def askConfigPreferences(items,prefix=None,store=None):
"""Ask preferences stored in config variables.
Items in list should only be keys. store is usually a dictionary, but
can be any class that allow the setdefault method for lookup while
setting the default, and the store[key]=val syntax for setting the
value.
If a prefix is given, actual keys will be 'prefix/key'.
The current values are retrieved from the store, and the type returned
will be in accordance.
If no store is specified, the global config GD.cfg is used.
"""
if not store:
store = GD.cfg
if prefix:
items = [ '%s/%s' % (prefix,i) for i in items ]
itemlist = [ [ i,store.setdefault(i,'') ] for i in items ]
res,accept = widgets.inputDialog(itemlist,'Config Dialog').process()
if accept:
for i,r in zip(itemlist,res):
GD.debug("IN : %s\nOUT: %s" % (i,r))
if type(i[1]) == str:
store[r[0]] = r[1]
else:
store[r[0]] = eval(r[1])
return accept
def askItems(items,caption=None):
"""Ask the value of some items to the user. !! VERY EXPERIMENTAL!!
Input is a dictionary of items or a list of [key,value] pairs.
The latter is recommended, because a dictionary does not guarantee
the order of the items.
Returns a dictionary (maybe we should just return the list??)
"""
if type(items) == dict:
items = items.items()
if type(caption) is str:
w = widgets.inputDialog(items,caption)
else:
w = widgets.inputDialog(items)
res,status = w.getResult()
items = {}
for r in res:
items[r[0]] = r[1]
return items
def ask(question,choices=None,default=''):
"""Ask a question and present possible answers."""
if choices:
# this currently only supports 3 answers
return info(question,choices)
else:
items = [ [question, default] ]
res,accept = widgets.inputDialog(items,'Config Dialog').process()
GD.gui.update()
#print res
if accept:
return res[0][1]
else:
return default
def newaskConfigPreferences(items,store):
"""Ask preferences stored in config variables.
Items in list should only be keys. The current values are retrieved
from the config.
A config section name should be specified if the items are not in the
top config level.
"""
if not store:
store = GD.cfg
itemlist = [ [ i,store.setdefault(i,'') ] for i in items ]
res,accept = widgets.inputDialog(itemlist,'Config Dialog').process()
if accept:
#print "ACCEPTED following values:"
for r in res:
#print r
store[r[0]] = eval(r[1])
def askConfigPreferences(items,section=None):
"""Ask preferences stored in config variables.
Items in list should only be keys. The current values are retrieved
from the config.
A config section name should be specified if the items are not in the
top config level.
"""
if section:
store = GD.cfg[section]
else:
store = GD.cfg
# insert current values
for it in items:
it.insert(1,store.setdefault(it[0],''))
res,accept = widgets.inputDialog(items,'Config Dialog').process()
if accept:
GD.prefsChanged = True
#print "ACCEPTED following values:"
for r in res:
#print r
store[r[0]] = eval(r[1])