Module Gnumed.pycommon.gmTools

GNUmed general tools.

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-


"""GNUmed general tools."""

#===========================================================================
__author__ = "K. Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net>"
__license__ = "GPL v2 or later (details at https://www.gnu.org)"

# std libs
import sys
import os
import os.path
import csv
import tempfile
import logging
import hashlib
import decimal
import getpass
import functools
import json
import shutil
import zipfile
import datetime as pydt
import re as regex
import xml.sax.saxutils as xml_tools
from typing import Any
# old:
import pickle, zlib
# docutils
du_core = None


# GNUmed libs
if __name__ == '__main__':
        sys.path.insert(0, '../../')
        _ = lambda x:x
from Gnumed.pycommon import gmBorg


_log = logging.getLogger('gm.tools')

# CAPitalization modes:
(       CAPS_NONE,                                      # don't touch it
        CAPS_FIRST,                                     # CAP first char, leave rest as is
        CAPS_ALLCAPS,                           # CAP all chars
        CAPS_WORDS,                                     # CAP first char of every word
        CAPS_NAMES,                                     # CAP in a way suitable for names (tries to be smart)
        CAPS_FIRST_ONLY                         # CAP first char, lowercase the rest
) = range(6)


u_currency_pound = '\u00A3'                             # Pound sign
u_currency_sign = '\u00A4'                                      # generic currency sign
u_currency_yen = '\u00A5'                                       # Yen sign
u_right_double_angle_quote = '\u00AB'           # <<
u_registered_trademark = '\u00AE'
u_plus_minus = '\u00B1'
u_superscript_one = '\u00B9'                            # ^1
u_left_double_angle_quote = '\u00BB'            # >>
u_one_quarter = '\u00BC'
u_one_half = '\u00BD'
u_three_quarters = '\u00BE'
u_multiply = '\u00D7'                                           # x
u_greek_ALPHA = '\u0391'
u_greek_alpha = '\u03b1'
u_greek_OMEGA = '\u03A9'
u_greek_omega = '\u03c9'
u_dagger = '\u2020'
u_triangular_bullet = '\u2023'                                  # triangular bullet  (>)
u_ellipsis = '\u2026'                                                   # ...
u_euro = '\u20AC'                                                               # EURO sign
u_numero = '\u2116'                                                             # No. / # sign
u_down_left_arrow = '\u21B5'                                    # <-'
u_left_arrow = '\u2190'                                                 # <--
u_up_arrow = '\u2191'
u_arrow2right = '\u2192'                                                # -->
u_down_arrow = '\u2193'
u_left_arrow_with_tail = '\u21a2'                               # <--<
u_arrow2right_from_bar = '\u21a6'                               # |->
u_arrow2right_until_vertical_bar = '\u21e5'             # -->|
u_sum = '\u2211'                                                                # sigma
u_almost_equal_to = '\u2248'                                    # approximately / nearly / roughly
u_corresponds_to = '\u2258'
u_infinity = '\u221E'
u_arrow2right_until_vertical_bar2 = '\u2b72'    # -->|

u_diameter = '\u2300'
u_checkmark_crossed_out = '\u237B'
u_box_horiz_high = '\u23ba'
u_box_vert_left = '\u23b8'
u_box_vert_right = '\u23b9'

u_space_as_open_box = '\u2423'

u_box_horiz_single = '\u2500'                           # -
u_box_vert_light = '\u2502'
u_box_horiz_light_3dashes = '\u2504'            # ...
u_box_vert_light_4dashes = '\u2506'
u_box_horiz_4dashes = '\u2508'                          # ....
u_box_T_right = '\u251c'                                        # |-
u_box_T_left = '\u2524'                                         # -|
u_box_T_down = '\u252c'
u_box_T_up = '\u2534'
u_box_plus = '\u253c'
u_box_top_double = '\u2550'
u_box_top_left_double_single = '\u2552'
u_box_top_right_double_single = '\u2555'
u_box_top_left_arc = '\u256d'
u_box_top_right_arc = '\u256e'
u_box_bottom_right_arc = '\u256f'
u_box_bottom_left_arc = '\u2570'
u_box_horiz_light_heavy = '\u257c'
u_box_horiz_heavy_light = '\u257e'

u_skull_and_crossbones = '\u2620'
u_caduceus = '\u2624'
u_frowning_face = '\u2639'
u_smiling_face = '\u263a'
u_black_heart = '\u2665'
u_female = '\u2640'
u_male = '\u2642'
u_male_female = '\u26a5'
u_chain = '\u26d3'

u_checkmark_thin = '\u2713'
u_checkmark_thick = '\u2714'
u_heavy_greek_cross = '\u271a'
u_arrow2right_thick = '\u2794'
u_writing_hand = '\u270d'
u_pencil_1 = '\u270e'
u_pencil_2 = '\u270f'
u_pencil_3 = '\u2710'
u_latin_cross = '\u271d'

u_arrow2right_until_black_diamond = '\u291e'    # ->*

u_kanji_yen = '\u5186'                                                  # Yen kanji
u_replacement_character = '\ufffd'
u_link_symbol = '\u1f517'


_kB = 1024
_MB = 1024 * _kB
_GB = 1024 * _MB
_TB = 1024 * _GB
_PB = 1024 * _TB


_client_version = None


_GM_TITLE_PREFIX = 'GMd'
_GM_DIR_DESC_FILENAME_PREFIX = '.00-README.GNUmed'

#===========================================================================
def handle_uncaught_exception_console(t, v, tb):

        print(".========================================================")
        print("| Unhandled exception caught !")
        print("| Type :", t)
        print("| Value:", v)
        print("`========================================================")
        _log.critical('unhandled exception caught', exc_info = (t,v,tb))
        sys.__excepthook__(t,v,tb)

#===========================================================================
# path level operations
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def normalize_path(path:str) -> str:
        norm_path = os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path)))
        _log.debug('%s -> %s', path, norm_path)
        return norm_path

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def mkdir(directory:str=None, mode=None) -> bool:
        """Create directory.

        - creates parent dirs if necessary
        - does not fail if directory exists

        Args:
                mode: numeric, say 0o0700 for "-rwx------"

        Returns:
                True/False based on success
        """
        if os.path.isdir(directory):
                if mode is None:
                        return True

                changed = False
                old_umask = os.umask(0)
                try:
                        # does not WORK !
                        #os.chmod(directory, mode, follow_symlinks = (os.chmod in os.supports_follow_symlinks)) # can't do better
                        os.chmod(directory, mode)
                        changed = True
                finally:
                        os.umask(old_umask)
                return changed

        if mode is None:
                os.makedirs(directory)
                return True

        old_umask = os.umask(0)
        try:
                os.makedirs(directory, mode)
        finally:
                os.umask(old_umask)
        return True

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def create_directory_description_file(directory:str=None, readme:str=None, suffix:str=None) -> bool:
        """Create a directory description file.

                Returns:
                        <False> if it cannot create the description file.
        """
        assert (directory is not None), '<directory> must not be None'

        README_fname = _GM_DIR_DESC_FILENAME_PREFIX + coalesce(suffix, '.dir')
        README_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.join(directory, README_fname)))
        _log.debug('%s', README_path)
        if readme is None:
                _log.debug('no README text, boilerplate only')
        try:
                README = open(README_path, mode = 'wt', encoding = 'utf8')
        except Exception:
                return False

        line = 'GNUmed v%s -- %s' % (_client_version, pydt.datetime.now().strftime('%c'))
        len_sep = len(line)
        README.write(line)
        README.write('\n')
        line = README_path
        len_sep = max(len_sep, len(line))
        README.write(line)
        README.write('\n')
        README.write('-' * len_sep)
        README.write('\n')
        README.write('\n')
        README.write(readme)
        README.write('\n')
        README.close()
        return True

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def rmdir(directory:str) -> int:
        """Remove a directory _and_ its content.

        Returns:
                Count of items that were not removable. IOW, 0 = success.
        """
        #-------------------------------
        def _on_rm_error(func, path, exc):
                _log.error('error while shutil.rmtree(%s)', path, exc_info=exc)
                return True

        #-------------------------------
        error_count = 0
        try:
                shutil.rmtree(directory, False, _on_rm_error)
        except Exception:
                _log.exception('cannot shutil.rmtree(%s)', directory)
                error_count += 1
        return error_count

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def rm_dir_content(directory:str) -> bool:
        """Remove the content of _directory_.
        """
        _log.debug('cleaning out [%s]', directory)
        try:
                items = os.listdir(directory)
        except OSError:
                return False

        for item in items:
                # attempt file/link removal and ignore (but log) errors
                full_item = os.path.join(directory, item)
                try:
                        os.remove(full_item)
                except OSError:         # as per the docs, this is a directory
                        _log.debug('[%s] seems to be a subdirectory', full_item)
                        errors = rmdir(full_item)
                        if errors > 0:
                                return False

                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('cannot os.remove(%s) [a file or a link]', full_item)
                        return False

        return True

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def mk_sandbox_dir(prefix:str=None, base_dir:str=None) -> str:
        """Create a sandbox directory.

        Args:
                prefix: use this prefix to the directory name
                base_dir: create sandbox inside this directory, or else in the temp dir

        Returns:
                The newly created sandbox directory.
        """
        if base_dir is None:
                base_dir = gmPaths().tmp_dir
        else:
                if not os.path.isdir(base_dir):
                        mkdir(base_dir, mode = 0o0700)  # (invoking user only)
        if prefix is None:
                prefix = 'sndbx-'
        return tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = prefix, suffix = '', dir = base_dir)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def parent_dir(directory:str) -> str:
        """/tmp/path/subdir/ -> /tmp/path/"""
        return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(directory, '..'))

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def dirname_stem(directory:str) -> str:
        """Return stem of leaf directory name.

        - /home/user/dir/ -> dir
        - /home/user/dir  -> dir
        """
        # normpath removes trailing slashes if any
        return os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(directory))

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def dir_is_empty(directory:str=None) -> bool:
        """Check for any entries inside _directory_.

        Returns:
                True / False / None (directory not found)
        """
        try:
                empty = (len(os.listdir(directory)) == 0)
        except OSError as exc:
                if exc.errno != 2:      # no such file
                        raise
                empty = None
        return empty

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def dir_list_files(directory:str=None, exclude_subdirs:bool=True) -> list[str]:
        try:
                all_dir_items = os.listdir(directory)
        except OSError:
                _log.exception('cannot list dir [%s]', directory)
                return None

        filenames2return = []
        for item in all_dir_items:
                item = os.path.join(directory, item)
                if os.path.isdir(item):
                        if exclude_subdirs:
                                continue
                filenames2return.append(item)
        return filenames2return

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def copy_tree_content(directory:str, target_directory:str) -> str:
        """Copy the *content* of _directory_ into _target_directory_.

        The target directory is created if need be.

        Returns:
                The target directory or None on error.
        """
        assert (directory is not None), 'source <directory> must not be None'
        assert (target_directory is not None), '<target_directory> must not be None'
        _log.debug('copying content of [%s] into [%s]', directory, target_directory)
        try:
                base_dir_items = os.listdir(directory)
        except OSError:
                _log.exception('cannot list dir [%s]', directory)
                return None

        for item in base_dir_items:
                full_item = os.path.join(directory, item)
                if os.path.isdir(full_item):
                        target_subdir = os.path.join(target_directory, item)
                        try:
                                shutil.copytree(full_item, target_subdir)
                                continue
                        except Exception:
                                _log.exception('cannot copy subdir [%s]', full_item)
                                return None

                try:
                        shutil.copy2(full_item, target_directory)
                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('cannot copy file [%s]', full_item)
                        return None

        return target_directory

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class gmPaths(gmBorg.cBorg):
        """Singleton class providing standard paths.

        - .home_dir: user home

        - .local_base_dir: script installation dir

        - .working_dir: current dir

        - .user_config_dir, in the following order:
                - ~/.config/gnumed/
                - ~/

        - .user_appdata_dir, in the following order:
                - ~/.local/gnumed/
                - ~/

        - .system_config_dir

        - .system_app_data_dir

        - .tmp_dir: instance-local

        - .user_tmp_dir: user-local (NOT per instance)

        - .bytea_cache_dir: caches downloaded BYTEA data

        - .user_work_dir: app specific user work dir, say, ~/gnumed/

        It will take into account the application name.
        """
        def __init__(self, app_name:str=None, wx=None):
                """Setup paths.

                Args:
                        app_name: name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
                        wx: wxPython module reference, optional, used to detect more standard paths
                """
                if hasattr(self, 'already_inited'):
                        if not wx:
                                return
                        if self.__wx:
                                return

                self.__wx = wx
                self.init_paths(app_name = app_name)
                self.already_inited:bool = True

        #--------------------------------------
        # public API
        #--------------------------------------
        def init_paths(self, app_name:str=None, wx=None) -> bool:
                """Detect paths in the system.

