[SOLVED] xorg.conf editing

[cmat]

Thank you. I've been busy and I've come up with a Reg. Exp. for Xorg sections. Here's what I came up with...

^[ \t]*Section[ \t]+\"\w+\".*?|^\s+\w+\s+.*?$|^EndSection

This is my first real attempt at using the re module so any feedback to improve this critical item is much appreciated.

[slavik]

Perl6 way:

grammar Config {
  token TOP { [<section>|<option>]* }
  token section { '<Section ' <name> '>' [<option>|<section>]* </Section> }
  token option { <name> ['=' <value>]? <value>* \n }
  token name { \w+ }
  token value { \w+ }
}

Code is untested, but should be similar to what is pictured above. Of course that is only for reading the Xorg/Apache style config, writing them would be a bit different.

Also, Apache can have options not belonging to a section, Xorg does not.

[tseliot]

I turned out empty on google but I'm interested in a library that can edit/add/remove keys within the xorg.conf file. Preferably in Python but if you have some code in other languages I could translate it. I'm interested in this so I can create a script that can modify the files contents.

I developed X-Kit which is installed by default in Ubuntu now (since Intrepid) as it's already used by Jockey (Restricted Drivers Manager), EnvyNG, (in some cases) Update Manager and Mythbuntu. The name of the package is "python-xkit".

It's a Python library which does exactly what you need. You can get the latest stable release from my bazaar branch or simply download the tarball.

I'm making an application that manipulates xorg.conf for setting up Wacom tablets. The driver exists on linux but various features don't work yet without hacking the xorg.conf file.

I'm working on this as you can see in this spec. We discussed this project at the UDS in Mountain view.

[cmat]

I developed X-Kit which is installed by default in Ubuntu now (since Intrepid) as it's already used by Jockey (Restricted Drivers Manager), EnvyNG, (in some cases) Update Manager and Mythbuntu. The name of the package is "python-xkit".

It's a Python library which does exactly what you need. You can get the latest stable release from my bazaar branch or simply download the tarball.


I'm working on this as you can see in this spec. We discussed this project at the UDS in Mountain view.

Excellent! Thanks for all your help. Marked as solved.

EDIT: Where can I get documentation for X-Kit?

[slavik]

I developed X-Kit which is installed by default in Ubuntu now (since Intrepid) as it's already used by Jockey (Restricted Drivers Manager), EnvyNG, (in some cases) Update Manager and Mythbuntu. The name of the package is "python-xkit".

It's a Python library which does exactly what you need. You can get the latest stable release from my bazaar branch or simply download the tarball.


I'm working on this as you can see in this spec. We discussed this project at the UDS in Mountain view.

5 point infraction to you for not posting sooner.

[tseliot]

Excellent! Thanks for all your help. Marked as solved.

EDIT: Where can I get documentation for X-Kit?

It's all in the docstrings:

import XKit.xorgparser
help(XKit.xorgparser)

or

import XKit.xutils
help(XKit.xutils)

NOTE: xutils has some features you might want to use (it's all documented).

5 point infraction to you for not posting sooner.

ouch