ConfigParser

[Manlio Perillo]

Regards.

Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
&, [, and ] characters to &, [ and ] ?




Thanks Manlio Perillo

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
<NOmanlio_peril loSPAM@libero.i t> wrote:
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>Regards.
>
>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>
>
>
>
>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]

just subclass from ConfigParser and add the functionality youself

somthing like:
=== cut here ===
from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
class MyConfigParser( ConfigParser):
def get(self, section, option, raw=False, vars=None): # override
the get() method of super
"""get(sect ion, option, [raw=False], [vars=None]) --> String"""
repl = [('&lbrack;','['),
('&rbrack;',']'),
] # extent as
much as U like
t = ConfigParser.ge t(self, section, option, raw, vars) # call the
get of super
for x,y in repl: t=t.replace(x,y ) # do the
replace stuff
return t

if __name__=="__ma in__":
"""test"""
import os
open('test.$$$' ,'w').write('[test]\nopt1=Hello&lb rack;Ivo
Woltring&rbrack ;\n')
ini = MyConfigParser( )
ini.read('test. $$$')
print ini.get('test', 'opt1')
os.unlink('test .$$$')
=== End Cut ===

you can ofcourse do this in reverse for the write function so as not
to have to write the &lbrack; etc. yourself.

Cheerz,
Ivo Woltring

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser - MyConfigParser. py (0/1)

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
<NOmanlio_peril loSPAM@libero.i t> wrote:
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>Regards.
>
>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>
>
>
>
>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]


Next try with attachment MyConfigParser. py
Just save and run to see
Cheerz,
Ivo.

[Manlio Perillo]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:39:42 +0100, Ivo Woltring <Python@IvoNet. nl>
wrote:
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>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
><NOmanlio_peri lloSPAM@libero. it> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Regards.
>>
>>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]
>
>just subclass from ConfigParser and add the functionality youself
>[/color]


Actually I have written two functions:

def escape(data):
"""Escape &, [ and ] a string of data.
"""
data = data.replace("& ", "&amp;")
data = data.replace("[", "&lbrack;")
data = data.replace("]", "&rbrack;")

return data

def unescape(data):
"""Unescape &amp;, &lt;, and &gt; in a string of data.
"""
data = data.replace("& lbrack;", "[")
data = data.replace("& rbrack;", "]")

# must do ampersand last
return data.replace("& amp;", "&")


Maybe also '\n' to &nl; translation should be performed.




Thanks and regards Manlio Perillo

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
<NOmanlio_peril loSPAM@libero.i t> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Regards.
>
>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>
>
>
>
>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]

By the way I did some testing because i have a similar thing going on
right now. I found out that

[section]
option = [Ivo Woltring]

is valid and does not have to be translated to
[section]
option = &lbrack;Ivo Woltring&rbrack ;

to work.


so my current class is a bit unnessesary:

#
# IniFile extents the ConfigParser with my own functions
#
__author__ = "Ivo Woltring"
__version__ = "01.00"
__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Ivo Woltring"
__license__ = "Python"

from ConfigParser import *

class IniFile(ConfigP arser):
"""IniFile
Is an extention on the ConfigParser class.
It overrulles the write method so it can write directly to a file
provided as
a parameter. The whole filehandling is done by the IniFile.write(f p)
method.
"""
def __init__(self, defaults=None):
ConfigParser.__ init__(self, defaults) # supers init
self.replace = [('&lbrack;','['),
('&rbrack;',']'),
]

def write(self,fp):
"""write(filena me) --> written file"""
try:
f = open(fp,'w')
except IOError:
raise IOError
#ConfigParser.w rite(self,f)
self._write(f)
f.close()

def _replace(self, txt ,reverse=False) :
"""Replace the self.replace stuff"""
for source, target in self.replace:
if reverse: txt=txt.replace (target, source)
else: txt=txt.replace (source, target)
return txt

def get(self, section, option, raw=False, vars=None): # override
the get() method of super
"""get(sect ion, option, [raw=False], [vars=None]) --> String
this get() is an extention on the origional ConfigParser.ge t()
This one translates html style '&lbrack;' to '[' etc.
"""
if raw:
return ConfigParser.ge t(self, section, option, raw, vars) # call
the get of super
return self._replace(C onfigParser.get (self, section, option, raw,
vars))

def _write(self, fp):
"""Write an .ini-format representation of the configuration
state."""
if self._defaults:
fp.write("[%s]\n" % DEFAULTSECT)
for (key, value) in self._defaults. items():
fp.write("%s = %s\n" %
(key, self._replace(s tr(value).repla ce('\n',
'\n\t'), reverse=True)))
fp.write("\n")
for section in self._sections:
fp.write("[%s]\n" % section)
for (key, value) in self._sections[section].items():
if key != "__name__":
fp.write("%s = %s\n" %
(key,
self._replace(s tr(value).repla ce('\n', '\n\t'), reverse=True)))
fp.write("\n")



if __name__=="__ma in__":
import sys,os
p = IniFile()
p.add_section(' section')
p.set('section' ,'option','[Ivo Woltring]')
p.write(os.path .splitext(sys.a rgv[0])[0]+'.ini')
print p.get('section' ,'option')
print p.get('section' ,'option', raw=True)
raw_input('Pres s enter to continue...')


have fun... I do,

Cheerz, Ivo.

