nearly there, created auto file

core/views/new_hole.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import re
 from django import forms
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from troggle.parsers.people import who_is_this
 from core.position_utils import which_area # file-type import, not module type.
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
     surface_wallet = forms.CharField(label="Old wallet used to find the entrance (if any)", 
         widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'placeholder': 'e.g.  2005 # 63'}),
         max_length=100, required=False)
-    survey_wallet = forms.CharField(label="New Wallet for all this data (must match date of trip)", 
+    survey_wallet = forms.CharField(label="New Wallet for all this data (must match the year of the trip)", 
         widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'placeholder': 'e.g.  2029 # 88'}),
         required=True)
     
@@ -292,23 +293,58 @@ from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.contrib import messages
 
 def new_hole(request):
-    areacode = None
+    areatext = None
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = NewHoleForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
         lat = float(form.data['gps_lat'])
         long = float(form.data['gps_long'])
         valid, area = which_area(lat, long)
         if valid:
-            areacode = f"in {area}"
+            areatext = f"in {area}"
         else:
-            areacode = "Not in 1623 or 1626"
+            areatext = "Not in 1623 or 1626"
 
         if form.is_valid():
-            # Data processing to models and filesystem will go here
-            messages.success(request, "New cave data successfully received.")
-            return redirect('new_hole')
-            return redirect('some_success_url')
+            process_new_hole(form, area)
+            messages.success(request, "New prospect save data successfully saved.")
+            
+            success_url = "/walletedit/" + form.cleaned_data.get('survey_wallet').replace("#",":")
+            return redirect(success_url)
     else:
         form = NewHoleForm()
 
-    return render(request, 'new_hole.html', {'form': form, "areacode": areacode})
+    return render(request, 'new_hole.html', {'form': form, "areatext": areatext})
+    
+def get_auto_file():
+    auto_gps_file = settings.SURVEX_DATA / "fixedpts/gps/auto.svx"
+    if not auto_gps_file.exists():
+        auto_gps_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        with open(auto_gps_file, "w") as auto:
+            auto.write("""; Auto-created GPS fixes from 2026 for new caves in BOTH 1623 and 1626
+            *begin
+            *cs out UTM33
+            *cs LONG-LAT
+            """)
+    return auto_gps_file
+    
+def process_new_hole(form, area):
+    """
+    
+    Create a fixed point record by appending to :loser:/fixedpts/gps/auto.svx
+    Create a new Cave record with associated new Entrance record
+    Do a git commit (expoweb) of the new Cave and Entrance description files
+    Do a git commit (loser) of the new GPS position
+    (git commits use your logged-in identity in the "Who are you ?" field)
+    Update the database with this new information
+    
+    
+    """
+    auto_gps_file = get_auto_file()
+    fix_line = f"*fix {area}.g{form.cleaned_data.get("cave_id")} {form.cleaned_data.get("gps_lat")} {form.cleaned_data.get("gps_long")} 0.0"
+    print(fix_line)
+    with open(auto_gps_file, "w") as auto:
+        auto.write(fix_line)
+        auto.write(f"*entrance {area}.g{form.cleaned_data.get("cave_id")}")
+
+
+    return

templates/new_hole.html

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                     <div class="field-{{ field.name }}">
                         {{ field.label_tag }}
                         {{ field }}<span class="unit-label"> E 
-						{%if areacode %}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="blue"> {{areacode}}</font>{% endif %}</span>
+						{%if areatext %}&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="blue"> {{areatext}}</font>{% endif %}</span>
                         {{ field.errors }}
                     </div>
                 </div> {# Standard Checkbox rendering #}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 <li>Do a git commit (loser) of the new GPS position<br />
  (git commits use your logged-in identity in the "Who are you ?" field)
 <li>Update the database with this new information
-<li>Create a new Wallet for this information and this trip (if it does not exist)
+<li>Take you to a new Wallet for this information and this trip (if it does not exist)
 <li>Return you to this form if any important data is missing or invalid
 <li>If all is correct, will take you to the (new) Wallet for you to upload the photos
 </ul>