pages_generate_context      pages_generator, metadata
 pages_generator_init        pages_generator                invoked in the PagesGenerator.__init__
-=========================   ============================   ===========================================================================
+=========================   ============================   =========================================
 
 The list is currently small, don't hesitate to add signals and make a pull
 request if you need them!

docs/settings.rst

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ Setting name (default value)                                            What doe
 `PDF_GENERATOR` (``False``)                                             Set to True if you want to have PDF versions
                                                                         of your documents. You will need to install
                                                                         `rst2pdf`.
+`OUTPUT_SOURCES` (``False``)                                            Set to True if you want to copy the articles and pages in their
+                                                                        original format (e.g. Markdown or ReStructeredText) to the
+                                                                        specified OUTPUT_PATH.
 `RELATIVE_URLS` (``True``)                                              Defines whether Pelican should use document-relative URLs or
                                                                         not. If set to ``False``, Pelican will use the SITEURL
                                                                         setting to construct absolute URLs.

pelican/__init__.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import argparse
 from pelican import signals
 
 from pelican.generators import (Generator, ArticlesGenerator, PagesGenerator,
-        StaticGenerator, PdfGenerator, LessCSSGenerator)
+        StaticGenerator, PdfGenerator, LessCSSGenerator, SourceFileGenerator)
 from pelican.log import init
 from pelican.settings import read_settings, _DEFAULT_CONFIG
 from pelican.utils import clean_output_dir, files_changed, file_changed, NoFilesError
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ class Pelican(object):
             if hasattr(p, 'generate_output'):
                 p.generate_output(writer)
 
-        signals.finalized.send(self)
-
     def get_generator_classes(self):
         generators = [StaticGenerator, ArticlesGenerator, PagesGenerator]
         if self.settings['PDF_GENERATOR']:
             generators.append(PdfGenerator)
         if self.settings['LESS_GENERATOR']:  # can be True or PATH to lessc
             generators.append(LessCSSGenerator)
+        if self.settings['OUTPUT_SOURCES']:
+            generators.append(SourceFileGenerator)
 
         for pair in signals.get_generators.send(self):
             (funct, value) = pair

pelican/generators.py

@@ -491,6 +491,16 @@ class PdfGenerator(Generator):
         for page in self.context['pages']:
             self._create_pdf(page, pdf_path)
 
+class SourceFileGenerator(Generator):
+    def _create_source(self, obj, output_path):
+        filename = os.path.splitext(obj.save_as)[0]
+        dest = os.path.join(output_path, filename + '.text')
+        copy('', obj.filename, dest)
+
+    def generate_output(self, writer=None):
+        logger.info(u' Generating source files...')
+        for object in chain(self.context['articles'], self.context['pages']):
+            self._create_source(object, self.output_path)
 
 class LessCSSGenerator(Generator):
     """Compile less css files."""

pelican/settings.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ _DEFAULT_CONFIG = {'PATH': '.',
                    'SITENAME': 'A Pelican Blog',
                    'DISPLAY_PAGES_ON_MENU': True,
                    'PDF_GENERATOR': False,
+                   'OUTPUT_SOURCES': False,
                    'DEFAULT_CATEGORY': 'misc',
                    'DEFAULT_DATE': 'fs',
                    'WITH_FUTURE_DATES': True,

pelican/signals.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from blinker import signal
 
 initialized = signal('pelican_initialized')
-finalized = signal('pelican_finalized')
 article_generate_context = signal('article_generate_context')
 article_generator_init = signal('article_generator_init')
 get_generators = signal('get_generators')