                Args:
                        app_name: name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
                        wx: wxPython module reference, optional, used to better detect standard paths
                """
                if not self.__wx:
                        self.__wx = wx
                if not self.__wx:
                        _log.debug('wxPython not available')
                _log.debug('detecting paths directly')

                if app_name is None:
                        app_name, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
                        _log.info('app name detected as [%s]', app_name)
                else:
                        _log.info('app name passed in as [%s]', app_name)

                # the user home, doesn't work in Wine so work around that
                self.__home_dir = None

                # where the main script (the "binary") is installed
                if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
                        _log.info('frozen app, installed into temporary path')
                        # this would find the path of *THIS* file
                        #self.local_base_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
                        # while this is documented on the web, the ${_MEIPASS2} does not exist
                        #self.local_base_dir = os.environ.get('_MEIPASS2')
                        # this is what Martin Zibricky <mzibr.public@gmail.com> told us to use
                        # when asking about this on pyinstaller@googlegroups.com
                        #self.local_base_dir = sys._MEIPASS
                        # however, we are --onedir, so we should look at sys.executable
                        # as per the pyinstaller manual
                        self.local_base_dir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
                else:
                        self.local_base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))

                # the current working dir at the OS
                self.working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)

                # user-specific config dir, usually below the home dir, default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
                _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.config', app_name)
                if not mkdir(_dir):
                        _log.error('cannot make config dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                        _dir = self.home_dir
                self.user_config_dir = _dir

                # user-specific app dir, usually below the home dir
                mkdir(os.path.join(self.home_dir, app_name))
                self.user_work_dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, app_name)

                # user-specific app data/state dir, usually below home dir
                _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.local', app_name)
                if not mkdir(_dir):
                        _log.error('cannot make data/state dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                        _dir = self.home_dir
                self.user_appdata_dir = _dir

                # system-wide config dir, under UN*X usually below /etc/
                try:
                        self.system_config_dir = os.path.join('/etc', app_name)
                except ValueError:
                        #self.system_config_dir = self.local_base_dir
                        self.system_config_dir = self.user_config_dir

                # system-wide application data dir
                try:
                        self.system_app_data_dir = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share', app_name)
                except ValueError:
                        self.system_app_data_dir = self.local_base_dir

                # temporary directory
                try:
                        self.__tmp_dir_already_set
                        _log.debug('temp dir already set')
                except AttributeError:
                        _log.info('temp file prefix: %s', tempfile.gettempprefix())
                        _log.info('initial (user level) temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                        bytes_free = shutil.disk_usage(tempfile.gettempdir()).free
                        _log.info('free disk space for temp dir: %s (%s bytes)', size2str(size = bytes_free), bytes_free)
                        # $TMP/gnumed-$USER/
                        self.user_tmp_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), '%s-%s' % (app_name, getpass.getuser()))
                        mkdir(self.user_tmp_dir, 0o700)
                        _log.info('intermediate (app+user level) temp dir: %s', self.user_tmp_dir)
                        # $TMP/gnumed-$USER/g-$UNIQUE/
                        tempfile.tempdir = self.user_tmp_dir # tell mkdtemp about intermediate dir
                        self.tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = 'g-') # will set tempfile.tempdir as side effect
                        _log.info('final (app instance level) temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                create_directory_description_file(directory = self.tmp_dir, readme = 'client instance tmp dir')

                # BYTEA cache dir
                cache_dir = os.path.join(self.user_tmp_dir, '.bytea_cache')
                try:
                        stat = os.stat(cache_dir)
                        _log.warning('reusing BYTEA cache dir: %s', cache_dir)
                        _log.debug(stat)
                except FileNotFoundError:
                        mkdir(cache_dir, mode = 0o0700)
                self.bytea_cache_dir = cache_dir
                create_directory_description_file(directory = self.bytea_cache_dir, readme = 'cache dir for BYTEA data')

                self.__log_paths()
                if not self.__wx:
                        return True

                # retry with wxPython
                _log.debug('re-detecting paths with wxPython')
                std_paths = self.__wx.StandardPaths.Get()
                _log.info('wxPython app name is [%s]', self.__wx.GetApp().GetAppName())

                # user-specific config dir, usually below the home dir
                _dir = std_paths.UserConfigDir
                if _dir == self.home_dir:
                        _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.config', app_name)
                else:
                        _dir = os.path.join(_dir, '.%s' % app_name)
                if not mkdir(_dir):
                        _log.error('cannot make config dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                        _dir = self.home_dir
                self.user_config_dir = _dir

                # system-wide config dir, usually below /etc/ under UN*X
                try:
                        tmp = std_paths.GetConfigDir()
                        if not tmp.endswith(app_name):
                                tmp = os.path.join(tmp, app_name)
                        self.system_config_dir = tmp
                except ValueError:
                        # leave it at what it was from direct detection
                        pass

                # system-wide application data dir
                # Robin attests that the following doesn't always
                # give sane values on Windows, so IFDEF it
                if 'wxMSW' in self.__wx.PlatformInfo:
                        _log.warning('this platform (wxMSW) sometimes returns a broken value for the system-wide application data dir')
                else:
                        try:
                                self.system_app_data_dir = std_paths.GetDataDir()
                        except ValueError:
                                pass

                self.__log_paths()
                return True

        #--------------------------------------
        def __log_paths(self):
                _log.debug('sys.argv[0]: %s', sys.argv[0])
                _log.debug('sys.executable: %s', sys.executable)
                _log.debug('sys._MEIPASS: %s', getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '<not found>'))
                _log.debug('os.environ["_MEIPASS2"]: %s', os.environ.get('_MEIPASS2', '<not found>'))
                _log.debug('__file__ : %s', __file__)
                _log.debug('local application base dir: %s', self.local_base_dir)
                _log.debug('current working dir: %s', self.working_dir)
                _log.debug('user home dir: %s', self.home_dir)
                _log.debug('user-specific config dir: %s', self.user_config_dir)
                _log.debug('user-specific application data dir: %s', self.user_appdata_dir)
                _log.debug('system-wide config dir: %s', self.system_config_dir)
                _log.debug('system-wide application data dir: %s', self.system_app_data_dir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (user): %s', self.user_tmp_dir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (instance): %s', self.tmp_dir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (tempfile.tempdir): %s', tempfile.tempdir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (tempfile.gettempdir()): %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                _log.debug('BYTEA cache dir: %s', self.bytea_cache_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        # properties
        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_user_config_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:user_config_dir]: unusable path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                self.__user_config_dir = path

        def _get_user_config_dir(self):
                """User-level application configuration data directory."""
                return self.__user_config_dir

        user_config_dir = property(_get_user_config_dir, _set_user_config_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_system_config_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:system_config_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                self.__system_config_dir = path

        def _get_system_config_dir(self):
                """System-wide application configuration directory.

                Typically not writable.
                """
                return self.__system_config_dir

        system_config_dir = property(_get_system_config_dir, _set_system_config_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_system_app_data_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:system_app_data_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                self.__system_app_data_dir = path

        def _get_system_app_data_dir(self):
                """The system-wide application data directory.

                Typically not writable.
                """
                return self.__system_app_data_dir

        system_app_data_dir = property(_get_system_app_data_dir, _set_system_app_data_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_home_dir(self, path):
                raise ValueError('invalid to set home dir')

        def _get_home_dir(self):
                """Home directory of OS user."""
                if self.__home_dir is not None:
                        return self.__home_dir

                tmp = os.path.expanduser('~')
                if tmp == '~':
                        _log.error('this platform does not expand ~ properly')
                        try:
                                tmp = os.environ['USERPROFILE']
                        except KeyError:
                                _log.error('cannot access $USERPROFILE in environment')

                if not (
                        os.access(tmp, os.R_OK)
                                and
                        os.access(tmp, os.X_OK)
                                and
                        os.access(tmp, os.W_OK)
                ):
                        msg = '[%s:home_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, tmp)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)

                self.__home_dir = tmp
                return self.__home_dir

        home_dir = property(_get_home_dir, _set_home_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_tmp_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:tmp_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                _log.debug('previous temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                self.__tmp_dir = path
                tempfile.tempdir = self.__tmp_dir
                _log.debug('new temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                self.__tmp_dir_already_set = True

        def _get_tmp_dir(self):
                """Temporary directory.

                - per instance of main script

                - _may_ be confined to the OS user
                """
                return self.__tmp_dir

        tmp_dir = property(_get_tmp_dir, _set_tmp_dir)

#===========================================================================
# file related tools
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def recode_file(source_file=None, target_file=None, source_encoding='utf8', target_encoding=None, base_dir=None, error_mode='replace'):
        if target_encoding is None:
                return source_file

        if target_encoding == source_encoding:
                return source_file

        if target_file is None:
                target_file = get_unique_filename (
                        prefix = '%s-%s_%s-' % (fname_stem(source_file), source_encoding, target_encoding),
                        suffix = fname_extension(source_file, '.txt'),
                        tmp_dir = base_dir
                )
        _log.debug('[%s] -> [%s] (%s -> %s)', source_encoding, target_encoding, source_file, target_file)
        in_file = open(source_file, mode = 'rt', encoding = source_encoding)
        out_file = open(target_file, mode = 'wt', encoding = target_encoding, errors = error_mode)
        for line in in_file:
                out_file.write(line)
        out_file.close()
        in_file.close()
        return target_file

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def unzip_archive(archive_name, target_dir=None, remove_archive=False):
        _log.debug('unzipping [%s] -> [%s]', archive_name, target_dir)
        success = False
        try:
                with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_name) as archive:
                        archive.extractall(target_dir)
                success = True
        except Exception:
                _log.exception('cannot unzip')
                return False
        if remove_archive:
                remove_file(archive_name)
        return success

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def remove_file(filename:str, log_error:bool=True, force:bool=False) -> bool:
        """Remove a file.

        Args:
                filename: file to remove
                force: if remove does not work attempt to rename the file

        Returns:
                True/False: Removed or not.
        """
        if not os.path.lexists(filename):
                return True

        # attempt file removal and ignore (but log) errors
        try:
                os.remove(filename)
                return True

        except Exception:
                if log_error:
                        _log.exception('cannot os.remove(%s)', filename)
        if not force:
                return False

        tmp_name = get_unique_filename(tmp_dir = fname_dir(filename))
        _log.debug('attempting os.replace(%s -> %s)', filename, tmp_name)
        try:
                os.replace(filename, tmp_name)
                return True

        except Exception:
                if log_error:
                        _log.exception('cannot os.replace(%s)', filename)
        return False

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def rename_file(filename:str, new_filename:str, overwrite:bool=False, allow_symlink:bool=False, allow_hardlink:bool=True) -> bool:
        """Rename a file.

        Args:
                filename: source filename
                new_filename: target filename
                overwrite: overwrite existing target ?
                allow_symlink: allow soft links ?
                allow_hardlink: allow hard links ?

        Returns:
                True/False: Renamed or not.
        """
        _log.debug('renaming: [%s] -> [%s]', filename, new_filename)
        if filename == new_filename:
                _log.debug('no copy onto self')
                return True

        if not os.path.lexists(filename):
                _log.error('source does not exist')
                return False

        if overwrite and not remove_file(new_filename, force = True):
                _log.error('cannot remove existing target')
                return False

        try:
                shutil.move(filename, new_filename)
                return True

        except OSError:
                _log.exception('shutil.move() failed')

        try:
                os.replace(filename, new_filename)
                return True

        except Exception:
                _log.exception('os.replace() failed')

        if allow_hardlink:
                try:
                        os.link(filename, new_filename)
                        return True

                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('os.link() failed')

        if allow_symlink:
                try:
                        os.symlink(filename, new_filename)
                        return True

                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('os.symlink() failed')

        return False

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def file2md5(filename:str=None, return_hex:bool=True):
        blocksize = 2**10 * 128                 # 128k, since md5 uses 128 byte blocks
        _log.debug('md5(%s): <%s> byte blocks', filename, blocksize)
        f = open(filename, mode = 'rb')
        md5 = hashlib.md5()
        while True:
                data = f.read(blocksize)
                if not data:
                        break
                md5.update(data)
        f.close()
        _log.debug('md5(%s): %s', filename, md5.hexdigest())
        if return_hex:
                return md5.hexdigest()

        return md5.digest()

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def file2chunked_md5(filename=None, chunk_size=500*_MB):
        _log.debug('chunked_md5(%s, chunk_size=%s bytes)', filename, chunk_size)
        md5_concat = ''
        f = open(filename, 'rb')
        while True:
                md5 = hashlib.md5()
                data = f.read(chunk_size)
                if not data:
                        break
                md5.update(data)
                md5_concat += md5.hexdigest()
        f.close()
        md5 = hashlib.md5()
        md5.update(md5_concat)
        hex_digest = md5.hexdigest()
        _log.debug('md5("%s"): %s', md5_concat, hex_digest)
        return hex_digest

