Intro
I am using parsecfg to parse an .ini style config file, specifically the one that handles optional WSL settings. I am tinkering on a tool to easily read and write those values from the command line without opening a text editor. I think parsecfg would be useful for this, but I am having some issues. parsecfg could also be useful for reading and writing .desktop files and systemd unit files.
https://nim-lang.org/docs/parsecfg.html
Sample .INI
Here is my sample .ini file:
[automount]
enabled = true
First, calling section values with .getSectionValue is case-sensitive. The other application parsing this .ini is case-insensitive, so my application needs to accommodate for this.
I am not sure how to handle all of the case possibilities inside the .getSectionValue call though.
Right now:
import parsecfg
var wslconf = loadConfig("/etc/wsl.conf")
echo wslconf.getSectionValue("automount","enabled")
wslconf.getSectionValue("Automount","enabled")
How can I handle all the possibilities of cases for automount in .getSectionValue?
String returned on "true" and "false" when could be bool
Second, with getSectionValue, parsecfg always returns a string value, even on "true" and "false". If it instead returned a Boolean value when the value read is "true" or "false" (also "yes" or "no", or "0" or "1") it would be easier to handle. Just an idea.
I worked around it this way:
import parsecfg, strutils
var wslconf = loadConfig("/etc/wsl.conf")
if toLowerAscii(wslconf.getSectionValue("automount","enabled")) == "true":
echo "automount enabled"
else:
echo "automount disabled"
Any suggestions on how else I could better handle this?
getSectionValue https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/version-1-0/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim#L563