From 970653c22d8996ca6d346ba3477529805ab12d02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gryf <gryf73@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:48:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added new class for configuration reading.

---
 extfslib.py | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 setup.cfg   |  9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extfslib.py b/extfslib.py
index 70bebba..f2aa72b 100644
--- a/extfslib.py
+++ b/extfslib.py
@@ -2,24 +2,70 @@
 extfslib is a library which contains Archive class to support writing extfs
 plugins for Midnight Commander.
 
-Tested against python 3.6 and mc 4.8.22
+Tested against python 3.11 and mc 4.8.29
 
 Changelog:
+    1.3 Added ability to read config from mc/ini file.
     1.2 Switch to python3
     1.1 Added item pattern, and common git/uid attrs
     1.0 Initial release
 
 Author: Roman 'gryf' Dobosz <gryf73@gmail.com>
-Date: 2019-06-30
-Version: 1.2
+Date: 2023-10-18
+Version: 1.3
 Licence: BSD
 """
 import argparse
+import configparser
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+XDG_CONF_DIR = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME', os.path.expanduser('~/.config'))
+
+
+class Config:
+    """An optional config class, a helper to get and parse MC ini file"""
+
+    def __init__(self, caller):
+        self._config = self._get_config()
+        self._class_name = caller.__class__.__name__.lower()
+
+    def _get_config(self):
+        """Read MC main config file"""
+        conf_file = os.path.join(XDG_CONF_DIR, 'mc/ini')
+        conf_parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        conf_parser.read(conf_file)
+        return conf_parser
+
+    def getboolean(self, name):
+        try:
+            return self._config.getboolean(self._class_name, name)
+        except (configparser.NoOptionError, configparser.NoSectionError):
+            pass
+
+    def getint(self, name):
+        try:
+            return self._config.getint(self._class_name, name)
+        except (configparser.NoOptionError, configparser.NoSectionError):
+            pass
+
+    def getfloat(self, name):
+        try:
+            return self._config.getfloat(self._class_name, name)
+        except (configparser.NoOptionError, configparser.NoSectionError):
+            pass
+
+    def get(self, name):
+        return getattr(self, name)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        try:
+            return self._config.get(self._class_name, name)
+        except (configparser.NoOptionError, configparser.NoSectionError):
+            pass
+
 
 class Archive(object):
     """Archive handle. Provides interface to MC's extfs subsystem"""
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e433f82..2053336 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ classifiers =
   Operating System :: OS Independent
   Programming Language :: Python
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-  Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
-  Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+  Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
   Topic :: Utilities
 description = Midnight Commander extfslib helper library for writing extfs archive plugins.
-license = BSD 3-Clause
-license_file = LICENSE
+license = BSD 3-Clause License
+license_files = LICENSE
 long_description = file: README.rst
 name = extfslib
 url = https://github.com/gryf/mc_extfslib
-version = 1.1
+version = 1.3
 
 [options]
 py_modules = extfslib