import os

def convert(swatmailtext, plaintext):
	"""Converts Swatmail's explicitly newlined text into normally spaced plaintext; useful for copying into Word, OO.org, etc."""
	i = open(swatmailtext, 'r')
	o = open(plaintext, 'w')
	for line in i.readlines():
		if not line == '\n':
			line = line[:-1] + ' '
		elif line[:2] == '\n\t':
			pass
		else:
			line += '\n'
		o.write(line)
	i.close()
	o.close()
	
usage = "Usage: python spacecleaner.py <file to convert> <converted file to create>"
if __name__ == '__main__':
	import sys
	argv = sys.argv[1:]
	if len(argv) != 2:
		print usage
	else:
		convert(argv[0], argv[1])