old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python3.4
  # -*-coding:Utf-8 -*
  '''module to manage rendering output path'''
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as xmlMod
  import os
  
  class Output:
  	'''class to manage rendering output path'''
  	
  	
  	def __init__(self, xml= None):
  		'''initialize output path with default value or values extracted from an xml object'''
  		if xml is None:
  			self.defaultInit()
  		else:
  			self.fromXml(xml)
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def defaultInit(self):
  		'''initialize output path with default value'''
  		
  		if not os.path.exists('/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.BlenderRenderManager/render'):
  			os.mkdir('/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.BlenderRenderManager/render')
  		self.path = '/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.BlenderRenderManager/render/'
  		self.pattern = '%N - %S/%L - %F'
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def fromXml(self, xml):
  		'''initialize output path with values extracted from an xml object'''
  		self.path = xml.get('path')
  		self.pattern = xml.get('pattern')
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def toXml(self):
  		'''export output path into xml syntaxed string'''
  		return '<output path="'+self.path+'" pattern="'+self.pattern+'" />\n'
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def see(self, log):
  		'''method to see output path and access edition menu'''
  		change = False
  		log.menuIn('Output Path')
  		
  		while True:
  			os.system('clear')
  			log.print()
  			
  			print('\n')
  			self.print()
  			
  			print('''\n\n        \033[4mMenu :\033[0m
  1- Edit path
  2- Edit patterns
  0- Quit
  
  ''')
  			choice = input().strip().lower()
  			
  			if choice in ['0', 'q', 'quit', 'cancel']:
  				log.menuOut()
  				return change
  			
  			log.write('\033[31mMenu choice not yet implemented…\033[0m\n')
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def print(self, index = False, std = True):
  		'''a method to display the output path settings'''
  		
  		print('\033[4mOutput path :\033[0m')
  		print('      '+self.path)
  		print('\n\033[4mOutput pattern :\033[0m')
  		print('      '+self.pattern)
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python3.4
  # -*-coding:Utf-8 -*
  '''module to manage rendering output path'''
  import xml.etree.ElementTree as xmlMod
  import os
  
  class Output:
  	'''class to manage rendering output path'''
  	
  	
  	def __init__(self, xml= None):
  		'''initialize output path with default value or values extracted from an xml object'''
  		if xml is None:
  			self.defaultInit()
  		else:
  			self.fromXml(xml)
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def defaultInit(self):
  		'''initialize output path with default value'''
  		
  		if not os.path.exists('/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.BlenderRenderManager/render'):
  			os.mkdir('/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.BlenderRenderManager/render')
  		self.path = '/home/'+os.getlogin()+'/.BlenderRenderManager/render/'
  		self.pattern = '%N - %S/%L - %F'
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def fromXml(self, xml):
  		'''initialize output path with values extracted from an xml object'''
  		self.path = xml.get('path')
  		self.pattern = xml.get('pattern')
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def toXml(self):
  		'''export output path into xml syntaxed string'''
  		return '<output path="'+self.path+'" pattern="'+self.pattern+'" />\n'
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def see(self, log):
  		'''method to see output path and access edition menu'''
  		change = False
  		log.menuIn('Output Path')
  		
  		while True:
  			os.system('clear')
  			log.print()
  			
  			print('\n')
  			self.print()
  			
  			print('''\n\n        \033[4mMenu :\033[0m
  1- Edit path
  2- Edit patterns
  0- Quit
  
  ''')
  			choice = input().strip().lower()
  			
  			if choice in ['0', 'q', 'quit', 'cancel']:
  				log.menuOut()
  				return change
  			elif choice == '':
  				# edit output path
  				change = (self.editPath(log) or change)
  			elif choice == '':
  				# edit output pattern
  				change = (self.editPattern(log) or change)
  			else:
  				log.write('\033[31mError : unvalid menu index!\033[0m\n')
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	def print(self, index = False, std = True):
  		'''a method to display the output path settings'''
  		
  		print('\033[4mOutput path :\033[0m')
  		print('      '+self.path)
  		print('\n\033[4mOutput pattern :\033[0m')
  		print('      '+self.pattern)
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
subject: implement output edit menu choice