diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/__init__.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/__init__.py
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+from .files import FilesWriter
+from .stdout import StdoutWriter
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/base.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/base.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Contains writer base class.
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+#Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import List
+
+from ..utils.config import GlobalConfigurable
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classes
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class WriterBase(GlobalConfigurable):
+ """Consumes output from nbconvert export...() methods and writes to a
+ useful location. """
+
+
+ files = List([], config=True, help="""
+ List of the files that the notebook references. Files will be
+ included with written output.""")
+
+
+ def __init__(self, config=None, **kw):
+ """
+ Constructor
+ """
+ super(WriterBase, self).__init__(config=config, **kw)
+
+
+ def write(self, output, resources, **kw):
+ """
+ Consume and write Jinja output.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ output : string
+ Conversion results. This string contains the file contents of the
+ converted file.
+ resources : dict
+ Resources created and filled by the nbconvert conversion process.
+ Includes output from transformers, such as the extract figure
+ transformer.
+ """
+
+ raise NotImplementedError()
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/debug.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/debug.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Contains debug writer.
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+#Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from .base import WriterBase
+from pprint import pprint
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classes
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class DebugWriter(WriterBase):
+ """Consumes output from nbconvert export...() methods and writes usefull
+ debugging information to the stdout. The information includes a list of
+ resources that were extracted from the notebook(s) during export."""
+
+
+ def write(self, output, resources, **kw):
+ """
+ Consume and write Jinja output.
+
+ See base for more...
+ """
+
+ if 'figures' in resources:
+ print("Figures extracted from %s" % notebook_name)
+ print('-' * 80)
+ pprint.pprint(resources['figures'], indent=2, width=70)
+ else:
+ print("No figures extracted from %s" % notebook_name)
+ print('=' * 80)
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py
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+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/files.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Contains writer for writing nbconvert output to filesystem.
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+#Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import io
+import os
+import shutil
+import glob
+
+from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode
+
+from .base import WriterBase
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classes
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class FilesWriter(WriterBase):
+ """Consumes nbconvert output and produces files."""
+
+
+ build_directory = Unicode("nbconvert_build", config=True,
+ help="""Directory to write output to. Leave blank
+ to output to the current directory""")
+
+
+ #Make sure that the output directory exists.
+ def _build_directory_changed(self, name, old, new):
+ if new and not os.path.isdir(new):
+ os.makedirs(new)
+
+
+ def __init__(self, **kw):
+ super(FilesWriter, self).__init__(**kw)
+ self._build_directory_changed('build_directory', self.build_directory,
+ self.build_directory)
+
+
+ def write(self, output, resources, notebook_name=None, **kw):
+ """
+ Consume and write Jinja output to the file system. Output directory
+ is set via the 'build_directory' variable of this instance (a
+ configurable).
+
+ See base for more...
+ """
+
+ #Pull the extension from the resources dict.
+ output_extension = resources['output_extension']
+
+ #Write all of the extracted resources to the destination directory.
+ #NOTE: WE WRITE EVERYTHING AS-IF IT'S BINARY. THE EXTRACT FIG
+ #TRANSFORMER SHOULD HANDLE UNIX/WINDOWS LINE ENDINGS...
+ for filename, data in resources.get('figures', {}).items():
+
+ #Determine where to write the file to
+ dest = os.path.join(self.build_directory, filename)
+
+ #Write file
+ with io.open(dest, 'wb') as f:
+ f.write(data)
+
+ #Copy referenced files to output directory
+ if self.build_directory:
+ for filename in self.files:
+
+ #Copy files that match search pattern
+ for matching_filename in glob.glob(filename):
+
+ #Make sure folder exists.
+ dest = os.path.join(self.build_directory, filename)
+ path = os.path.dirname(dest)
+ if not os.path.isdir(path):
+ os.makedirs(path)
+
+ #Copy
+ shutil.copyfile(matching_filename, dest)
+
+ #Determine where to write conversion results.
+ dest = notebook_name + '.' + output_extension
+ if self.build_directory:
+ dest = os.path.join(self.build_directory, dest)
+
+ #Write conversion results.
+ with io.open(dest, 'w') as f:
+ f.write(output)
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/writers/stdout.py b/IPython/nbconvert/writers/stdout.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Contains Stdout writer
+"""
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+#Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+#The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from .base import WriterBase
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classes
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class StdoutWriter(WriterBase):
+ """Consumes output from nbconvert export...() methods and writes to the
+ stdout stream. Allows for quick debuging of nbconvert output. Using the
+ debug flag makes the writer pretty-print the figures contained within the
+ notebook."""
+
+
+ def write(self, output, resources, **kw):
+ """
+ Consume and write Jinja output.
+
+ See base for more...
+ """
+
+ print(output)