old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  import subprocess
  import os
  import argparse
  
  if os.name == 'posix':
      try:
          defaultgimp = subprocess.check_output(["which", "gimp"])[:-1]
      except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
          defaultgimp = '/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/MacOS/gimp-2.8'
  else:
      defaultgimp = '/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/MacOS/gimp-2.8'
  
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
  parser.add_argument('input', metavar = '<input file or dir>')
  parser.add_argument('--gimp-path', default = defaultgimp)
  
  args = parser.parse_args()
  print(args)
  exit()
  
  
  directory = ''
  path = ''
  base_name = ''
  dir_base_name = ''
  chunksize = 50000 # how to split the mega polygon file
  currentchunk = 0
  totalsubsets = 0
  brightness = -50
  contrast = 95
  thresholdblack = 145
  thresholdwhite = 255
  basecolors = [
       [206,202,185] # paper
      ,[199,179,173] # pink
      ,[179,155,157] # dark red
      ,[149,156,141] # green
      ,[199,195,163] # light yellow
      ,[195,189,154] # yellow
      ,[255,225,40]  # bright yellow
      ,[137,174,163] # greenish blue
      ,[187,194,192] # light blue
      ,[161,175,190] # "navy" blue
  ]
  
  author_information = """
  \n\n\n\n
  NYPL Labs Map Vectorizer v0.1 
  =============================
  By: Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga @mgiraldo / @nypl_labs
  """
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  import subprocess
  import os
  import argparse
  
  if os.name == 'posix':
      try:
          defaultgimp = subprocess.check_output(["which", "gimp"])[:-1]
      except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
          defaultgimp = '/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/MacOS/gimp-2.8'
  else:
      defaultgimp = '/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/MacOS/gimp-2.8'
  
  author_information = 'NYPL Labs Map Vectorizer v0.1 by Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga @mgiraldo / @nypl_labs'
  
  
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = author_information)
  parser.add_argument('input', metavar = '<input file or dir>')
  parser.add_argument('--gimp-path', default = defaultgimp)
  
  args = parser.parse_args()
  print(args)
  exit()
  
  
  directory = ''
  path = ''
  base_name = ''
  dir_base_name = ''
  chunksize = 50000 # how to split the mega polygon file
  currentchunk = 0
  totalsubsets = 0
  brightness = -50
  contrast = 95
  thresholdblack = 145
  thresholdwhite = 255
  basecolors = [
       [206,202,185] # paper
      ,[199,179,173] # pink
      ,[179,155,157] # dark red
      ,[149,156,141] # green
      ,[199,195,163] # light yellow
      ,[195,189,154] # yellow
      ,[255,225,40]  # bright yellow
      ,[137,174,163] # greenish blue
      ,[187,194,192] # light blue
      ,[161,175,190] # "navy" blue
  ]
  
  
subject: move author_information to argparse