--- a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py	Thu Mar 03 17:02:23 2016 +0100
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_blog.py	Thu Mar 03 18:28:53 2016 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import subprocess
 import shlex
+import glob
 from sat.tools import common
 
 __commands__ = ["Blog"]
@@ -54,12 +55,23 @@
 
 CONF_SYNTAX_EXT = 'syntax_ext_dict'
 BLOG_TMP_DIR="blog"
+METADATA_SUFF = '_metadata.json'
 # key to remove from metadata tmp file if they exist
 KEY_TO_REMOVE_METADATA = ('id','content', 'content_xhtml', 'comments_node', 'comments_service')
 
 URL_REDIRECT_PREFIX = 'url_redirect_'
 
 
+def getTmpDir(sat_conf):
+    """Return directory used to store temporary files
+
+    @param sat_conf(ConfigParser.ConfigParser): instance opened on sat configuration
+    @return (str): path to the dir
+    """
+    local_dir = config.getConfig(sat_conf, '', 'local_dir', Exception)
+    return os.path.join(local_dir, BLOG_TMP_DIR)
+
+
 class Edit(base.CommandBase):
 
     def __init__(self, host):
@@ -67,7 +79,7 @@
 
     def add_parser_options(self):
         self.parser.add_argument("item", type=base.unicode_decoder, nargs='?', default=u'new', help=_(u"URL of the item to edit, or keyword"))
-        self.parser.add_argument("-T", '--title', type=base.unicode_decoder, help=_(u"Title of the item"))
+        self.parser.add_argument("-T", '--title', type=base.unicode_decoder, help=_(u"title of the item"))
         self.parser.add_argument("-t", '--tag', type=base.unicode_decoder, action='append', help=_(u"tag (category) of your item"))
         self.parser.add_argument("--no-comment", action='store_true', help=_(u"disable comments"))
 
@@ -78,8 +90,7 @@
         @param tmp_suff (str): suffix to use for the filename
         @return (tuple(file, str)): opened (w+b) file object and file path
         """
-        local_dir = config.getConfig(sat_conf, '', 'local_dir', Exception)
-        tmp_dir = os.path.join(local_dir, BLOG_TMP_DIR)
+        tmp_dir = getTmpDir(sat_conf)
         if not os.path.exists(tmp_dir):
             try:
                 os.makedirs(tmp_dir)
@@ -119,7 +130,7 @@
             mb_data['title'] = self.args.title
 
         # the we create the file and write metadata there, as JSON dict
-        meta_file_path = os.path.splitext(content_file_path)[0] + '_metadata.json'
+        meta_file_path = os.path.splitext(content_file_path)[0] + METADATA_SUFF
         # XXX: if we port jp one day on Windows, O_BINARY may need to be added here
         if os.path.exists(meta_file_path):
             self.disp(u"metadata file {} already exists, this should not happen! Cancelling...", error=True)
@@ -244,6 +255,61 @@
             self.edit(sat_conf, content_file_path, content_file_obj, mb_data=mb_data)
 
 
+class Preview(base.CommandBase):
+
+    def __init__(self, host):
+        super(Preview, self).__init__(host, 'preview', use_verbose=True, help=_(u'preview a blog content'))
+
+    def add_parser_options(self):
+        self.parser.add_argument("file", type=base.unicode_decoder, nargs='?', default=u'current', help=_(u"path to the content file"))
+
+    def start(self):
+        sat_conf = config.parseMainConf()
+
+        # which file do we need to edit?
+        if self.args.file == 'current':
+            # we guess the blog item currently edited by choosing
+            # the most recent file corresponding to temp file pattern
+            # in tmp_dir, excluding metadata files
+            tmp_dir = getTmpDir(sat_conf)
+            available = [path for path in glob.glob(os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'blog_*')) if not path.endswith(METADATA_SUFF)]
+            if not available:
+                self.disp(u"Counldn't find any content draft in {path}".format(path=tmp_dir), error=True)
+                self.host.quit(1)
+            current_path = max(available, key=lambda path: os.stat(path).st_mtime)
+        else:
+            current_path = os.path.abspath(self.args.file)
+
+        # we first try to guess syntax with extension
+        SYNTAX_EXT.update(config.getConfig(sat_conf, 'jp', CONF_SYNTAX_EXT, {}))
+        ext = os.path.splitext(current_path)[1][1:] # we get extension without the '.'
+        syntax = None
+        if ext:
+            for k,v in SYNTAX_EXT.iteritems():
+                if ext == v:
+                    syntax = k
+                    break
+
+        # if not found, we use current syntax
+        if syntax is None:
+            syntax = self.host.bridge.getParamA("Syntax", "Composition", "value", self.profile)
+        if syntax != 'XHTML':
+            with open(current_path, 'rb') as f:
+                content_xhtml = self.host.bridge.syntaxConvert(f.read(), syntax, 'XHTML', False, self.profile)
+        import webbrowser
+        import urllib
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.xhtml', delete=False) as f:
+            # XXX: we don't delete file automatically because browser need it (and webbrowser.open can return before it is read)
+            self.disp(u'temporary file created at {}\nthis file will NOT BE DELETED AUTOMATICALLY, please delete it yourself when you have finished'.format(f.name))
+            xhtml = (u'<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">' +
+                     u'<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /></head>'+
+                     '<body>{}</body>' +
+                     u'</html>').format(content_xhtml)
+            f.write(xhtml.encode('utf-8'))
+            url = 'file:{}'.format(urllib.quote(f.name))
+            webbrowser.open_new_tab(url)
+
+
 class Import(base.CommandAnswering):
     def __init__(self, host):
         super(Import, self).__init__(host, 'import', use_progress=True, help=_(u'import an external blog'))
@@ -322,7 +388,7 @@
 
 
 class Blog(base.CommandBase):
-    subcommands = (Edit, Import)
+    subcommands = (Edit, Preview, Import)
 
     def __init__(self, host):
         super(Blog, self).__init__(host, 'blog', use_profile=False, help=_('blog/microblog management'))