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
default_csv_reader_rest_key = 'list_of_values_of_unknown_fields'

def unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=csv.excel, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):
        try:
                is_dict_reader = kwargs['dict']
                del kwargs['dict']
        except KeyError:
                is_dict_reader = False

        if is_dict_reader:
                kwargs['restkey'] = default_csv_reader_rest_key
                return csv.DictReader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=dialect, **kwargs)
        return csv.reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=dialect, **kwargs)




def old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data, encoding='utf-8'):
        for line in unicode_csv_data:
                yield line.encode(encoding)

#def utf_8_encoder(unicode_csv_data):
#       for line in unicode_csv_data:
#               yield line.encode('utf-8')

def old_unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=csv.excel, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):

        # csv.py doesn't do Unicode; encode temporarily as UTF-8:
        try:
                is_dict_reader = kwargs['dict']
                del kwargs['dict']
                if is_dict_reader is not True:
                        raise KeyError
                kwargs['restkey'] = default_csv_reader_rest_key
                csv_reader = csv.DictReader(old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data), dialect=dialect, **kwargs)
        except KeyError:
                is_dict_reader = False
                csv_reader = csv.reader(old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data), dialect=dialect, **kwargs)

        for row in csv_reader:
                # decode ENCODING back to Unicode, cell by cell:
                if is_dict_reader:
                        for key in row:
                                if key == default_csv_reader_rest_key:
                                        old_data = row[key]
                                        new_data = []
                                        for val in old_data:
                                                new_data.append(str(val, encoding))
                                        row[key] = new_data
                                        if default_csv_reader_rest_key not in csv_reader.fieldnames:
                                                csv_reader.fieldnames.append(default_csv_reader_rest_key)
                                else:
                                        row[key] = str(row[key], encoding)
                        yield row
                else:
                        yield [ str(cell, encoding) for cell in row ]
                        #yield [str(cell, 'utf-8') for cell in row]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def fname_sanitize(filename:str) -> str:
        """Normalizes unicode, removes non-alpha characters, converts spaces to underscores."""

        dir_part, name_part = os.path.split(filename)
        if name_part == '':
                return filename

        import unicodedata
        name_part = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', name_part)
        # remove everything not in group []
        name_part = regex.sub (
                '[^.\w\s[\]()%§#+-]',
                '',
                name_part,
                flags = regex.UNICODE
        ).strip()
        # translate whitespace to underscore
        name_part = regex.sub (
                '\s+',
                '_',
                name_part,
                flags = regex.UNICODE
        )
        return os.path.join(dir_part, name_part)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def fname_stem(filename:str) -> str:
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> filename"""
        return os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def fname_stem_with_path(filename:str) -> str:
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> /home/user/dir/filename"""
        return os.path.splitext(filename)[0]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def fname_extension(filename:str=None, fallback:str=None) -> str:
        """     /home/user/dir/filename.ext -> .ext

        If extension becomes '' or '.' -> return fallback if any else return ''.

        Args:
                fallback: Return this if extension computes to '.' or '' (IOW, is empty)
        """
        ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]
        if ext.strip() not in ['.', '']:
                return ext
        if fallback is None:
                return ''
        return fallback

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def fname_dir(filename:str) -> str:
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> /home/user/dir"""
        return os.path.split(filename)[0]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def fname_from_path(filename):
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> filename.ext"""
        return os.path.split(filename)[1]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def get_unique_filename(prefix:str=None, suffix:str=None, tmp_dir:str=None, include_timestamp:bool=False) -> str:
        """Generate a unique filename.

        Args:
                prefix: use this prefix to the filename, default 'gm-', '' means "no prefix"
                suffix: use this suffix to the filename, default '.tmp'
                tmp_dir: generate filename based suitable for this directory, default system tmpdir
                include_timestamp: include current timestamp within the filename

        Returns:
                The full path of a unique file not existing at this moment.

        There is a TOCTOU race conditition between generating the
        filename here and actually using the filename in callers.

        Note: The file will NOT exist after calling this function.
        """
        if tmp_dir is None:
                gmPaths()               # setup tmp dir if necessary
        else:
                if (
                        not os.access(tmp_dir, os.F_OK)
                                or
                        not os.access(tmp_dir, os.X_OK | os.W_OK)
                ):
                        _log.warning('cannot os.access() temporary dir [%s], using system default', tmp_dir)
                        tmp_dir = None

        if include_timestamp:
                ts = pydt.datetime.now().strftime('%m%d-%H%M%S-')
        else:
                ts = ''
        kwargs:dict[str, Any] = {
                'dir': tmp_dir,
                #  make sure file gets deleted as soon as it is
                # .close()d so we can "safely" open it again
                'delete': True
        }
        if prefix is None:
                kwargs['prefix'] = 'gm-%s' % ts
        else:
                kwargs['prefix'] = prefix + ts
        if suffix in [None, '']:
                kwargs['suffix'] = '.tmp'
        else:
                if not suffix.startswith('.'):
                        suffix = '.' + suffix
                kwargs['suffix'] = suffix
        f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(**kwargs)
        filename = f.name
        f.close()

        return filename

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def __make_symlink_on_windows(physical_name, link_name):
        import ctypes
        #windows_create_symlink = ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW
        kernel32 = ctypes.WinDLL('kernel32', use_last_error = True)
        windows_create_symlink = kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW
        windows_create_symlink.argtypes = (ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_wchar_p, ctypes.c_uint32)
        windows_create_symlink.restype = ctypes.c_ubyte
        if os.path.isdir(physical_name):
                flags = 1
        else:
                flags = 0
        ret_code = windows_create_symlink(link_name, physical_name.replace('/', '\\'), flags)
        _log.debug('ctypes.windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkW() [%s] exit code: %s', windows_create_symlink, ret_code)
        if ret_code == 0:
                raise ctypes.WinError()
        return ret_code

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def mklink(physical_name:str, link_name:str, overwrite:bool=False) -> bool:
        """Create a symbolic link.

        Args:
                physical_name: the pre-existing filesystem object the symlink is to point to
                link_name: the name of the symlink pointing to the existing filesystem object
        """
        _log.debug('creating symlink (overwrite = %s):', overwrite)
        _log.debug('link [%s] =>', link_name)
        _log.debug('=> physical [%s]', physical_name)

        if os.path.exists(link_name):
                _log.debug('link exists')
                if overwrite:
                        return True                     # unsafe :/
                return False

        try:
                os.symlink(physical_name, link_name)
        except (AttributeError, NotImplementedError):
                _log.debug('this Python does not have os.symlink(), trying via ctypes')
                __make_symlink_on_windows(physical_name, link_name)
        except PermissionError:
                _log.exception('cannot create link')
                return False
        #except OSError:
        #       unprivileged on Windows
        return True

#===========================================================================
def import_module_from_directory(module_path=None, module_name=None, always_remove_path=False):
        """Import a module from any location."""

        _log.debug('CWD: %s', os.getcwd())
        remove_path = always_remove_path or False
        if module_path not in sys.path:
                _log.info('appending to sys.path: [%s]' % module_path)
                sys.path.append(module_path)
                remove_path = True

        _log.debug('will remove import path: %s', remove_path)

        if module_name.endswith('.py'):
                module_name = module_name[:-3]

        try:
                module = __import__(module_name)
        except Exception:
                _log.exception('cannot __import__() module [%s] from [%s]' % (module_name, module_path))
                while module_path in sys.path:
                        sys.path.remove(module_path)
                raise

        _log.info('imported module [%s] as [%s]' % (module_name, module))
        if remove_path:
                while module_path in sys.path:
                        sys.path.remove(module_path)

        return module

#===========================================================================
# text related tools
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def empty_str(text:str) -> bool:
        """Check "text" for emptiness.

        Returns:

        * True: None, '', '\w*'
        * False: ' anything else 1234'
        """
        if text: return False
        # could still be '\w+'
        if text.strip(): return False
        return True

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def size2str(size=0, template='%s'):
        if size == 1:
                return template % _('1 Byte')
        if size < 10 * _kB:
                return template % _('%s Bytes') % size
        if size < _MB:
                return template % '%.1f kB' % (float(size) / _kB)
        if size < _GB:
                return template % '%.1f MB' % (float(size) / _MB)
        if size < _TB:
                return template % '%.1f GB' % (float(size) / _GB)
        if size < _PB:
                return template % '%.1f TB' % (float(size) / _TB)
        return template % '%.1f PB' % (float(size) / _PB)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def bool2subst(boolean=None, true_return=True, false_return=False, none_return=None):
        if boolean is None:
                return none_return
        if boolean:
                return true_return
        if not boolean:
                return false_return
        raise ValueError('bool2subst(): <boolean> arg must be either of True, False, None')

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def bool2str(boolean=None, true_str='True', false_str='False'):
        return bool2subst (
                boolean = bool(boolean),
                true_return = true_str,
                false_return = false_str
        )

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def xor(val1, val2, undefined_values:list=None) -> bool:
        """Test values for not both being in xors list.

        In this context _undefined_ means for a value to be
        contained in <undefined_values>.

        _Defined_ is to mean the opposite.

        This can be used to assert mutually exclusive function
        inputs (say, a patient name and a patient PK for a search
        function).

        Args:
                val1: value to check
                val2: value to check
                undefined_values: in which *either* one *or* the other value must not be contained

        Returns:
                True if only one of the values is defined.
                False if both values are undefined or defined.
        """
        if undefined_values is None:
                undefined_values = [None]
        if (val1 in undefined_values) and (val2 in undefined_values):
                # none of the values is defined
                return False

        if (val1 not in undefined_values) and (val2 not in undefined_values):
                # both values are defined
                return False

        return True

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def none_if(value=None, none_equivalent=None, strip_string=False):
        """Modelled after the SQL NULLIF function.

        Args:
                value: the value to test for "none"-likeness
                none_equivalent: values to be considered eqivalent to "none"
                strip_string: apply .strip() to value
        """
        if value is None:
                return None

        if strip_string:
                stripped = value.strip()
        else:
                stripped = value
        if stripped == none_equivalent:
                return None

        #return value
        return stripped

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def coalesce(value2test=None, return_instead=None, template4value=None, template4instead=None, none_equivalents=None, function4value=None, value2return=None):
        """Modelled after the SQL coalesce function.

        To be used to simplify constructs like:

                if value2test is None (or in none_equivalents):
                        value = (template4instead % return_instead) or return_instead
                else:
                        value = (template4value % value2test) or value2test
                print(value)

        Args:
                value2test: the value to be tested for _None_
                return_instead: the value to be returned if _value2test_ *is* None
                template4value: if _value2test_ is returned, substitute the value into this template (which must contain one '%s')
                template4instead: if "return_instead" is returned, substitute the instead-value into this template (which must contain one <%s>)
                function4value: a tuple of (function name, function arguments) to call on _value2test_, eg "function4value = ('strftime', '%Y-%m-%d')"
                value2return: a *value* to return if _value2test_ is NOT None, AND there's no _template4value_

        Ideas:
                - list of return_insteads: initial, [return_instead, template], [return_instead, template], [return_instead, template], template4value, ...
        """
        if none_equivalents is None:
                none_equivalents = [None]

        if value2test in none_equivalents:
                if template4instead is None:
                        return return_instead
                return template4instead % return_instead

        # at this point, value2test was not equivalent to None

        # 1) explicit value to return supplied ?
        if value2return is not None:
                return value2return

        value2return = value2test
        # 2) function supplied to be applied to the value ?
        if function4value is not None:
                funcname, args = function4value
                func = getattr(value2test, funcname)
                value2return = func(args)

        # 3) template supplied to be applied to the value ?
        if template4value is None:
                return value2return

        try:
                return template4value % value2return
        except TypeError:
#       except (TypeError, ValueError):
                # this should go, actually, only needed because "old" calls
                # to coalesce will still abuse template4value as explicit value2return,
                # relying on the replacement to above to fail
                if hasattr(_log, 'log_stack_trace'):
                        _log.log_stack_trace(message = 'deprecated use of <template4value> for <value2return>')
                else:
                        _log.error('deprecated use of <template4value> for <value2return>')
                        _log.error(locals())
                return template4value

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def __cap_name(match_obj=None):
        val = match_obj.group(0).casefold()
        if val in ['von', 'van', 'de', 'la', 'l', 'der', 'den']:                        # FIXME: this needs to expand, configurable ?
                return val
        buf = list(val)
        buf[0] = buf[0].upper()
        for part in ['mac', 'mc', 'de', 'la']:
                if len(val) > len(part) and val[:len(part)] == part:
                        buf[len(part)] = buf[len(part)].upper()
        return ''.join(buf)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def capitalize(text=None, mode=CAPS_NAMES):
        """Capitalize the first character but leave the rest alone.

