"""This preprocessor removes lines in code cells that have been marked as `folded`
by the codefolding extension
"""

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (c) 2014, Juergen Hasch
#
# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

from IPython.nbconvert.preprocessors import *
import StringIO

class CodeFoldingPreprocessor(Preprocessor):

    def fold_cell(self,cell,folded):
        """
        Remove folded lines and add a '<->' at the parent line
        """
        f = StringIO.StringIO(cell)
        lines = f.readlines()
    
        if folded[0] == 0 and lines[0][0] == '#':
            self.log.info("folded: %s, %s" % (folded[0],lines[0][0]))
            return lines[0].rstrip('\n') + '<->\n'
        fold_indent = 0
        fold = False
        fcell = ""
        for i,l in enumerate(lines):
            indent = len(l)-len(l.lstrip(' '))
            if indent <= fold_indent:
                fold = False
                fold_indent = 0
            if i in folded:
                fold = True
                fold_indent = indent
                fcell += l.rstrip('\n') + '<->\n'
            if fold is False:
                fcell += l
        return fcell

    def preprocess_cell(self, cell, resources, index):
        """
        Read out metadata and remove lines if marked as `folded` in cell metadata.

        Parameters
        ----------
        cell : NotebookNode cell
            Notebook cell being processed
        resources : dictionary
            Additional resources used in the conversion process.  Allows
            preprocessors to pass variables into the Jinja engine.
        cell_index : int
            Index of the cell being processed (see base.py)
        """
        if hasattr(cell, "input") and cell.cell_type == "code":
            if hasattr(cell['metadata'], 'code_folding'):
                folded = cell['metadata']['code_folding']
                cell.input = self.fold_cell(cell.input, folded)
        return cell, resources

Add preprocessor for codefolding extension
Add preprocessor for codefolding extension

Thes preprocessor removes folded lines in codecells as defined by the
cell metadata
