Add MOTD display to hgweb and hgwebdir. The hgweb "footer" template now has space for an optional message of the day (MOTD). This is used in two contexts: 1) On the hgwebdir index page 2) On various pages of each individual repo For both cases, the MOTD is read out of an entry named "motd" in the [web] section of a config file -- the only difference is which file is used. For #1, you need to add the section to hgweb.config; for #2, you need to add to the repo's .hgrc file. I suggest something like this: [web] motd = <p>To download these repositories, <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">get Mercurial</a> and then type something like:</p><p><pre>hg clone http://gs3080.sp.cs.cmu.edu/hg.cgi/cpmpy</pre></p>You can also click the Download links to get an archive of the latest revision. An online sample is available here: http://gs3080.sp.cs.cmu.edu/hg.cgi

import getopt

def fancyopts(args, options, state):
    long = []
    short = ''
    map = {}
    dt = {}

    for s, l, d, c in options:
        pl = l.replace('-', '_')
        map['-'+s] = map['--'+l] = pl
        state[pl] = d
        dt[pl] = type(d)
        if not d is None and not callable(d):
            if s: s += ':'
            if l: l += '='
        if s: short = short + s
        if l: long.append(l)

    opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short, long)

    for opt, arg in opts:
        if dt[map[opt]] is type(fancyopts): state[map[opt]](state,map[opt],arg)
        elif dt[map[opt]] is type(1): state[map[opt]] = int(arg)
        elif dt[map[opt]] is type(''): state[map[opt]] = arg
        elif dt[map[opt]] is type([]): state[map[opt]].append(arg)
        elif dt[map[opt]] is type(None): state[map[opt]] = 1

    return args