changed the interface back to the old one. last time, i promise

README.md

@@ -15,28 +15,37 @@ this allows the user to reference the dendron notes instead of raw bibtex item (
 
 ## Usage: 
 
-- `gen` : generate reference notes:
+generate reference notes:
 
 ```bash
-python refs_vault_gen.py gen [cfg_path] [kwargs]
+python refs_vault_gen.py [cfg_path] [--<kwarg>=<val>]
 ```
 
-- `help` : print help message and exit:
+`cfg_path` can be positional. If arguments are passed, the defaults are used. Notably:
+```python
+bib_filename : str = 'refs.bib'
+vault_loc : str = 'vault/'
+note_prefix : str = 'refs.'
+```
+
+### Help and configuration
+
+- `--help` : print help message and exit:
 ```bash
-python refs_vault_gen.py help
+python refs_vault_gen.py --help
 ```
 
-- `print_cfg` : print to console an example config in either json or yaml:
+- `--print_cfg` : print to console an example config in either json or yaml (json by default):
 
 ```bash
-python refs_vault_gen.py print_cfg [--fmt=<format>]
+python refs_vault_gen.py --print_cfg [--fmt=<format>]
 ```
 
 ### Generation:
 
 when running
 ```bash
-	python refs_vault_gen.py gen [cfg_path] [**kwargs]
+	python refs_vault_gen.py [cfg_path] [**kwargs]
 ```
 
 `cfg_path` should be the location of a yaml or json config file

dendron_citations/refs_vault_gen.py

@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ def print_help():
 	print(__doc__)
 	sys.exit(0)
 
-def print_cfg(fmt : str = 'json'):
+def print_cfg(fmt : str):
 	"""prints the default config as either json or yaml"""
 	cfg : Config = Config()
 	if fmt.lower() == 'json':
@@ -701,15 +701,23 @@ def print_cfg(fmt : str = 'json'):
 	else:
 		raise ValueError(f'unknown format: {fmt}')
 
-RUNME : Dict[str, Callable] = {
-	'gen' : gen,
-	'help' : print_help,
-	'print_cfg' : print_cfg,
-}
+def main(cfg_path : Optional[str] = None, **kwargs):
+	if 'help' in kwargs or 'h' in kwargs:
+		print_help()
+	elif 'print_cfg' in kwargs:
+		print_cfg(fmt = kwargs['fmt'] if 'fmt' in kwargs else 'json')
+	else:
+		gen(cfg_path, **kwargs)
+
+# RUNME : Dict[str, Callable] = {
+# 	'gen' : gen,
+# 	'help' : print_help,
+# 	'print_cfg' : print_cfg,
+# }
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	import fire # type: ignore
-	fire.Fire(RUNME)
+	fire.Fire(main)
 
 
 

scripts/dendron_gen_refs.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from dendron_citations.refs_vault_gen import RUNME
+from dendron_citations.refs_vault_gen import main
 
 import fire
-fire.Fire(RUNME)
+fire.Fire(main)