F
Fuzzyman
ConfigObj has had another update - now version 3.3.0
Several of the Voidspace PythonUtils modules have been packaged
together as the 'Voidspace Pythonutils Package'. This makes it easier
to release packages that depend on ConfigObj and the other modules.
This update includes several important new features and bugfixes.
New features include - string interpolation similar to ConfigParser,
unicode support for reading and writing of config files, and a
validation schema for validating config files. The validation schema is
implemented using validate.py, which is co-written by Mark Andrews and
maintained at http://www.la-la.com (although included in all the
distributions). The unicode support will recognise and preserve the
UTF-8 BOM when reading/writing files. Check out the docs for full
details of the changes and how they work.
Homepage : http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html
For downloading, see the download section of the homepage.
NEW ConfigObj API Docs Online :
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configob-api
What is ConfigObj
==================
A python module (class) for ultra simple reading and writing of simple
config files, including config files with sections. Designed to allow
the greatest flexibility in the config files it will read (and your
users will create).
Many flexible features - but you don't need to use them !
What's New ?
=============
Changes in the new version :
2005/03/01 Version 3.3.0b
Requires listquote 1.2.0 - which is improved/optimised
Requires caseless 2.2.0 which has support for unicode
Adding support for validation using the configspec
To be done with an external validator. (Validator class created
with help of Mark Andrews)
This means added methods/attributes :
parseconfigspec method
stripconfigspec method
validate method
__configspec__ attribute
BOM attribute
Experimental unicode internally. 'encoding' and 'backup_encoding'
keywords added
'lists' keyword added - can turn off list handling (lists are left as
strings)
A ConfigObj can be created by passing in a dictionary
Added a __repr__ method for the ConfigObj
configspec can now be a filename (or StringIO instance...) - including
for the write method
Now raises a TypeError rather than a KeyError if you pass in invalid
options
writein can now return a config file as a list of lines if no filename
is set
duplicate keys/sections in writein now raise 'duplicate' errors, rather
than 'conspecerror'
String interpolation from the 'default' section - using '%(keyword)s'
format - similar to ConfigParser
Attribute access as well as dictionary syntax
Added a test for lists
Coerce sections created as dictionaries to caselessDict (bug fix)
Escaped '&mjf-lf;' and '&mjf-quot;' in unquoted values are converted
(bug fix)
Bug fixed in configspec with section files (bug fix)
Bug fix in reporting of duplicate sections with configspec. (bug fix)
Fixed bugs in sectionfiles with 'configspec_only' (errors in the empty
last section would be missed) (bug fix)
Bug fix in __buildconfigspec (bug fix)
Improved support for '/*... */' in the writein method (bug fix)
Fixed typo in verify and reset methods (bug fix)
configspec is no longer destroyed for flatfiles (bug fix)
Missing keys and Extra keys errors the wrong way round in write method
(bug fix)
Plus other minor bugfixes, simplifications and optimisations
The next version will have some refactoring to use more reg-exes in
parsing (I've had to succomb and import re for string interpolation so
I might as well make better use of it) and improvements to the error
system.
*NEW* Voidspace PythonUtils Package
Version 0.1.0 1st March 2005
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/pythonutils.html
The Voidspace Pythonutils package is a simple way of installing the
Voidspace collection of modules. For programs that use ConfigObj (which
also requires caseless and listquote), it is simpler to install this
package than to use the modules separately. This makes it simpler to
distribute programs that depend on ConfigObj, without you having to
distribute ConfigObj as well. Of course all the modules are useful in
their own right. The modules included are :
* ConfigObj - simple config file handling
* caseless - case insensitive datatypes and sorting
* listquote - list and element handling
* validate - schema validation system
* StandOut - flexible output object (simple logging and verbosity
control)
* pathutils - for working with paths and files
* cgiutils - cgi helpers
Regards,
Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml
Several of the Voidspace PythonUtils modules have been packaged
together as the 'Voidspace Pythonutils Package'. This makes it easier
to release packages that depend on ConfigObj and the other modules.
This update includes several important new features and bugfixes.
New features include - string interpolation similar to ConfigParser,
unicode support for reading and writing of config files, and a
validation schema for validating config files. The validation schema is
implemented using validate.py, which is co-written by Mark Andrews and
maintained at http://www.la-la.com (although included in all the
distributions). The unicode support will recognise and preserve the
UTF-8 BOM when reading/writing files. Check out the docs for full
details of the changes and how they work.
Homepage : http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html
For downloading, see the download section of the homepage.
NEW ConfigObj API Docs Online :
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configob-api
What is ConfigObj
==================
A python module (class) for ultra simple reading and writing of simple
config files, including config files with sections. Designed to allow
the greatest flexibility in the config files it will read (and your
users will create).
Many flexible features - but you don't need to use them !
What's New ?
=============
Changes in the new version :
2005/03/01 Version 3.3.0b
Requires listquote 1.2.0 - which is improved/optimised
Requires caseless 2.2.0 which has support for unicode
Adding support for validation using the configspec
To be done with an external validator. (Validator class created
with help of Mark Andrews)
This means added methods/attributes :
parseconfigspec method
stripconfigspec method
validate method
__configspec__ attribute
BOM attribute
Experimental unicode internally. 'encoding' and 'backup_encoding'
keywords added
'lists' keyword added - can turn off list handling (lists are left as
strings)
A ConfigObj can be created by passing in a dictionary
Added a __repr__ method for the ConfigObj
configspec can now be a filename (or StringIO instance...) - including
for the write method
Now raises a TypeError rather than a KeyError if you pass in invalid
options
writein can now return a config file as a list of lines if no filename
is set
duplicate keys/sections in writein now raise 'duplicate' errors, rather
than 'conspecerror'
String interpolation from the 'default' section - using '%(keyword)s'
format - similar to ConfigParser
Attribute access as well as dictionary syntax
Added a test for lists
Coerce sections created as dictionaries to caselessDict (bug fix)
Escaped '&mjf-lf;' and '&mjf-quot;' in unquoted values are converted
(bug fix)
Bug fixed in configspec with section files (bug fix)
Bug fix in reporting of duplicate sections with configspec. (bug fix)
Fixed bugs in sectionfiles with 'configspec_only' (errors in the empty
last section would be missed) (bug fix)
Bug fix in __buildconfigspec (bug fix)
Improved support for '/*... */' in the writein method (bug fix)
Fixed typo in verify and reset methods (bug fix)
configspec is no longer destroyed for flatfiles (bug fix)
Missing keys and Extra keys errors the wrong way round in write method
(bug fix)
Plus other minor bugfixes, simplifications and optimisations
The next version will have some refactoring to use more reg-exes in
parsing (I've had to succomb and import re for string interpolation so
I might as well make better use of it) and improvements to the error
system.
*NEW* Voidspace PythonUtils Package
Version 0.1.0 1st March 2005
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/pythonutils.html
The Voidspace Pythonutils package is a simple way of installing the
Voidspace collection of modules. For programs that use ConfigObj (which
also requires caseless and listquote), it is simpler to install this
package than to use the modules separately. This makes it simpler to
distribute programs that depend on ConfigObj, without you having to
distribute ConfigObj as well. Of course all the modules are useful in
their own right. The modules included are :
* ConfigObj - simple config file handling
* caseless - case insensitive datatypes and sorting
* listquote - list and element handling
* validate - schema validation system
* StandOut - flexible output object (simple logging and verbosity
control)
* pathutils - for working with paths and files
* cgiutils - cgi helpers
Regards,
Fuzzyman
http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml