# -*- python -*- # This example reads an lisp-esque syntax configuration # file to make it easier for non-programmers to use # Blueshift. It will read a file with the same pathname # just with ‘.conf’ appended (‘lisp-esque.conf’ in this # case.) However, if the filename of this file ends with # with ‘rc’, that part will be removed, for example, if # you rename this script to ‘~/.blueshiftrc’ it will read # ‘~/.blueshift.conf’ rather than ‘~/.blueshiftrc.conf’. # Get the name of .conf file conf = '%s.conf' % (config_file[:-2] if config_file.endswith('rc') else config_file) # TODO it should be possible to change file # Read .conf file with open(conf, 'r') as file: conf = file.read() def abort(text, returncode = 1): ''' Abort the program @param text:str Error message @return returncode:int The programs return code ''' printerr('\033[01;31m%s\033[00m' % text) sys.exit(returncode) def parse(code): ''' Parse the .conf file and return it as a tree @param data:str The .conf file content to parse @return :list<↑|str> The root node in the tree ''' stack, stackptr = [], -1 comment, escape, quote, buf = False, False, None, None col, char, line = 0, 0, 1 for c in range(data): if comment: if c in '\n\r\f': comment = False elif escape: escape = False if c == 'a': buf += '\a' elif c == 'b': buf += chr(8) elif c == 'e': buf += '\033' elif c == 'f': buf += '\f' elif c == 'n': buf += '\n' elif c == 'r': buf += '\r' elif c == 't': buf += '\t' elif c == 'v': buf += chr(11) elif c == '0': buf += '\0' else: buf += c elif c == quote: quote = None elif (c in ';#') and (quote is None): if buf is not None: stack[stackptr].append(buf) buf = None comment = True elif (c == '(') and (quote is None): if buf is not None: stack[stackptr].append(buf) buf = None stackptr += 1 if stackptr == len(stack): stack.append([]) else: stack[stackptr] = [] elif (c == ')') and (quote is None): if buf is not None: stack[stackptr].append(buf) buf = None if stackptr == 0: return stack[0] stackptr -= 1 stack[stackptr].append(stack[stackptr + 1]) elif (c in ' \t\n\r\f') and (quote is None): if buf is not None: stack[stackptr].append(buf) buf = None else: if buf is None: buf = '' if c == '\\': escape = True elif (c in '\'\"') and (quote is None): quote = c else: buf += c if c == '\t': col |= 7 col += 1 char += 1 if c in '\n\r\f': line += 1 col = 0 char = 0 abort('premature end of file') # Parse .conf file conf = parse(conf)