        Note that we must be careful about the locale, this may
        have issues ! However, for UTF strings it should just work.
        """
        if (mode is None) or (mode == CAPS_NONE):
                return text

        if len(text) == 0:
                return text

        if mode == CAPS_FIRST:
                if len(text) == 1:
                        return text[0].upper()
                return text[0].upper() + text[1:]

        if mode == CAPS_ALLCAPS:
                return text.upper()

        if mode == CAPS_FIRST_ONLY:
#               if len(text) == 1:
#                       return text[0].upper()
                return text[0].upper() + text[1:].casefold()

        if mode == CAPS_WORDS:
                #return regex.sub(ur'(\w)(\w+)', lambda x: x.group(1).upper() + x.group(2).casefold(), text)
                return regex.sub(r'(\w)(\w+)', lambda x: x.group(1).upper() + x.group(2).casefold(), text)

        if mode == CAPS_NAMES:
                #return regex.sub(r'\w+', __cap_name, text)
                return capitalize(text=text, mode=CAPS_FIRST)           # until fixed

        print("ERROR: invalid capitalization mode: [%s], leaving input as is" % mode)
        return text

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def input2decimal(initial=None):

        if isinstance(initial, decimal.Decimal):
                return True, initial

        val = initial

        # float ? -> to string first
        if type(val) == type(float(1.4)):
                val = str(val)

        # string ? -> "," to "."
        if isinstance(val, str):
                val = val.replace(',', '.', 1)
                val = val.strip()

        try:
                d = decimal.Decimal(val)
                return True, d
        except (TypeError, decimal.InvalidOperation):
                return False, val

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def input2int(initial=None, minval=None, maxval=None):

        val = initial

        # string ? -> "," to "."
        if isinstance(val, str):
                val = val.replace(',', '.', 1)
                val = val.strip()

        try:
                int_val = int(val)
        except (TypeError, ValueError):
                _log.exception('int(%s) failed', val)
                return False, initial

        if minval is not None:
                if int_val < minval:
                        _log.debug('%s < min (%s)', val, minval)
                        return False, initial
        if maxval is not None:
                if int_val > maxval:
                        _log.debug('%s > max (%s)', val, maxval)
                        return False, initial

        return True, int_val

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def strip_prefix(text, prefix, remove_repeats=False, remove_whitespace=False):
        if remove_whitespace:
                text = text.lstrip()
        if not text.startswith(prefix):
                return text

        text = text.replace(prefix, '', 1)
        if not remove_repeats:
                if remove_whitespace:
                        return text.lstrip()
                return text

        return strip_prefix(text, prefix, remove_repeats = True, remove_whitespace = remove_whitespace)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def strip_suffix(text, suffix, remove_repeats=False, remove_whitespace=False):
        suffix_len = len(suffix)
        if remove_repeats:
                if remove_whitespace:
                        while text.rstrip().endswith(suffix):
                                text = text.rstrip()[:-suffix_len].rstrip()
                        return text
                while text.endswith(suffix):
                        text = text[:-suffix_len]
                return text
        if remove_whitespace:
                return text.rstrip()[:-suffix_len].rstrip()
        return text[:-suffix_len]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def strip_leading_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True):
        if lines is None:
                lines = text.split(eol)

        while True:
                if lines[0].strip(eol).strip() != '':
                        break
                lines = lines[1:]

        if return_list:
                return lines

        return eol.join(lines)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True):
        if lines is None:
                lines = text.split(eol)

        while True:
                if lines[-1].strip(eol).strip() != '':
                        break
                lines = lines[:-1]

        if return_list:
                return lines

        return eol.join(lines)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def strip_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True):
        return strip_trailing_empty_lines (
                lines = strip_leading_empty_lines(lines = lines, text = text, eol = eol, return_list = True),
                text = None,
                eol = eol,
                return_list = return_list
        )

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def list2text(lines, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='', eol='\n', strip_leading_empty_lines=True, strip_trailing_empty_lines=True, strip_trailing_whitespace=True, max_line_width=None):

        if len(lines) == 0:
                return ''

        if strip_leading_empty_lines:
                lines = strip_leading_empty_lines(lines = lines, eol = eol, return_list = True)

        if strip_trailing_empty_lines:
                lines = strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines = lines, eol = eol, return_list = True)

        if strip_trailing_whitespace:
                lines = [ l.rstrip() for l in lines ]

        if max_line_width is not None:
                wrapped_lines = []
                for l in lines:
                        wrapped_lines.extend(wrap(l, max_line_width).split('\n'))
                lines = wrapped_lines

        indented_lines = [initial_indent + lines[0]]
        indented_lines.extend([ subsequent_indent + l for l in lines[1:] ])

        return eol.join(indented_lines)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def wrap(text=None, width=None, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='', eol='\n'):
        """A word-wrap function that preserves existing line breaks
        and most spaces in the text. Expects that existing line
        breaks are posix newlines (\n).
        """
        if width is None:
                return text

        wrapped = initial_indent + functools.reduce (
                lambda line, word, width=width: '%s%s%s' % (
                        line,
                        ' \n'[(len(line) - line.rfind('\n') - 1 + len(word.split('\n',1)[0]) >= width)],
                        word
                ),
                text.split(' ')
        )
        if subsequent_indent != '':
                wrapped = ('\n%s' % subsequent_indent).join(wrapped.split('\n'))
        if eol != '\n':
                wrapped = wrapped.replace('\n', eol)
        return wrapped

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def unwrap(text=None, max_length=None, strip_whitespace=True, remove_empty_lines=True, line_separator = ' // '):

        text = text.replace('\r', '')
        lines = text.split('\n')
        text = ''
        for line in lines:

                if strip_whitespace:
                        line = line.strip().strip('\t').strip()

                if remove_empty_lines:
                        if line == '':
                                continue

                text += ('%s%s' % (line, line_separator))

        text = text.rstrip(line_separator)

        if max_length is not None:
                text = text[:max_length]

        text = text.rstrip(line_separator)

        return text

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def shorten_text(text=None, max_length=None):

        if len(text) <= max_length:
                return text

        return text[:max_length-1] + u_ellipsis

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def shorten_words_in_line(text=None, max_length=None, min_word_length=None, ignore_numbers=True, ellipsis=u_ellipsis):
        if text is None:
                return None
        if max_length is None:
                max_length = len(text)
        else:
                if len(text) <= max_length:
                        return text
        old_words = regex.split('\s+', text, flags = regex.UNICODE)
        no_old_words = len(old_words)
        max_word_length = max(min_word_length, (max_length // no_old_words))
        words = []
        for word in old_words:
                if len(word) <= max_word_length:
                        words.append(word)
                        continue
                if ignore_numbers:
                        tmp = word.replace('-', '').replace('+', '').replace('.', '').replace(',', '').replace('/', '').replace('&', '').replace('*', '')
                        if tmp.isdigit():
                                words.append(word)
                                continue
                words.append(word[:max_word_length] + ellipsis)
        return ' '.join(words)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def xml_escape_string(text=None):
        """check for special XML characters and transform them"""
        return xml_tools.escape(text)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def tex_escape_string(text:str=None, replace_known_unicode:bool=True, replace_eol:bool=False, keep_visual_eol:bool=False) -> str:
        """Check for special TeX characters and transform them.

        Args:
                text: plain (unicode) text to escape for LaTeX processing,
                        note that any valid LaTeX code contained within will be
                        escaped, too
                replace_eol: replaces "\n" with "\\newline{}"
                keep_visual_eol: replaces "\n" with "\\newline{}%\n" such that
                        both LaTeX will know to place a line break
                        at this point as well as the visual formatting
                        is preserved in the LaTeX source (think multi-
                        row table cells)

        Returns:
        """
        # must happen first
        text = text.replace('{', '-----{{{{{-----')
        text = text.replace('}', '-----}}}}}-----')

        text = text.replace('\\', '\\textbackslash{}')                  # requires \usepackage{textcomp} in LaTeX source

        text = text.replace('-----{{{{{-----', '\\{{}')
        text = text.replace('-----}}}}}-----', '\\}{}')

        text = text.replace('^', '\\textasciicircum{}')
        text = text.replace('~', '\\textasciitilde{}')

        text = text.replace('%', '\\%{}')
        text = text.replace('&', '\\&{}')
        text = text.replace('#', '\\#{}')
        text = text.replace('$', '\\${}')
        text = text.replace('_', '\\_{}')
        if replace_eol:
                if keep_visual_eol:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '\\newline{}%\n')
                else:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '\\newline{}')

        if replace_known_unicode:
                # this should NOT be replaced for Xe(La)Tex
                text = text.replace(u_euro, '\\euro{}')         # requires \usepackage[official]{eurosym} in LaTeX source
                text = text.replace(u_sum, '$\\Sigma$')

        return text

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def rst2latex_snippet(rst_text):
        global du_core
        if du_core is None:
                try:
                        from docutils import core as du_core
                except ImportError:
                        _log.warning('cannot turn ReST into LaTeX: docutils not installed')
                        return tex_escape_string(text = rst_text)

        parts = du_core.publish_parts (
                source = rst_text.replace('\\', '\\\\'),
                source_path = '<internal>',
                writer_name = 'latex',
                #destination_path = '/path/to/LaTeX-template/for/calculating/relative/links/template.tex',
                settings_overrides = {
                        'input_encoding': 'unicode'             # un-encoded unicode
                },
                enable_exit_status = True                       # how to use ?
        )
        return parts['body']

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def rst2html(rst_text, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False):
        global du_core
        if du_core is None:
                try:
                        from docutils import core as du_core
                except ImportError:
                        _log.warning('cannot turn ReST into HTML: docutils not installed')
                        return html_escape_string(text = rst_text, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False)

        parts = du_core.publish_parts (
                source = rst_text.replace('\\', '\\\\'),
                source_path = '<internal>',
                writer_name = 'latex',
                #destination_path = '/path/to/LaTeX-template/for/calculating/relative/links/template.tex',
                settings_overrides = {
                        'input_encoding': 'unicode'             # un-encoded unicode
                },
                enable_exit_status = True                       # how to use ?
        )
        return parts['body']

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def xetex_escape_string(text=None):
        # a web search did not reveal anything else for Xe(La)Tex
        # as opposed to LaTeX, except true unicode chars
        return tex_escape_string(text = text, replace_known_unicode = False)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
__html_escape_table = {
        "&": "&amp;",
        '"': "&quot;",
        "'": "&apos;",
        ">": "&gt;",
        "<": "&lt;",
}

def html_escape_string(text=None, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False):
        text = ''.join(__html_escape_table.get(char, char) for char in text)
        if replace_eol:
                if keep_visual_eol:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '<br>\n')
                else:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '<br>')
        return text

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def dict2json(obj):
        return json.dumps(obj, default = json_serialize)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def json_serialize(obj):
        if isinstance(obj, pydt.datetime):
                return obj.isoformat()
        raise TypeError('cannot json_serialize(%s)' % type(obj))

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def compare_dict_likes(d1, d2, title1=None, title2=None):
        _log.info('comparing dict-likes: %s[%s] vs %s[%s]', coalesce(title1, '', '"%s" '), type(d1), coalesce(title2, '', '"%s" '), type(d2))
        try:
                d1 = dict(d1)
        except TypeError:
                pass
        try:
                d2 = dict(d2)
        except TypeError:
                pass
        keys_d1 = list(d1)
        keys_d2 = list(d2)
        different = False
        if len(keys_d1) != len(keys_d2):
                _log.info('different number of keys: %s vs %s', len(keys_d1), len(keys_d2))
                different = True
        for key in keys_d1:
                if key in keys_d2:
                        if type(d1[key]) != type(d2[key]):
                                _log.info('%25.25s: type(dict1) = %s = >>>%s<<<' % (key, type(d1[key]), d1[key]))
                                _log.info('%25.25s  type(dict2) = %s = >>>%s<<<' % ('', type(d2[key]), d2[key]))
                                different = True
                                continue
                        if d1[key] == d2[key]:
                                _log.info('%25.25s:  both = >>>%s<<<' % (key, d1[key]))
                        else:
                                _log.info('%25.25s: dict1 = >>>%s<<<' % (key, d1[key]))
                                _log.info('%25.25s  dict2 = >>>%s<<<' % ('', d2[key]))
                                different = True
                else:
                        _log.info('%25.25s: %50.50s | <MISSING>' % (key, '>>>%s<<<' % d1[key]))
                        different = True
        for key in keys_d2:
                if key in keys_d1:
                        continue
                _log.info('%25.25s: %50.50s | %.50s' % (key, '<MISSING>', '>>>%s<<<' % d2[key]))
                different = True
        if different:
                _log.warning('dict-likes appear to be different from each other')
                return False

        _log.info('dict-likes appear equal to each other')
        return True

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def format_dict_likes_comparison(d1, d2, title_left=None, title_right=None, left_margin=0, key_delim=' || ', data_delim=' | ', missing_string='=/=', difference_indicator='! ', ignore_diff_in_keys=None):

        _log.info('comparing dict-likes: %s[%s] vs %s[%s]', coalesce(title_left, '', '"%s" '), type(d1), coalesce(title_right, '', '"%s" '), type(d2))
        append_type = False
        if None not in [title_left, title_right]:
                append_type = True
                type_left = type(d1)
                type_right = type(d2)
        if title_left is None:
                title_left = '%s' % type_left
        if title_right is None:
                title_right = '%s' % type_right

        try: d1 = dict(d1)
        except TypeError: pass
        try: d2 = dict(d2)
        except TypeError: pass
        keys_d1 = list(d1)
        keys_d2 = list(d2)
        data = {}
        for key in keys_d1:
                data[key] = [d1[key], ' ']
                if key in d2:
                        data[key][1] = d2[key]
        for key in keys_d2:
                if key in keys_d1:
                        continue
                data[key] = [' ', d2[key]]
        max1 = max([ len('%s' % k) for k in keys_d1 ])
        max2 = max([ len('%s' % k) for k in keys_d2 ])
        max_len = max(max1, max2, len(_('<type>')))
        max_key_len_str = '%' + '%s.%s' % (max_len, max_len) + 's'
        max1 = max([ len('%s' % d1[k]) for k in keys_d1 ])
        max2 = max([ len('%s' % d2[k]) for k in keys_d2 ])
        max_data_len = min(max(max1, max2), 100)
        max_data_len_str = '%' + '%s.%s' % (max_data_len, max_data_len) + 's'
        diff_indicator_len_str = '%' + '%s.%s' % (len(difference_indicator), len(difference_indicator)) + 's'
        line_template = (' ' * left_margin) + diff_indicator_len_str + max_key_len_str + key_delim + max_data_len_str + data_delim + '%s'

        lines = []
        # debugging:
        #lines.append(u'                                        (40 regular spaces)')
        #lines.append((u' ' * 40) + u"(u' ' * 40)")
        #lines.append((u'%40.40s' % u'') + u"(u'%40.40s' % u'')")
        #lines.append((u'%40.40s' % u' ') + u"(u'%40.40s' % u' ')")
        #lines.append((u'%40.40s' % u'.') + u"(u'%40.40s' % u'.')")
        #lines.append(line_template)
        lines.append(line_template % ('', '', title_left, title_right))
        if append_type:
                lines.append(line_template % ('', _('<type>'), type_left, type_right))

        if ignore_diff_in_keys is None:
                ignore_diff_in_keys = []

        for key in keys_d1:
                append_type = False
                txt_left_col = '%s' % d1[key]
                try:
                        txt_right_col = '%s' % d2[key]
                        if type(d1[key]) != type(d2[key]):
                                append_type = True
                except KeyError:
                        txt_right_col = missing_string
                lines.append(line_template % (
                        bool2subst (
                                ((txt_left_col == txt_right_col) or (key in ignore_diff_in_keys)),
                                '',
                                difference_indicator
                        ),
                        key,
                        shorten_text(txt_left_col, max_data_len),
                        shorten_text(txt_right_col, max_data_len)
                ))
                if append_type:
                        lines.append(line_template % (
                                '',
                                _('<type>'),
                                shorten_text('%s' % type(d1[key]), max_data_len),
                                shorten_text('%s' % type(d2[key]), max_data_len)
                        ))

        for key in keys_d2:
                if key in keys_d1:
                        continue
                lines.append(line_template % (
                        bool2subst((key in ignore_diff_in_keys), '', difference_indicator),
                        key,
                        shorten_text(missing_string, max_data_len),
                        shorten_text('%s' % d2[key], max_data_len)
                ))

        return lines

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def format_dict_like(d, relevant_keys=None, template=None, missing_key_template='<[%(key)s] MISSING>', left_margin=0, tabular=False, value_delimiters=('>>>', '<<<'), eol='\n', values2ignore=None):
        if values2ignore is None:
                values2ignore = []
        if template is not None:
                # all keys in template better exist in d
                try:
                        return template % d
                except KeyError:
                        # or else
                        _log.exception('template contains %%()s key(s) which do not exist in data dict')
                # try to extend dict <d> to contain all required keys,
                # for that to work <relevant_keys> better list all
                # keys used in <template>
                if relevant_keys is not None:
                        for key in relevant_keys:
                                try:
                                        d[key]
                                except KeyError:
                                        d[key] = missing_key_template % {'key': key}
                        return template % d

        if relevant_keys is None:
                relevant_keys = list(d)
        lines = []
        if value_delimiters is None:
                delim_left = ''
                delim_right = ''
        else:
                delim_left, delim_right = value_delimiters
        if tabular:
                max_len = max([ len('%s' % k) for k in relevant_keys ])
                max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_len, max_len)
                line_template = (' ' * left_margin) + '%' + max_len_str + ('s: %s%%s%s' % (delim_left, delim_right))
        else:
                line_template = (' ' * left_margin) + '%%s: %s%%s%s' % (delim_left, delim_right)
        for key in relevant_keys:
                try:
                        val = d[key]
                except KeyError:
                        continue
                if val not in values2ignore:
                        lines.append(line_template % (key, val))
        if eol is None:
                return lines
        return eol.join(lines)

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def dicts2table(dict_list, left_margin=0, eol='\n', keys2ignore=None, column_labels=None, show_only_changes=False, equality_value='<=>', date_format=None):     #, relevant_keys=None, template=None
        """Each dict in <dict_list> becomes a column.

        - each key of dict becomes a row label, unless in keys2ignore

        - each entry in the <column_labels> list becomes a column title
        """
        keys2show = []
        col_max_width = {}
        max_width_of_row_label_col = 0
        col_label_key = '__________#header#__________'
        if keys2ignore is None:
                keys2ignore = []
        if column_labels is not None:
                keys2ignore.append(col_label_key)

        # extract keys from all dicts and calculate column sizes
        for dict_idx in range(len(dict_list)):
                # convert potentially dict-*like* into dict
                d = dict(dict_list[dict_idx])
                # add max-len column label row from <column_labels> list, if available
                if column_labels is not None:
                        d[col_label_key] = max(column_labels[dict_idx].split('\n'), key = len)
                field_lengths = []
                # loop over all keys in this dict
                for key in d:
                        # ignore this key
                        if key in keys2ignore:
                                continue
                        # remember length of value when displayed
                        if isinstance(d[key], pydt.datetime):
                                if date_format is None:
                                        field_lengths.append(len('%s' % d[key]))
                                else:
                                        field_lengths.append(len(d[key].strftime(date_format)))
                        else:
                                field_lengths.append(len('%s' % d[key]))
                        if key in keys2show:
                                continue
                        keys2show.append(key)
                        max_width_of_row_label_col = max(max_width_of_row_label_col, len('%s' % key))
                col_max_width[dict_idx] = max(field_lengths)

        # pivot data into dict of lists per line
        lines = { k: [] for k in keys2show }
        prev_vals = {}
        for dict_idx in range(len(dict_list)):
                max_width_this_col = max(col_max_width[dict_idx], len(equality_value)) if show_only_changes else col_max_width[dict_idx]
                max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_width_this_col, max_width_this_col)
                field_template = ' %' + max_len_str + 's'
                d = dict_list[dict_idx]
                for key in keys2show:
                        try:
                                val = d[key]
                        except KeyError:
                                lines[key].append(field_template % _('<missing>'))
                                continue
                        if isinstance(val, pydt.datetime):
                                if date_format is not None:
                                        val = val.strftime(date_format)
                        lines[key].append(field_template % val)
                        if show_only_changes:
                                if key not in prev_vals:
                                        prev_vals[key] = '%s' % lines[key][-1]
                                        continue
                                if lines[key][-1] != prev_vals[key]:
                                        prev_vals[key] = '%s' % lines[key][-1]
                                        continue
                                lines[key][-1] = field_template % equality_value

        # format data into table
        table_lines = []
        max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_width_of_row_label_col, max_width_of_row_label_col)
        row_label_template = '%' + max_len_str + 's'
        for key in lines:
                # row label (= key) into first column
                line = (' ' * left_margin) + row_label_template % key + '|'
                # append list values as subsequent columns
                line += '|'.join(lines[key])
                table_lines.append(line)

        # insert lines with column labels (column headers) if any
        if column_labels is not None:
                # first column contains row labels, so no column label needed
                table_header_line_w_col_labels = (' ' * left_margin) + row_label_template % ''
                # second table header line: horizontal separator
                table_header_line_w_separator = (' ' * left_margin) + u_box_horiz_single * (max_width_of_row_label_col)
                max_col_label_widths = [ max(col_max_width[dict_idx], len(equality_value)) for dict_idx in range(len(dict_list)) ]
                for col_idx in range(len(column_labels)):
                        max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_col_label_widths[col_idx], max_col_label_widths[col_idx])
                        col_label_template = '%' + max_len_str + 's'
                        table_header_line_w_col_labels += '| '
                        table_header_line_w_col_labels += col_label_template % column_labels[col_idx]
                        table_header_line_w_separator += '%s%s' % (u_box_plus, u_box_horiz_single)
                        table_header_line_w_separator += u_box_horiz_single * max_col_label_widths[col_idx]
                table_lines.insert(0, table_header_line_w_separator)
                table_lines.insert(0, table_header_line_w_col_labels)

        if eol is None:
                return table_lines

        return ('|' + eol).join(table_lines) + '|' + eol

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def normalize_dict_like(d, required_keys, missing_key_template='<[%(key)s] MISSING>'):
        for key in required_keys:
                try:
                        d[key]
                except KeyError:
                        if missing_key_template is None:
                                d[key] = None
                        else:
                                d[key] = missing_key_template % {'key': key}
        return d

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def enumerate_removable_partitions():
        try:
                import pyudev
                import psutil
        except ImportError:
                _log.error('pyudev and/or psutil not installed')
                return {}

        removable_partitions = {}
        ctxt = pyudev.Context()
        removable_devices = [ dev for dev in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='disk') if dev.attributes.get('removable') == b'1' ]
        all_mounted_partitions = { part.device: part for part in psutil.disk_partitions() }
        for device in removable_devices:
                _log.debug('removable device: %s', device.properties['ID_MODEL'])
                partitions_on_removable_device = {
                        part.device_node: {
                                'type': device.properties['ID_TYPE'],
                                'bus': device.properties['ID_BUS'],
                                'device': device.properties['DEVNAME'],
                                'partition': part.properties['DEVNAME'],
                                'vendor': part.properties['ID_VENDOR'],
                                'model': part.properties['ID_MODEL'],
                                'fs_label': part.properties['ID_FS_LABEL'],
                                'is_mounted': False,
                                'mountpoint': None,
                                'fs_type': None,
                                'size_in_bytes': -1,
                                'bytes_free': 0
                        } for part in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='partition', parent=device)
                }
                for part in partitions_on_removable_device:
                        try:
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['mountpoint'] = all_mounted_partitions[part].mountpoint
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['is_mounted'] = True
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['fs_type'] = all_mounted_partitions[part].fstype
                                du = shutil.disk_usage(all_mounted_partitions[part].mountpoint)
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['size_in_bytes'] = du.total
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['bytes_free'] = du.free
                        except KeyError:
                                pass                    # not mounted
                removable_partitions.update(partitions_on_removable_device)
        return removable_partitions

        # debugging:
        #ctxt = pyudev.Context()
        #for dev in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='disk'):# if dev.attributes.get('removable') == b'1':
        #       for a in dev.attributes.available_attributes:
        #               print(a, dev.attributes.get(a))
        #       for key, value in dev.items():
        #               print('{key}={value}'.format(key=key, value=value))
        #       print('---------------------------')

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def enumerate_optical_writers():
        try:
                import pyudev
        except ImportError:
                _log.error('pyudev not installed')
                return []

        optical_writers = []
        ctxt = pyudev.Context()
        for dev in [ dev for dev in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='disk') if dev.properties.get('ID_CDROM_CD_RW', None) == '1' ]:
                optical_writers.append ({
                        'type': dev.properties['ID_TYPE'],
                        'bus': dev.properties['ID_BUS'],
                        'device': dev.properties['DEVNAME'],
                        'model': dev.properties['ID_MODEL']
                })
        return optical_writers

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def prompted_input(prompt=None, default=None):
        """Obtain entry from standard input.

