# -*- coding: windows-1251 -*-
#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
sys.path.append('/usr/share/inkscape/extensions')
import inkex
from simplestyle import *

class HelloWorldEffect(inkex.Effect):
    def __init__(self):
        """
        Constructor.
        Defines the "--what" option of a script.
        """
        # Call the base class constructor.
        inkex.Effect.__init__(self)

        # Define string option "--what" with "-w" shortcut and default value "World".
        self.OptionParser.add_option('-w', '--what', action = 'store',
          type = 'string', dest = 'what', default = 'World',
          help = 'What would you like to greet?')

    def effect(self):
        """
        Effect behaviour.
        Overrides base class' method and inserts "Hello World" text into SVG document.
        """
        # Get script's "--what" option value.
        what = self.options.what

        # Get access to main SVG document element and get its dimensions.
        svg = self.document.getroot()
        # or alternatively
        # svg = self.document.xpath('//svg:svg',namespaces=inkex.NSS)[0]

        # Again, there are two ways to get the attibutes:
        width  = inkex.unittouu(svg.get('width'))
        height = inkex.unittouu(svg.attrib['height'])

        # Create a new layer.
        layer = inkex.etree.SubElement(svg, 'g')
        layer.set(inkex.addNS('label', 'inkscape'), 'MyLayer')
        layer.set(inkex.addNS('groupmode', 'inkscape'), 'layer')

        # Create text element
        text = inkex.etree.Element(inkex.addNS('text','svg'))
        text.text = text.text = unicode('Hello '+what+'!','windows-1251')

        # Set text position to center of document.
        text.set('x', str(width / 2))
        text.set('y', str(height / 2))

        # Center text horizontally with CSS style.
        style = {'text-align' : 'center', 'text-anchor': 'middle'}
        text.set('style', formatStyle(style))

        # Connect elements together.
        layer.append(text)

# Create effect instance and apply it.
effect = HelloWorldEffect()
effect.affect()