def readFile(path):
"""Reads a file from disk and parses it into a task list."""
tasksFile = open(path, 'r')
tasklist = Tasklist(os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0])
parentStack = [] #Initialize the stack of parent tasks
task = None
for line in tasksFile:
deepness = 1
line = line.rstrip() #Remove the trailing whitespaces (newlines, mainly)
while line.startswith("\t"): #starts with tab
deepness += 1 #Add a deepness level to the current line
line = line[1:] #Remove the leading tab
if line.startswith("- ") or line.endswith(':'): #It's a task or a project (both are saved as tasks)
if task is not None: #There's a previous task
tasklist.append(task) #Commit previous task to the list
if (getLast(parentStack) is None and deepness >= 1) or deepness > getLast(parentStack)[DEEP]:
parentStack.append({TASK:task, DEEP:deepness}) #This'll be parent to the next ones
else:
if deepness < getLast(parentStack)[DEEP]:
parentStack.pop() #Up one level
#Get the new task's parent from the stack
parent = getLast(parentStack)
if parent is not None:
parent = parent[TASK]
#Create the task object
if line.startswith("- "): #It's a regular task
taskParts = parseTask(line[2:])
task = Task(taskParts[TITLE], '', parent)
task.addAttributeList(taskParts[TAGS])
else: #It's a project
task = Task(line[:-1], '', parent) #Remove ':' from the task title
task.addAttribute(properties.TASKPAPER_ISPROJECT_ATTR, '') #Mark it as a project
else:
if task is not None:
task.notes += line
#Put last task in the list
if task is not None:
tasklist.append(task)
return tasklist
