new, simplified, easier to use config implementation

tests are provided, but the rest of the code has not be updated yet.

papers/configs.py

@@ -1,59 +1,75 @@
 import os
-import ConfigParser
+import copy
+from p3 import configparser
 
+# constant stuff (DFT = DEFAULT)
 
 MAIN_SECTION    = 'papers'
-CONFIG_PATH = os.path.expanduser('~/.papersrc')
+DFT_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.expanduser('~/.papersrc')
-DEFAULT_PAPERS_DIRECTORY = os.path.expanduser('~/.papers')
+DFT_PAPERS_DIR  = os.path.expanduser('~/.papers')
-DEFAULT_OPEN_CMD = 'open'
+DFT_OPEN_CMD    = 'open'
 try:
-    DEFAULT_EDIT_CMD = os.environ['EDITOR']
+    DFT_EDIT_CMD = os.environ['EDITOR']
 except KeyError:
-    DEFAULT_EDIT_CMD = 'vi'
+    DFT_EDIT_CMD = 'vi'
 
-DEFAULT_IMPORT_COPY = 'yes'
+DFT_IMPORT_COPY = 'yes'
-DEFAULT_IMPORT_MOVE = 'no'
+DFT_IMPORT_MOVE = 'no'
-DEFAULT_COLOR = 'yes'
+DFT_COLOR       = 'yes'
-DEFAULT_PLUGINS = 'texnote'
+DFT_PLUGINS     = 'texnote'
 
-CONFIG = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser({
+DFT_CONFIG = configparser.SafeConfigParser({
-    'papers-directory': DEFAULT_PAPERS_DIRECTORY,
+    'papers_dir'  : DFT_PAPERS_DIR,
-    'open-cmd': DEFAULT_OPEN_CMD,
+    'open_cmd'    : DFT_OPEN_CMD,
-    'edit-cmd': DEFAULT_EDIT_CMD,
+    'edit_cmd'    : DFT_EDIT_CMD,
-    'import-copy': DEFAULT_IMPORT_COPY,
+    'import_copy' : DFT_IMPORT_COPY,
-    'import-move': DEFAULT_IMPORT_MOVE,
+    'import_move' : DFT_IMPORT_MOVE,
-    'color': DEFAULT_COLOR,
+    'color'       : DFT_COLOR,
-    'plugins': DEFAULT_PLUGINS})
+    'plugins'     : DFT_PLUGINS
-CONFIG.add_section(MAIN_SECTION)
+    })
+
+BOOLEANS = {'import-copy', 'import-move', 'color'}
+
+DFT_CONFIG.add_section(MAIN_SECTION)
 
 
-def read_config():
+# package-shared config that can be accessed using :
-    CONFIG.read(CONFIG_PATH)
+# from configs import config
-    return CONFIG
+config = None
 
+class Config(object):
 
-def add_and_write_option(section, option, value):
+    def __init__(self):
-    cfg = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+        object.__setattr__(self, '_cfg', copy.copy(DFT_CONFIG))
-    cfg.read(CONFIG_PATH)
-    if not cfg.has_section(section):
-        cfg.add_section(section)
 
-    cfg.set(section, option, value)
+    def as_global(self):
+        global config
+        config = self
 
-    f = open(CONFIG_PATH, 'w')
+    def load(self, path = DFT_CONFIG_PATH):
-    cfg.write(f)
+        self._cfg.read(path)
-    f.close()
+        return self
 
+    def save(self, path = DFT_CONFIG_PATH):
+        with open(path, 'w') as f:
+            self._cfg.write(f)
 
-def get_plugins(cfg):
+    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
-    return cfg.get(MAIN_SECTION, 'plugins').split()
+        if type(value) is bool:
+            BOOLEANS.add(name)
+        self._cfg.set(MAIN_SECTION, name, str(value))
 
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        value = self._cfg.get(MAIN_SECTION, name)
+        if name in BOOLEANS:
+            value = str2bool(value)
+        return value
 
-def get_boolean(value, default = False):
+    def items(self):
-    value = str(value).lower()
+        for name, value in self._cfg.items(MAIN_SECTION):
-    if value in ('yes', 'true', 't', 'y', '1'):
+            if name in BOOLEANS:
-        return True
+                value = str2bool(value)
-    elif value in ('no', 'false', 'f', 'n', '0'):
+            yield name, value
-        return False
+
-    else:
+def str2bool(s):
-        return default
+    return str(s).lower() in ('yes', 'true', 't', 'y', '1')

tests/test_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import unittest
+
+import testenv
+from papers import configs
+
+class TestConfig(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_create_config(self):
+        a = configs.Config()
+        a.as_global()
+        from papers.configs import config
+        self.assertEqual(a, config)
+
+    def test_config_content(self):
+        a = configs.Config()
+        a.as_global()
+        from papers.configs import config
+        self.assertEqual(config.papers_dir, configs.DFT_PAPERS_DIR)
+        self.assertEqual(config.color, configs.str2bool(configs.DFT_COLOR))
+
+    def test_set(self):
+        a = configs.Config()
+        a.as_global()
+        from papers.configs import config
+        config.color = 'no'
+        self.assertEqual(config.color, False)
+        # booleans type for new variables are memorized, but not saved.
+        config.bla = True
+        self.assertEqual(config.bla, True)