fixing new survex file editing

core/views/survex.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def get_survexfile(filename):
         print(f"Number of SurvexFile objects found: {len(refs)}")
         for s in refs:
             print (s.path, s.primary, s.cave)
-    # print(type(survexfile), filename)
+    print(type(survexfile), filename)
     return survexfile
 
 class SvxForm(forms.Form):
@@ -165,7 +165,12 @@ class SvxForm(forms.Form):
             self.survexfile = False
             return survextemplatefile
         if not self.survexfile:
-            self.survexfile = get_survexfile(self.data["filename"])
+            if sf := get_survexfile(self.data["filename"]): # walrus!
+                self.survexfile = sf
+            else:
+                print(">>> >>> WARNING - svx file not a SurvexFile object yet", fname, flush=True)
+                self.survexfile = fname
+                
         try:
             fin = open(fname, "r", encoding="utf8", newline="")
             svxtext = fin.read()
@@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ def svx(request, survex_file):
     """
     warning = False
     
-    print(survex_file)
+    print(f"svx(): {survex_file=}")
     if survex_file.lower().endswith(".svx"):
         #cope with ".svx.svx" bollox
         survex_file = survex_file[:-4]
@@ -344,7 +349,8 @@ def svx(request, survex_file):
                 form.data["code"] = rcode
 
     # GET, also fall-through after POST-specific handling
-    svxfile = get_survexfile(survex_file)
+    if svxfile := get_survexfile(survex_file):
+        print(f"svx(): a real SurvexFile object {svxfile=} {svxfile.id=}")        
         
     if "code" not in form.data:
         form.data["code"] = form.GetDiscCode()
@@ -377,6 +383,9 @@ def svx(request, survex_file):
         except AttributeError: # some survexfiles just *include files and have no blocks themselves
             svxblocksall = []
     else:
+        svxfile = survex_file
+        print(f"svx(): NOT a real SurvexFile object '{svxfile=}'")
+
         svxblocks = []
         svxblocksall = []
         svxlength = 0.0