        CTRL-C aborts and returns _None_

        Args:
                prompt: Prompt text to display in standard output
                default: Default value (for user to press enter only)

        Returns:
                The input, _default_, or _None_.
        """
        if prompt is None:
                msg = '(CTRL-C aborts)'
        else:
                msg = '%s (CTRL-C aborts)' % prompt

        if default is None:
                msg = msg + ': '
        else:
                msg = '%s [%s]: ' % (msg, default)

        try:
                usr_input = input(msg)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
                return None

        if usr_input == '':
                return default

        return usr_input

#===========================================================================
# image handling tools
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# builtin (ugly but tried and true) fallback icon
__icon_serpent = \
"""x\xdae\x8f\xb1\x0e\x83 \x10\x86w\x9f\xe2\x92\x1blb\xf2\x07\x96\xeaH:0\xd6\
\xc1\x85\xd5\x98N5\xa5\xef?\xf5N\xd0\x8a\xdcA\xc2\xf7qw\x84\xdb\xfa\xb5\xcd\
\xd4\xda;\xc9\x1a\xc8\xb6\xcd<\xb5\xa0\x85\x1e\xeb\xbc\xbc7b!\xf6\xdeHl\x1c\
\x94\x073\xec<*\xf7\xbe\xf7\x99\x9d\xb21~\xe7.\xf5\x1f\x1c\xd3\xbdVlL\xc2\
\xcf\xf8ye\xd0\x00\x90\x0etH \x84\x80B\xaa\x8a\x88\x85\xc4(U\x9d$\xfeR;\xc5J\
\xa6\x01\xbbt9\xceR\xc8\x81e_$\x98\xb9\x9c\xa9\x8d,y\xa9t\xc8\xcf\x152\xe0x\
\xe9$\xf5\x07\x95\x0cD\x95t:\xb1\x92\xae\x9cI\xa8~\x84\x1f\xe0\xa3ec"""

def get_icon(wx=None):

        paths = gmPaths(app_name = 'gnumed', wx = wx)

        candidates = [
                os.path.join(paths.system_app_data_dir, 'bitmaps', 'gm_icon-serpent_and_gnu.png'),
                os.path.join(paths.local_base_dir, 'bitmaps', 'gm_icon-serpent_and_gnu.png'),
                os.path.join(paths.system_app_data_dir, 'bitmaps', 'serpent.png'),
                os.path.join(paths.local_base_dir, 'bitmaps', 'serpent.png')
        ]

        found_as = None
        for candidate in candidates:
                try:
                        open(candidate, 'r').close()
                        found_as = candidate
                        break
                except IOError:
                        _log.debug('icon not found in [%s]', candidate)

        if found_as is None:
                _log.warning('no icon file found, falling back to builtin (ugly) icon')
                icon_bmp_data = wx.BitmapFromXPMData(pickle.loads(zlib.decompress(__icon_serpent)))
                icon = wx.Icon()
                icon.CopyFromBitmap(icon_bmp_data)
        else:
                _log.debug('icon found in [%s]', found_as)
                icon = wx.Icon()
                try:
                        icon.LoadFile(found_as, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)             #_PNG
                except AttributeError:
                        _log.exception("this platform doesn't support wx.Icon().LoadFile()")

        return icon

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def create_qrcode(text:str=None, filename:str=None, qr_filename:str=None, verbose:bool=False, ecc_level:str='H', create_svg:bool=False) -> str:
        """Create a QR code from text or a file.

        Args:
                text: data to encode
                filename: filename to read data from instead of processing _text_
                qr_filename: target file for QR code PNG image, if not specified: generated from _filename_ if that is given
                ecc_level: level of error correction coding, L/M/Q/H
                create_svg: whether to also create an SVG image

        Returns:
                Filename of QR code or _None_.

        The returned filename will be an SVG file if create_svg is 

                 (.png if create_svg is False, .svg if create_svg is True)
        """
        assert xor(text, filename), 'either <text> OR <filename> must be specified'
        assert qr_filename if not filename else filename, '<qr_filename> must be specified if <filename> is unspecified'

        try:
                import pyqrcode
        except ImportError:
                _log.exception('cannot import <pyqrcode>')
                return None

        if text is None:
                with open(filename, mode = 'rt', encoding = 'utf-8-sig') as input_file:
                        text = input_file.read()
        if qr_filename is None:
                if filename is None:
                        qr_filename = get_unique_filename(prefix = 'gm-qr-', suffix = '.png')
                else:
                        qr_filename = get_unique_filename (
                                prefix = fname_stem(filename) + '-',
                                suffix = fname_extension(filename) + '.png'
                        )
        _log.debug('[%s] -> [%s]', filename, qr_filename)
        qr = pyqrcode.create(text, encoding = 'utf8', error = ecc_level)
        if verbose:
                print('input file:', filename)
                print('output file:', qr_filename)
                print('text to encode:', text)
                print(qr.terminal())
        qr.png(qr_filename, quiet_zone = 1)
        if create_svg:
                qr_filename += '.svg'
                qr.svg(qr_filename, quiet_zone = 1)
        return qr_filename

#===========================================================================
# main
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == '__main__':

        if len(sys.argv) < 2:
                sys.exit()

        if sys.argv[1] != 'test':
                sys.exit()

        # for testing:
        logging.basicConfig(level = logging.DEBUG)
        from Gnumed.pycommon import gmI18N
        gmI18N.activate_locale()
        gmI18N.install_domain()

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_input2decimal():

                tests = [
                        [None, False],

                        ['', False],
                        [' 0 ', True, 0],

                        [0, True, 0],
                        [0.0, True, 0],
                        [.0, True, 0],
                        ['0', True, 0],
                        ['0.0', True, 0],
                        ['0,0', True, 0],
                        ['00.0', True, 0],
                        ['.0', True, 0],
                        [',0', True, 0],

                        [0.1, True, decimal.Decimal('0.1')],
                        [.01, True, decimal.Decimal('0.01')],
                        ['0.1', True, decimal.Decimal('0.1')],
                        ['0,1', True, decimal.Decimal('0.1')],
                        ['00.1', True, decimal.Decimal('0.1')],
                        ['.1', True, decimal.Decimal('0.1')],
                        [',1', True, decimal.Decimal('0.1')],

                        [1, True, 1],
                        [1.0, True, 1],
                        ['1', True, 1],
                        ['1.', True, 1],
                        ['1,', True, 1],
                        ['1.0', True, 1],
                        ['1,0', True, 1],
                        ['01.0', True, 1],
                        ['01,0', True, 1],
                        [' 01, ', True, 1],

                        [decimal.Decimal('1.1'), True, decimal.Decimal('1.1')]
                ]
                for test in tests:
                        conversion_worked, result = input2decimal(initial = test[0])

                        expected2work = test[1]

                        if conversion_worked:
                                if expected2work:
                                        if result == test[2]:
                                                continue
                                        else:
                                                print("ERROR (conversion result wrong): >%s<, expected >%s<, got >%s<" % (test[0], test[2], result))
                                else:
                                        print("ERROR (conversion worked but was expected to fail): >%s<, got >%s<" % (test[0], result))
                        else:
                                if not expected2work:
                                        continue
                                else:
                                        print("ERROR (conversion failed but was expected to work): >%s<, expected >%s<" % (test[0], test[2]))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_input2int():
                print(input2int(0))
                print(input2int('0'))
                print(input2int('0', 0, 0))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_coalesce():

                val = None
                print(val, coalesce(val, 'is None', 'is not None'))
                val = 1
                print(val, coalesce(val, 'is None', 'is not None'))

                import datetime as dt
                print(coalesce(value2test = dt.datetime.now(), template4value = '-- %s --', function4value = ('strftime', '%Y-%m-%d')))

                print('testing coalesce()')
                print("------------------")
                tests = [
                        [None, 'something other than <None>', None, None, 'something other than <None>'],
                        ['Captain', 'Mr.', '%s.'[:4], 'Mr.', 'Capt.'],
                        ['value to test', 'test 3 failed', 'template with "%s" included', None, 'template with "value to test" included'],
                        ['value to test', 'test 4 failed', 'template with value not included', None, 'template with value not included'],
                        [None, 'initial value was None', 'template4value: %s', None, 'initial value was None'],
                        [None, 'initial value was None', 'template4value: %%(abc)s', None, 'initial value was None']
                ]
                passed = True
                for test in tests:
                        result = coalesce (
                                value2test = test[0],
                                return_instead = test[1],
                                template4value = test[2],
                                template4instead = test[3]
                        )
                        if result != test[4]:
                                print("ERROR")
                                print("coalesce: (%s, %s, %s, %s)" % (test[0], test[1], test[2], test[3]))
                                print("expected:", test[4])
                                print("received:", result)
                                passed = False

                if passed:
                        print("passed")
                else:
                        print("failed")
                return passed
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_capitalize():
                print('testing capitalize() ...')
                success = True
                pairs = [
                        # [original, expected result, CAPS mode]
                        ['Boot', 'Boot', CAPS_FIRST_ONLY],
                        ['boot', 'Boot', CAPS_FIRST_ONLY],
                        ['booT', 'Boot', CAPS_FIRST_ONLY],
                        ['BoOt', 'Boot', CAPS_FIRST_ONLY],
                        ['boots-Schau', 'Boots-Schau', CAPS_WORDS],
                        ['boots-sChau', 'Boots-Schau', CAPS_WORDS],
                        ['boot camp', 'Boot Camp', CAPS_WORDS],
                        ['fahrner-Kampe', 'Fahrner-Kampe', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['häkkönen', 'Häkkönen', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['McBurney', 'McBurney', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['mcBurney', 'McBurney', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['blumberg', 'Blumberg', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['roVsing', 'RoVsing', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['Özdemir', 'Özdemir', CAPS_NAMES],
                        ['özdemir', 'Özdemir', CAPS_NAMES],
                ]
                for pair in pairs:
                        result = capitalize(pair[0], pair[2])
                        if result != pair[1]:
                                success = False
                                print('ERROR (caps mode %s): "%s" -> "%s", expected "%s"' % (pair[2], pair[0], result, pair[1]))

                if success:
                        print("... SUCCESS")

                return success
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_import_module():
                print("testing import_module_from_directory()")
                path = sys.argv[1]
                name = sys.argv[2]
                try:
                        mod = import_module_from_directory(module_path = path, module_name = name)
                except Exception:
                        print("module import failed, see log")
                        return False

                print("module import succeeded", mod)
                print(dir(mod))
                return True
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_mkdir():
                print("testing mkdir(%s)" % sys.argv[2])
                mkdir(sys.argv[2], 0o0700)

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_gmPaths():
                print("testing gmPaths()")
                print("-----------------")
                #paths = gmPaths(wx=wx, app_name='gnumed')
                paths = gmPaths(wx=None, app_name='gnumed')
                print("user       home dir:", paths.home_dir)
                print("user     config dir:", paths.user_config_dir)
                print("user    appdata dir:", paths.user_appdata_dir)
                print("user       work dir:", paths.user_work_dir)
                print("user       temp dir:", paths.user_tmp_dir)
                print("app@user   temp dir:", paths.tmp_dir)
                print("system   config dir:", paths.system_config_dir)
                print("local      base dir:", paths.local_base_dir)
                print("system app data dir:", paths.system_app_data_dir)
                print("working directory  :", paths.working_dir)
                print("BYTEA cache dir    :", paths.bytea_cache_dir)

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_none_if():
                print("testing none_if()")
                print("-----------------")
                tests = [
                        [None, None, None],
                        ['a', 'a', None],
                        ['a', 'b', 'a'],
                        ['a', None, 'a'],
                        [None, 'a', None],
                        [1, 1, None],
                        [1, 2, 1],
                        [1, None, 1],
                        [None, 1, None]
                ]

                for test in tests:
                        if none_if(value = test[0], none_equivalent = test[1]) != test[2]:
                                print('ERROR: none_if(%s) returned [%s], expected [%s]' % (test[0], none_if(test[0], test[1]), test[2]))

                return True
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_bool2str():
                tests = [
                        [True, 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes'],
                        [False, 'OK', 'not OK', 'not OK']
                ]
                for test in tests:
                        if bool2str(test[0], test[1], test[2]) != test[3]:
                                print('ERROR: bool2str(%s, %s, %s) returned [%s], expected [%s]' % (test[0], test[1], test[2], bool2str(test[0], test[1], test[2]), test[3]))

                return True
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_bool2subst():

                print(bool2subst(True, 'True', 'False', 'is None'))
                print(bool2subst(False, 'True', 'False', 'is None'))
                print(bool2subst(None, 'True', 'False', 'is None'))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_get_unique_filename():
                print(get_unique_filename())
                print(get_unique_filename(prefix='test-'))
                print(get_unique_filename(suffix='tst'))
                print(get_unique_filename(prefix='test-', suffix='tst'))
                print(get_unique_filename(tmp_dir='/home/ncq/Archiv/'))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_size2str():
                print("testing size2str()")
                print("------------------")
                tests = [0, 1, 1000, 10000, 100000, 1000000, 10000000, 100000000, 1000000000, 10000000000, 100000000000, 1000000000000, 10000000000000]
                for test in tests:
                        print(size2str(test))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_unwrap():

                test = """
second line\n
        3rd starts with tab  \n
 4th with a space       \n

