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			  #!/usr/bin/env  python
__license__   = 'GPL v3'
__author__    = 'Lorenzo Vigentini'
__copyright__ = '2009, Lorenzo Vigentini <l.vigentini at gmail.com>'
description   = 'the Escapist Magazine - v1.02 (09, January 2010)'

'''
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/
'''

from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe

class al(BasicNewsRecipe):
    author        = 'Lorenzo Vigentini'
    description   = 'The Escapist Magazine'

    cover_url      = 'http://cdn.themis-media.com/themes/escapistmagazine/default/images/logo.png'
    title          = u'The Escapist Magazine'
    publisher      = 'Themis media'
    category       = 'Video games news, lifestyle, gaming culture'

    language       = 'en'
    timefmt        = '[%a, %d %b, %Y]'

    oldest_article = 1
    max_articles_per_feed = 100
    use_embedded_content  = False
    recursion             = 10

    remove_javascript     = True
    no_stylesheets        = True

    feeds          = [
                       (u'Daily News', u'http://www.escapistmagazine.com/rss/news/0.xml'),
                       (u'Articles', u'http://www.escapistmagazine.com/rss/articles/0.xml')
                     ]

    def print_version(self,url):
        baseURL='http://www.escapistmagazine.com'
        segments = url.split('/')
        #basename = '/'.join(segments[:3]) + '/'
        subPath= '/'+ segments[3] + '/'
        articleURL=(segments[len(segments)-1])[0:5]

        if articleURL[4] =='-':
            articleURL=articleURL[:4]

        printVerString='print/'+ articleURL
        s=  baseURL + subPath + printVerString
        return s

    keep_only_tags     = [
                            dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'article'})
                        ]

    remove_tags        = [
                            dict(name='div',attrs={'id':['ad_leaderboard','print_notice','bottom_panel_container']})
                         ]