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
<NOmanlio_peril loSPAM@libero.i t> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Regards.
>
>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>
>
>
>
>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]

another discovery:

the get() DOES translate &lbrack; etc back to '[' etc, so it seameth
to me that the whole question is mute ;-))

Ivo.

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser - IniFile.py (0/1)

Damn I made a mistake...
The translation IS needed (so sorry ;-(()

here a functional class:

[Paul McGuire]

Re: ConfigParser

"Ivo Woltring" <Python@IvoNet. nl> wrote in message
news:35t4p0lou2 lmcigaj2ic1fv9b 253d5nq6k@4ax.c om...[color=blue]
> <snip>
> ...the whole question is mute ;-))
>
> Ivo.[/color]

The word you are looking for is "moot", not "mute" - this is actually a
common word misuse (known as a "malapropis m") even for native English
speakers. :)

Pedantical-ly yours,
-- Paul

[Manlio Perillo]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:04:55 +0100, Ivo Woltring <Python@IvoNet. nl>
wrote:
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>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
><NOmanlio_peri lloSPAM@libero. it> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Regards.
>>
>>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]
>
>By the way I did some testing because i have a similar thing going on
>right now. I found out that
>
>[section]
>option = [Ivo Woltring]
>
>is valid and does not have to be translated to
>[section]
>option = &lbrack;Ivo Woltring&rbrack ;
>[/color]

Yes, I have discovered this too.
But my problem is with section names.



Thanks and regards Manlio Perillo

[Manlio Perillo]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:09:39 +0100, Ivo Woltring <Python@IvoNet. nl>
wrote:
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>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
><NOmanlio_peri lloSPAM@libero. it> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Regards.
>>
>>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]
>
>another discovery:
>
>the get() DOES translate &lbrack; etc back to '[' etc, so it seameth
>to me that the whole question is mute ;-))
>[/color]


What version are you using?
In Python 2.3.3 get does not handles &lbrack; (or I did not understand
what you are saying).



Thanks and regards Manlio Perillo

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:18:20 GMT, "Paul McGuire"
<ptmcg@austin.r r._bogus_.com> wrote:
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>"Ivo Woltring" <Python@IvoNet. nl> wrote in message
>news:35t4p0lou 2lmcigaj2ic1fv9 b253d5nq6k@4ax. com...[color=green]
>> <snip>
>> ...the whole question is mute ;-))
>>
>> Ivo.[/color]
>
>The word you are looking for is "moot", not "mute" - this is actually a
>common word misuse (known as a "malapropis m") even for native English
>speakers. :)
>
>Pedantical-ly yours,
>-- Paul
>[/color]

Thanks for the English lesson. I am not a native English though. I'm
Dutch.

[Ivo Woltring]

Re: ConfigParser

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:37:50 GMT, Manlio Perillo
<NOmanlio_peril loSPAM@libero.i t> wrote:
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>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 21:09:39 +0100, Ivo Woltring <Python@IvoNet. nl>
>wrote:
>[color=green]
>>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 10:39:27 GMT, Manlio Perillo
>><NOmanlio_per illoSPAM@libero .it> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Regards.
>>>
>>>Since sections in CongiParser files are delimited by [ and ], why
>>>there is not an escape (and unescape) function for escaping
>>>&, [, and ] characters to &amp;, &lbrack; and &rbrack; ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks Manlio Perillo[/color]
>>
>>another discovery:
>>
>>the get() DOES translate &lbrack; etc back to '[' etc, so it seameth
>>to me that the whole question is mute ;-))
>>[/color]
>
>
>What version are you using?
>In Python 2.3.3 get does not handles &lbrack; (or I did not understand
>what you are saying).
>
>
>
>Thanks and regards Manlio Perillo[/color]

You are absolutely right. My 'bad'. I made a mistake in my test.
I posted a correction yesterday, but my attachements don't seem to get
thru.

below my current class:

http://ivonet.nl/cgi-bin/py2html.py?FileID=11

Be patient my connection is not all that fast.
cheerz,
Ivo