6th

"""
                print(unwrap(text = test, max_length = 25))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_wrap():
                test = 'line 1\nline 2\nline 3'

                print("wrap 5-6-7 initial 0, subsequent 0")
                print(wrap(test, 5))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 6))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 7))
                print("-------")
                input()
                print("wrap 5 initial 1-1-3, subsequent 1-3-1")
                print(wrap(test, 5, ' ', ' '))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 5, ' ', '   '))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 5, '   ', ' '))
                print("-------")
                input()
                print("wrap 6 initial 1-1-3, subsequent 1-3-1")
                print(wrap(test, 6, ' ', ' '))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 6, ' ', '   '))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 6, '   ', ' '))
                print("-------")
                input()
                print("wrap 7 initial 1-1-3, subsequent 1-3-1")
                print(wrap(test, 7, ' ', ' '))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 7, ' ', '   '))
                print()
                print(wrap(test, 7, '   ', ' '))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_md5():
                print('md5 %s: %s' % (sys.argv[2], file2md5(sys.argv[2])))
                print('chunked md5 %s: %s' % (sys.argv[2], file2chunked_md5(sys.argv[2])))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_unicode():
                print(u_link_symbol * 10)
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_xml_escape():
                print(xml_escape_string('<'))
                print(xml_escape_string('>'))
                print(xml_escape_string('&'))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_tex_escape():
                tests = ['\\', '^', '~', '{', '}', '%',  '&', '#', '$', '_', u_euro, 'abc\ndef\n\n1234']
                tests.append('  '.join(tests))
                for test in tests:
                        print('%s:' % test, tex_escape_string(test))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_rst2latex_snippet():
                tests = ['\\', '^', '~', '{', '}', '%',  '&', '#', '$', '_', u_euro, 'abc\ndef\n\n1234']
                tests.append('  '.join(tests))
                tests.append('C:\Windows\Programme\System 32\lala.txt')
                tests.extend([
                        'should be identical',
                        'text *some text* text',
                        """A List
======

1. 1
2. 2

3. ist-list
1. more
2. noch was ü
#. nummer x"""
                ])
                for test in tests:
                        print('==================================================')
                        print('raw:')
                        print(test)
                        print('---------')
                        print('ReST 2 LaTeX:')
                        latex = rst2latex_snippet(test)
                        print(latex)
                        if latex.strip() == test.strip():
                                print('=> identical')
                        print('---------')
                        print('tex_escape_string:')
                        print(tex_escape_string(test))
                        input()

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_strip_trailing_empty_lines():
                tests = [
                        'one line, no embedded line breaks  ',
                        'one line\nwith embedded\nline\nbreaks\n   '
                ]
                for test in tests:
                        print('as list:')
                        print(strip_trailing_empty_lines(text = test, eol='\n', return_list = True))
                        print('as string:')
                        print('>>>%s<<<' % strip_trailing_empty_lines(text = test, eol='\n', return_list = False))
                tests = [
                        ['list', 'without', 'empty', 'trailing', 'lines'],
                        ['list', 'with', 'empty', 'trailing', 'lines', '', '  ', '']
                ]
                for test in tests:
                        print('as list:')
                        print(strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines = test, eol = '\n', return_list = True))
                        print('as string:')
                        print(strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines = test, eol = '\n', return_list = False))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_fname_stem():
                tests = [
                        r'abc.exe',
                        r'\abc.exe',
                        r'c:\abc.exe',
                        r'c:\d\abc.exe',
                        r'/home/ncq/tmp.txt',
                        r'~/tmp.txt',
                        r'./tmp.txt',
                        r'./.././tmp.txt',
                        r'tmp.txt'
                ]
                for t in tests:
                        print("[%s] -> [%s]" % (t, fname_stem(t)))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_dir_is_empty():
                print(sys.argv[2], 'empty:', dir_is_empty(sys.argv[2]))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_compare_dicts():
                d1 = {}
                d2 = {}
                d1[1] = 1
                d1[2] = 2
                d1[3] = 3
                # 4
                d1[5] = 5

                d2[1] = 1
                d2[2] = None
                # 3
                d2[4] = 4

                #compare_dict_likes(d1, d2)

                d1 = {1: 1, 2: 2}
                d2 = {1: 1, 2: 2}

                #compare_dict_likes(d1, d2, 'same1', 'same2')
                print(format_dict_like(d1, tabular = False))
                print(format_dict_like(d1, tabular = True))
                #print(format_dict_like(d2))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_format_compare_dicts():
                d1 = {}
                d2 = {}
                d1[1] = 1
                d1[2] = 2
                d1[3] = 3
                # 4
                d1[5] = 5

                d2[1] = 1
                d2[2] = None
                # 3
                d2[4] = 4

                print('\n'.join(format_dict_likes_comparison(d1, d2, 'd1', 'd2')))

                d1 = {1: 1, 2: 2}
                d2 = {1: 1, 2: 2}

                print('\n'.join(format_dict_likes_comparison(d1, d2, 'd1', 'd2')))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_rm_dir():
                rmdir('cx:\windows\system3__2xxxxxxxxxxxxx')

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_rm_dir_content():
                #print(rm_dir_content('cx:\windows\system3__2xxxxxxxxxxxxx'))
                print(rm_dir_content('/tmp/user/1000/tmp'))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_strip_prefix():
                tests = [
                        ('', '', ''),
                        ('a', 'a', ''),
                        ('GMd: a window title', _GM_TITLE_PREFIX + ':', 'a window title'),
                        ('\.br\MICROCYTES+1\.br\SPHEROCYTES       present\.br\POLYCHROMASIAmoderate\.br\\', '\.br\\', 'MICROCYTES+1\.br\SPHEROCYTES       present\.br\POLYCHROMASIAmoderate\.br\\')
                ]
                for test in tests:
                        text, prefix, expect = test
                        result = strip_prefix(text, prefix, remove_whitespace = True)
                        if result == expect:
                                continue
                        print('test failed:', test)
                        print('result:', result)

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_shorten_text():
                tst = [
                        ('123', 1),
                        ('123', 2),
                        ('123', 3),
                        ('123', 4),
                        ('', 1),
                        ('1', 1),
                        ('12', 1),
                        ('', 2),
                        ('1', 2),
                        ('12', 2),
                        ('123', 2)
                ]
                for txt, lng in tst:
                        print('max', lng, 'of', txt, '=', shorten_text(txt, lng))
        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_fname_sanitize():
                tests = [
                        '/tmp/test.txt',
                        '/tmp/ test.txt',
                        '/tmp/ tes\\t.txt',
                        'test'
                ]
                for test in tests:
                        print (test, fname_sanitize(test))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_create_qrcode():
                print(create_qrcode(text = sys.argv[2], filename=None, qr_filename=None, verbose = True))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_enumerate_removable_partitions():
                parts = enumerate_removable_partitions()
                for part_name in parts:
                        part = parts[part_name]
                        print(part['device'])
                        print(part['partition'])
                        if part['is_mounted']:
                                print('%s@%s: %s on %s by %s @ %s (FS=%s: %s free of %s total)' % (
                                        part['type'],
                                        part['bus'],
                                        part['fs_label'],
                                        part['model'],
                                        part['vendor'],
                                        part['mountpoint'],
                                        part['fs_type'],
                                        part['bytes_free'],
                                        part['size_in_bytes']
                                ))
                        else:
                                print('%s@%s: %s on %s by %s (not mounted)' % (
                                        part['type'],
                                        part['bus'],
                                        part['fs_label'],
                                        part['model'],
                                        part['vendor']
                                ))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_enumerate_optical_writers():
                for writer in enumerate_optical_writers():
                        print('%s@%s: %s @ %s' % (
                                writer['type'],
                                writer['bus'],
                                writer['model'],
                                writer['device']
                        ))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_copy_tree_content():
                print(sys.argv[2], '->', sys.argv[3])
                print(copy_tree_content(sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_mk_sandbox_dir():
                print(mk_sandbox_dir(base_dir = '/tmp/abcd/efg/h'))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_make_table_from_dicts():
                dicts = [
                        {'pkey': 1, 'value': 'a122'},
                        {'pkey': 2, 'value': 'b23'},
                        {'pkey': 3, 'value': 'c3'},
                        {'pkey': 4, 'value': 'd4ssssssssssss'},
                        {'pkey': 5, 'value': 'd4  asdfas '},
                        {'pkey': 5, 'value': 'c5---'},
                ]
                with open('x.txt', 'w', encoding = 'utf8') as f:
                        f.write(dicts2table(dicts, left_margin=2, eol='\n', keys2ignore=None, show_only_changes=True, column_labels = ['d1', 'd2', 'd3', 'd4', 'd5', 'd6']))
                        #print(dicts2table(dicts, left_margin=2, eol='\n', keys2ignore=None, show_only_changes=True, column_labels = ['d1', 'd2', 'd3', 'd4', 'd5', 'd6']))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_create_dir_desc_file():
                global _client_version
                _client_version = 'dev.test'
                print(create_directory_description_file (
                        directory = './',
                        readme = 'test\ntest2\nsome more text',
                        suffix = None
                ))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_dir_list_files():
                print(dir_list_files(directory = sys.argv[2], exclude_subdirs = True))
                print(dir_list_files(directory = sys.argv[2], exclude_subdirs = False))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_rename_file():
                print(rename_file (
                        sys.argv[2],
                        sys.argv[3],
                        overwrite = True,
                        allow_symlink = False,
                        allow_hardlink = False
                ))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        def test_xor():
                vals = [
                        [False, False, [None]],
                        [False, True, [None]],
                        [True, True, [None]],
                        [None, None, [None]],
                        [None, True, [None]],
                        [None, False, [None]],
                        [None, 0, [None]],
                        [None, 1, [None]],
                        [None, '', [None]],
                        [None, '   ', [None]],
                        [None, '<None>', [None]],
                        [0,0, [None]],
                        [0,1, [None]],
                        [1,1, [None]],
                        [1,2, [None]],
                        [1, '', [None]],
                        [1, '   ', [None]],
                        [1, '<1>', [None]],
                ]
                for rec in vals:
                        print('%s xor %s: %s (exactly one in: %s)' % (
                                rec[0],
                                rec[1],
                                xor(rec[0], rec[1], rec[2]),
                                rec[2]
                        ))

        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
        test_xor()
        #test_coalesce()
        #test_capitalize()
        #test_import_module()
        #test_mkdir()
        #test_gmPaths()
        #test_none_if()
        #test_bool2str()
        #test_bool2subst()
        #test_get_unique_filename()
        #test_size2str()
        #test_wrap()
        #test_input2decimal()
        #test_input2int()
        #test_unwrap()
        #test_md5()
        #test_unicode()
        #test_xml_escape()
        #test_strip_trailing_empty_lines()
        #test_fname_stem()
        #test_tex_escape()
        #test_rst2latex_snippet()
        #test_dir_is_empty()
        #test_compare_dicts()
        #test_rm_dir()
        #test_rm_dir_content()
        #test_strip_prefix()
        #test_shorten_text()
        #test_format_compare_dicts()
        #test_fname_sanitize()
        #test_create_qrcode()
        #test_enumerate_removable_partitions()
        #test_enumerate_optical_writers()
        #test_copy_tree_content()
        #test_mk_sandbox_dir()
        #test_make_table_from_dicts()
        #test_create_dir_desc_file()
        #test_dir_list_files()
        #test_decorate_window_title()
        #test_rename_file()

#===========================================================================

Functions

def bool2str(boolean=None, true_str='True', false_str='False')
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def bool2str(boolean=None, true_str='True', false_str='False'):
        return bool2subst (
                boolean = bool(boolean),
                true_return = true_str,
                false_return = false_str
        )
def bool2subst(boolean=None, true_return=True, false_return=False, none_return=None)
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def bool2subst(boolean=None, true_return=True, false_return=False, none_return=None):
        if boolean is None:
                return none_return
        if boolean:
                return true_return
        if not boolean:
                return false_return
        raise ValueError('bool2subst(): <boolean> arg must be either of True, False, None')
def capitalize(text=None, mode=4)

Capitalize the first character but leave the rest alone.

Note that we must be careful about the locale, this may have issues ! However, for UTF strings it should just work.

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def capitalize(text=None, mode=CAPS_NAMES):
        """Capitalize the first character but leave the rest alone.

        Note that we must be careful about the locale, this may
        have issues ! However, for UTF strings it should just work.
        """
        if (mode is None) or (mode == CAPS_NONE):
                return text

        if len(text) == 0:
                return text

        if mode == CAPS_FIRST:
                if len(text) == 1:
                        return text[0].upper()
                return text[0].upper() + text[1:]

        if mode == CAPS_ALLCAPS:
                return text.upper()

        if mode == CAPS_FIRST_ONLY:
#               if len(text) == 1:
#                       return text[0].upper()
                return text[0].upper() + text[1:].casefold()

        if mode == CAPS_WORDS:
                #return regex.sub(ur'(\w)(\w+)', lambda x: x.group(1).upper() + x.group(2).casefold(), text)
                return regex.sub(r'(\w)(\w+)', lambda x: x.group(1).upper() + x.group(2).casefold(), text)

        if mode == CAPS_NAMES:
                #return regex.sub(r'\w+', __cap_name, text)
                return capitalize(text=text, mode=CAPS_FIRST)           # until fixed

        print("ERROR: invalid capitalization mode: [%s], leaving input as is" % mode)
        return text
def coalesce(value2test=None, return_instead=None, template4value=None, template4instead=None, none_equivalents=None, function4value=None, value2return=None)

Modelled after the SQL coalesce function.

