Configuration Handling (config.py)

Configuration parsing code

KEYLOOKUP = {'+': 'plus', ',': 'comma', '-': 'minus', '.': 'period'}

Used for resolving certain keysyms

load_config(path)[source]

Load the config file from the given path, applying fixes as needed. If it does not exist, create it from the configuration defaults.

Parameters:

path – The path to load or initialize.

Raises:

TypeError – Raised if the keys or values in the [keys] section of the configuration file or what they resolve to via KEYLOOKUP are not str instances.

Return type:

ConfigParser

DEFAULTS
{ 'general': { 'ColumnCount': 3,
               'MarginX_Percent': 0,
               'MarginY_Percent': 0,
               'ModMask': '<Ctrl><Alt>',
               'MovementsWrap': True},
  'keys': { '<Shift>KP_1': 'move-to-bottom-left',
            '<Shift>KP_2': 'move-to-bottom',
            '<Shift>KP_3': 'move-to-bottom-right',
            '<Shift>KP_4': 'move-to-left',
            '<Shift>KP_5': 'move-to-center',
            '<Shift>KP_6': 'move-to-right',
            '<Shift>KP_7': 'move-to-top-left',
            '<Shift>KP_8': 'move-to-top',
            '<Shift>KP_9': 'move-to-top-right',
            'C': 'move-to-center',
            'H': 'horizontal-maximize',
            'KP_0': 'maximize',
            'KP_1': 'bottom-left',
            'KP_2': 'bottom',
            'KP_3': 'bottom-right',
            'KP_4': 'left',
            'KP_5': 'center',
            'KP_6': 'right',
            'KP_7': 'top-left',
            'KP_8': 'top',
            'KP_9': 'top-right',
            'KP_Enter': 'monitor-switch',
            'V': 'vertical-maximize'}}