#!/usr/bin/env python 
import math, tempfile, cPickle, inkex

def findend(d):
	end = []
	subPathStart = []
	for cmd,params in d:
		if cmd == 'M':
			subPathStart = params[-2:]
		if cmd == 'Z':
			end = subPathStart[:]
		else:
			end = params[-2:]
	return end

class LoadKochify(inkex.Effect):
	def effect(self):
		for id, node in self.selected.iteritems():
			if node.tagName == 'path':
				d = inkex.parsePath(node.attributes.getNamedItem('d').value)
				start = d[0][1][-2:]
				end = findend(d)
				while start == end and len(d):
					d = d[:-1]
					end = findend(d)
				if not end: 
					break
				dx = end[0]-start[0]
				dy = end[1]-start[1]
				length = math.sqrt((dx**2) + (dy**2))
				angle = math.atan2(dy,dx)
				path = {'start': start, 'end': end, 
					'length': length, 'angle': angle, 'path': d}
				f = open(tempfile.gettempdir() + '/kochify.bin', 'w')
				cPickle.dump(path, f)
				f.close()				
				break

e = LoadKochify()
e.affect()