dscl.py

# MIT License

# Copyright 2024 @asyncze (Michael Sjöberg)

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# example usage:
#
# from dscl import dscl
# 
# config = dscl.parse(path_to_config_file)

# example config-file syntax:
#
# [plugins]
# 
# syntax_highlighter      true                  -- enable or disable syntax highlighting plugin
# git_integration         true                  -- enable or disable git integration
# auto_complete           true                  -- enable or disable auto completion
# 
# [themes]
# 
# current_theme           "monokai"             -- set the active theme
# theme_path              "~/.config/themes"    -- path where custom themes are stored
# 
# [logs]
# 
# log_level               "info"                -- set the log level (debug, info, warn, error)
# log_file                "/var/log/editor.log" -- location to store logs

def parse(path) -> dict:
    config = {}
    with open(path, "r") as file:
        content = file.readlines()
        header = None
        config_key = None
        config_value = None

        for line in content:
            if line.strip() == "": continue             # skip empty lines
            if line.strip().startswith("--"): continue  # skip line comment
            
            values = line.split(" ", 1)

            if len(values) == 1 or (len(values) == 2 and values[1].startswith("--")):
                # only headers are length 1
                if values[0].strip().startswith("[") and values[0].strip().endswith("]"):
                    header = values[0].strip().replace("[", "").replace("]", "")
                    config[str(header)] = {}
            elif len(values) == 2:
                config_key = values[0]
                config_value = values[1].strip().replace("\"", "")

                if "--" in config_value and not config_value.startswith("--"): config_value = config_value.split("--", 1)[0].strip()

                if config_value == "true": config_value = True
                elif config_value == "false": config_value = False
                elif config_value.isdigit(): config_value = int(config_value)

                if config_key != None and config_value != None: config[header][str(config_key)] = config_value

    return config