setconf 0.6.7

Change configuration settings in text files

Setconf is a small utility for changing settings in configuration textfiles.

Patches are welcome.

Compile time features

• It can be compiled to native with nuitka. Try these parameters: –exe –lto –python-version=2.7

TODO

• -u option for uncommenting a key while setting the value (removing “# “). Should uncomment by default?

• -c option for commenting out a key (adding “# “) or changing a key while keeping it as commented out.

• A way to change only the n’th occurence of a configuration option

• Add support for changing values of “#define” and “(setq” as well?

• Rewrite in Go?

• An option for removing the configuration value instead of using ‘’.

• Optimize the code that is used for adding options with -a.

• A way to add an option with -a after a given string occurs.

• An option for removing both the key and the value.

• Test and fix the combination of -a and multiline markers.

• Fix the behavior when “ is the multiline marker and “:” the delimiter. (the yml format)

• Make it behave like in Python 2 when running with Python 3 and changing an ISO-8859-1 file

• Refactor

Changes from 0.6.6 to 0.6.7

• Can use floating point numbers together with += and -=

Changes from 0.6.5 to 0.6.6

• Fixed a problem with files without newline endings

Changes from 0.6.4 to 0.6.5

• Can now use += or -= for increasing or decreasing integer values

Changes from 0.6.3 to 0.6.4

• Better error messages when write permissions are denied

Changes from 0.6.2 to 0.6.3

• Fixed a problem with -a that occurred when a key existed but was commented out

• Added regression test

Changes from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2

• Now runs on Python 2 and Python 3 (tested with 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 3.3)

Changes from 0.6 to 0.6.1

• Fixed a problem with the -a option

• Creates the file when -a or –add is given, if needed

Changes from 0.5.3 to 0.6

• Made -a add options only when not already present

Changes from 0.5.2 to 0.5.3

• Made it compile with the latest version of shedskin

• Added an option -a for adding keys/values to a file

Changes from 0.5.1 to 0.5.2

• Fixed a problem with ascii/utf-8 encoding

Changes from 0.5 to 0.5.1

• Fixed a problem with => assignments

• Changed the way files are opened with open()

• Added more tests relating to ascii/utf-8

Changes from 0.4 to 0.5

• Add support for => as well

• Fixed a bug where comments were not ignored for multiline values

• New logo

Changes from 0.3.2 to 0.4 (released)

• Ignored configuration options that are commented out

Known issues

• The combination of Python 3, setconf and ISO-8859-1 files currently does not work great. To be improved in future versions. Setconf works best with UTF-8 text files.

General information

• License: GPL2

• Author: Alexander F Rødseth