gnuviechadmin-historic/gnuviechadmin/backend/settings.py

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"""The Gnuviech Admin settings module.

This module handles all central configuration of Gnuviech Admin. It
parses configuration files and provides functions for reading
templates."""

import os
from string import Template


def get_template(templatedir, filename):
    """Returns the template data from the given template file."""
    templatefile = file(os.path.join(templatedir,
                                     filename))
    templatedata = templatefile.read()
    return Template(templatedata.decode('utf_8'))


def get_template_string(templatestring):
    """Returns a template object for the given template string."""
    return Template(templatestring)