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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+# License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2015, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+
+from __future__ import (unicode_literals, division, absolute_import,
+                        print_function)
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from future_builtins import map
+
+from calibre.db.adding import compile_glob, filter_filename, compile_rule
+from calibre.gui2 import elided_text, Application, error_dialog
+from calibre.gui2.tag_mapper import (
+    RuleEdit as RuleEditBase, RuleEditDialog as
+    RuleEditDialogBase, RuleItem as RuleItemBase, Rules as RulesBase,
+    Tester as TesterBase, RulesDialog as RulesDialogBase
+)
+from calibre.utils.config import JSONConfig
+
+add_filters = JSONConfig('add-filter-rules')
+
+class RuleEdit(RuleEditBase):
+
+    ACTION_MAP = OrderedDict((
+        ('ignore', _('Ignore')),
+        ('add', _('Add')),
+    ))
+
+    MATCH_TYPE_MAP = OrderedDict((
+        ('startswith', _('starts with')),
+        ('not_startswith', _('does not start with')),
+        ('endswith', _('ends with')),
+        ('not_endswith', _('does not end with')),
+        ('glob', _('matches glob pattern')),
+        ('not_glob', _('does not match glob pattern')),
+        ('matches', _('matches regex pattern')),
+        ('not_matches', _('does not match regex pattern')),
+    ))
+
+    MSG = _('Create the rule below, the rule can be used to add or ignore files')
+    SUBJECT = _('the file, if the filename')
+    VALUE_ERROR = _('You must provide a value for the tag to match')
+
+    def update_state(self):
+        tt = _('A comma separated list of tags')
+        q = self.match_type.currentData()
+        if 'with' in q:
+            tt = _('Matching is case-insensitive')
+        elif 'glob' in q:
+            tt = _('A case-insensitive filename pattern, for example: {0} or {1}').format('*.pdf', 'number-?.epub')
+        else:
+            tt = _('A regular expression')
+        self.query.setToolTip(tt)
+
+    @property
+    def rule(self):
+        return {
+            'action': self.action.currentData(),
+            'match_type': self.match_type.currentData(),
+            'query': self.query.text().strip(),
+        }
+
+    @rule.setter
+    def rule(self, rule):
+        def sc(name):
+            c = getattr(self, name)
+            idx = c.findData(unicode(rule.get(name, '')))
+            if idx < 0:
+                idx = 0
+            c.setCurrentIndex(idx)
+        sc('action'), sc('match_type')
+        self.query.setText(unicode(rule.get('query', '')).strip())
+
+    def validate(self):
+        ans = super(RuleEdit, self).validate()
+        if ans:
+            rule = self.rule
+            if 'glob' in rule['match_type']:
+                try:
+                    compile_glob(rule['query'])
+                except Exception:
+                    error_dialog(self, _('Query invalid'), _(
+                        '%s is not a valid glob expression') % rule['query'], show=True)
+                    return False
+        return ans
+
+class RuleEditDialog(RuleEditDialogBase):
+
+    PREFS_NAME = 'edit-add-filter-rule'
+    RuleEditClass = RuleEdit
+
+
+class RuleItem(RuleItemBase):
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def text_from_rule(rule, parent):
+        query = elided_text(rule['query'], font=parent.font(), width=200, pos='right')
+        text = _(
+            '<b>{action}</b> the file, if the filename <i>{match_type}</i>: <b>{query}</b>').format(
+                action=RuleEdit.ACTION_MAP[rule['action']], match_type=RuleEdit.MATCH_TYPE_MAP[rule['match_type']], query=query)
+        return text
+
+class Rules(RulesBase):
+
+    RuleItemClass = RuleItem
+    RuleEditDialogClass = RuleEditDialog
+    MSG = _('You can specify rules to add/ignore files here. Click the "Add Rule" button'
+            ' below to get started. The rules will be processed in order for every file until either an'
+            ' "add" or an "ignore" rule matches. If no rules match, the file will be added only'
+            ' if its file extension is of a known ebook type.')
+
+class Tester(TesterBase):
+
+    DIALOG_TITLE = _('Test filename filter rules')
+    PREFS_NAME = 'test-file-filter-rules'
+    LABEL = _('Enter a filename to test:')
+    PLACEHOLDER = _('Enter filename and click the Test button')
+    EMPTY_RESULT = '<p>&nbsp;</p>'
+
+    def do_test(self):
+        filename = self.value.strip()
+        allowed = filter_filename(map(compile_rule, self.rules), filename)
+        if allowed is None:
+            self.result.setText(_('The filename %s did not match any rules') % filename)
+        else:
+            self.result.setText(_('The filename {0} will be {1}').format(filename, _('added' if allowed else 'ignored')))
+
+
+class RulesDialog(RulesDialogBase):
+
+    DIALOG_TITLE = _('Edit file filter rules')
+    PREFS_NAME = 'edit-file-filter-rules'
+    RulesClass = Rules
+    TesterClass = Tester
+    PREFS_OBJECT = add_filters
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app = Application([])
+    d = RulesDialog()
+    d.rules = [
+        {'action':'ignore', 'query':'ignore-me', 'match_type':'startswith'},
+        {'action':'add', 'query':'*.moose', 'match_type':'glob'},
+    ]
+    d.exec_()
+    from pprint import pprint
+    pprint(d.rules)
+    del d, app