To be used to simplify constructs like:

    if value2test is None (or in none_equivalents):
            value = (template4instead % return_instead) or return_instead
    else:
            value = (template4value % value2test) or value2test
    print(value)

Args

value2test
the value to be tested for None
return_instead
the value to be returned if value2test is None
template4value
if value2test is returned, substitute the value into this template (which must contain one '%s')
template4instead
if "return_instead" is returned, substitute the instead-value into this template (which must contain one <%s>)
function4value
a tuple of (function name, function arguments) to call on value2test, eg "function4value = ('strftime', '%Y-%m-%d')"
value2return
a value to return if value2test is NOT None, AND there's no template4value

Ideas

  • list of return_insteads: initial, [return_instead, template], [return_instead, template], [return_instead, template], template4value, …
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def coalesce(value2test=None, return_instead=None, template4value=None, template4instead=None, none_equivalents=None, function4value=None, value2return=None):
        """Modelled after the SQL coalesce function.

        To be used to simplify constructs like:

                if value2test is None (or in none_equivalents):
                        value = (template4instead % return_instead) or return_instead
                else:
                        value = (template4value % value2test) or value2test
                print(value)

        Args:
                value2test: the value to be tested for _None_
                return_instead: the value to be returned if _value2test_ *is* None
                template4value: if _value2test_ is returned, substitute the value into this template (which must contain one '%s')
                template4instead: if "return_instead" is returned, substitute the instead-value into this template (which must contain one <%s>)
                function4value: a tuple of (function name, function arguments) to call on _value2test_, eg "function4value = ('strftime', '%Y-%m-%d')"
                value2return: a *value* to return if _value2test_ is NOT None, AND there's no _template4value_

        Ideas:
                - list of return_insteads: initial, [return_instead, template], [return_instead, template], [return_instead, template], template4value, ...
        """
        if none_equivalents is None:
                none_equivalents = [None]

        if value2test in none_equivalents:
                if template4instead is None:
                        return return_instead
                return template4instead % return_instead

        # at this point, value2test was not equivalent to None

        # 1) explicit value to return supplied ?
        if value2return is not None:
                return value2return

        value2return = value2test
        # 2) function supplied to be applied to the value ?
        if function4value is not None:
                funcname, args = function4value
                func = getattr(value2test, funcname)
                value2return = func(args)

        # 3) template supplied to be applied to the value ?
        if template4value is None:
                return value2return

        try:
                return template4value % value2return
        except TypeError:
#       except (TypeError, ValueError):
                # this should go, actually, only needed because "old" calls
                # to coalesce will still abuse template4value as explicit value2return,
                # relying on the replacement to above to fail
                if hasattr(_log, 'log_stack_trace'):
                        _log.log_stack_trace(message = 'deprecated use of <template4value> for <value2return>')
                else:
                        _log.error('deprecated use of <template4value> for <value2return>')
                        _log.error(locals())
                return template4value
def compare_dict_likes(d1, d2, title1=None, title2=None)
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def compare_dict_likes(d1, d2, title1=None, title2=None):
        _log.info('comparing dict-likes: %s[%s] vs %s[%s]', coalesce(title1, '', '"%s" '), type(d1), coalesce(title2, '', '"%s" '), type(d2))
        try:
                d1 = dict(d1)
        except TypeError:
                pass
        try:
                d2 = dict(d2)
        except TypeError:
                pass
        keys_d1 = list(d1)
        keys_d2 = list(d2)
        different = False
        if len(keys_d1) != len(keys_d2):
                _log.info('different number of keys: %s vs %s', len(keys_d1), len(keys_d2))
                different = True
        for key in keys_d1:
                if key in keys_d2:
                        if type(d1[key]) != type(d2[key]):
                                _log.info('%25.25s: type(dict1) = %s = >>>%s<<<' % (key, type(d1[key]), d1[key]))
                                _log.info('%25.25s  type(dict2) = %s = >>>%s<<<' % ('', type(d2[key]), d2[key]))
                                different = True
                                continue
                        if d1[key] == d2[key]:
                                _log.info('%25.25s:  both = >>>%s<<<' % (key, d1[key]))
                        else:
                                _log.info('%25.25s: dict1 = >>>%s<<<' % (key, d1[key]))
                                _log.info('%25.25s  dict2 = >>>%s<<<' % ('', d2[key]))
                                different = True
                else:
                        _log.info('%25.25s: %50.50s | <MISSING>' % (key, '>>>%s<<<' % d1[key]))
                        different = True
        for key in keys_d2:
                if key in keys_d1:
                        continue
                _log.info('%25.25s: %50.50s | %.50s' % (key, '<MISSING>', '>>>%s<<<' % d2[key]))
                different = True
        if different:
                _log.warning('dict-likes appear to be different from each other')
                return False

        _log.info('dict-likes appear equal to each other')
        return True
def copy_tree_content(directory: str, target_directory: str) ‑> str

Copy the content of directory into target_directory.

The target directory is created if need be.

Returns

The target directory or None on error.

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def copy_tree_content(directory:str, target_directory:str) -> str:
        """Copy the *content* of _directory_ into _target_directory_.

        The target directory is created if need be.

        Returns:
                The target directory or None on error.
        """
        assert (directory is not None), 'source <directory> must not be None'
        assert (target_directory is not None), '<target_directory> must not be None'
        _log.debug('copying content of [%s] into [%s]', directory, target_directory)
        try:
                base_dir_items = os.listdir(directory)
        except OSError:
                _log.exception('cannot list dir [%s]', directory)
                return None

        for item in base_dir_items:
                full_item = os.path.join(directory, item)
                if os.path.isdir(full_item):
                        target_subdir = os.path.join(target_directory, item)
                        try:
                                shutil.copytree(full_item, target_subdir)
                                continue
                        except Exception:
                                _log.exception('cannot copy subdir [%s]', full_item)
                                return None

                try:
                        shutil.copy2(full_item, target_directory)
                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('cannot copy file [%s]', full_item)
                        return None

        return target_directory
def create_directory_description_file(directory: str = None, readme: str = None, suffix: str = None) ‑> bool

Create a directory description file.

Returns

if it cannot create the description file.

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def create_directory_description_file(directory:str=None, readme:str=None, suffix:str=None) -> bool:
        """Create a directory description file.

                Returns:
                        <False> if it cannot create the description file.
        """
        assert (directory is not None), '<directory> must not be None'

        README_fname = _GM_DIR_DESC_FILENAME_PREFIX + coalesce(suffix, '.dir')
        README_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.join(directory, README_fname)))
        _log.debug('%s', README_path)
        if readme is None:
                _log.debug('no README text, boilerplate only')
        try:
                README = open(README_path, mode = 'wt', encoding = 'utf8')
        except Exception:
                return False

        line = 'GNUmed v%s -- %s' % (_client_version, pydt.datetime.now().strftime('%c'))
        len_sep = len(line)
        README.write(line)
        README.write('\n')
        line = README_path
        len_sep = max(len_sep, len(line))
        README.write(line)
        README.write('\n')
        README.write('-' * len_sep)
        README.write('\n')
        README.write('\n')
        README.write(readme)
        README.write('\n')
        README.close()
        return True
def create_qrcode(text: str = None, filename: str = None, qr_filename: str = None, verbose: bool = False, ecc_level: str = 'H', create_svg: bool = False) ‑> str

Create a QR code from text or a file.

Args

text
data to encode
filename
filename to read data from instead of processing text
qr_filename
target file for QR code PNG image, if not specified: generated from filename if that is given
ecc_level
level of error correction coding, L/M/Q/H
create_svg
whether to also create an SVG image

Returns

Filename of QR code or None. The returned filename will be an SVG file if create_svg is

     (.png if create_svg is False, .svg if create_svg is True)
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def create_qrcode(text:str=None, filename:str=None, qr_filename:str=None, verbose:bool=False, ecc_level:str='H', create_svg:bool=False) -> str:
        """Create a QR code from text or a file.

        Args:
                text: data to encode
                filename: filename to read data from instead of processing _text_
                qr_filename: target file for QR code PNG image, if not specified: generated from _filename_ if that is given
                ecc_level: level of error correction coding, L/M/Q/H
                create_svg: whether to also create an SVG image

        Returns:
                Filename of QR code or _None_.

        The returned filename will be an SVG file if create_svg is 

                 (.png if create_svg is False, .svg if create_svg is True)
        """
        assert xor(text, filename), 'either <text> OR <filename> must be specified'
        assert qr_filename if not filename else filename, '<qr_filename> must be specified if <filename> is unspecified'

        try:
                import pyqrcode
        except ImportError:
                _log.exception('cannot import <pyqrcode>')
                return None

        if text is None:
                with open(filename, mode = 'rt', encoding = 'utf-8-sig') as input_file:
                        text = input_file.read()
        if qr_filename is None:
                if filename is None:
                        qr_filename = get_unique_filename(prefix = 'gm-qr-', suffix = '.png')
                else:
                        qr_filename = get_unique_filename (
                                prefix = fname_stem(filename) + '-',
                                suffix = fname_extension(filename) + '.png'
                        )
        _log.debug('[%s] -> [%s]', filename, qr_filename)
        qr = pyqrcode.create(text, encoding = 'utf8', error = ecc_level)
        if verbose:
                print('input file:', filename)
                print('output file:', qr_filename)
                print('text to encode:', text)
                print(qr.terminal())
        qr.png(qr_filename, quiet_zone = 1)
        if create_svg:
                qr_filename += '.svg'
                qr.svg(qr_filename, quiet_zone = 1)
        return qr_filename
def dict2json(obj)
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def dict2json(obj):
        return json.dumps(obj, default = json_serialize)
def dicts2table(dict_list, left_margin=0, eol='\n', keys2ignore=None, column_labels=None, show_only_changes=False, equality_value='<=>', date_format=None)

Each dict in becomes a column.

  • each key of dict becomes a row label, unless in keys2ignore

  • each entry in the list becomes a column title

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def dicts2table(dict_list, left_margin=0, eol='\n', keys2ignore=None, column_labels=None, show_only_changes=False, equality_value='<=>', date_format=None):     #, relevant_keys=None, template=None
        """Each dict in <dict_list> becomes a column.

        - each key of dict becomes a row label, unless in keys2ignore

        - each entry in the <column_labels> list becomes a column title
        """
        keys2show = []
        col_max_width = {}
        max_width_of_row_label_col = 0
        col_label_key = '__________#header#__________'
        if keys2ignore is None:
                keys2ignore = []
        if column_labels is not None:
                keys2ignore.append(col_label_key)

        # extract keys from all dicts and calculate column sizes
        for dict_idx in range(len(dict_list)):
                # convert potentially dict-*like* into dict
                d = dict(dict_list[dict_idx])
                # add max-len column label row from <column_labels> list, if available
                if column_labels is not None:
                        d[col_label_key] = max(column_labels[dict_idx].split('\n'), key = len)
                field_lengths = []
                # loop over all keys in this dict
                for key in d:
                        # ignore this key
                        if key in keys2ignore:
                                continue
                        # remember length of value when displayed
                        if isinstance(d[key], pydt.datetime):
                                if date_format is None:
                                        field_lengths.append(len('%s' % d[key]))
                                else:
                                        field_lengths.append(len(d[key].strftime(date_format)))
                        else:
                                field_lengths.append(len('%s' % d[key]))
                        if key in keys2show:
                                continue
                        keys2show.append(key)
                        max_width_of_row_label_col = max(max_width_of_row_label_col, len('%s' % key))
                col_max_width[dict_idx] = max(field_lengths)

        # pivot data into dict of lists per line
        lines = { k: [] for k in keys2show }
        prev_vals = {}
        for dict_idx in range(len(dict_list)):
                max_width_this_col = max(col_max_width[dict_idx], len(equality_value)) if show_only_changes else col_max_width[dict_idx]
                max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_width_this_col, max_width_this_col)
                field_template = ' %' + max_len_str + 's'
                d = dict_list[dict_idx]
                for key in keys2show:
                        try:
                                val = d[key]
                        except KeyError:
                                lines[key].append(field_template % _('<missing>'))
                                continue
                        if isinstance(val, pydt.datetime):
                                if date_format is not None:
                                        val = val.strftime(date_format)
                        lines[key].append(field_template % val)
                        if show_only_changes:
                                if key not in prev_vals:
                                        prev_vals[key] = '%s' % lines[key][-1]
                                        continue
                                if lines[key][-1] != prev_vals[key]:
                                        prev_vals[key] = '%s' % lines[key][-1]
                                        continue
                                lines[key][-1] = field_template % equality_value

        # format data into table
        table_lines = []
        max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_width_of_row_label_col, max_width_of_row_label_col)
        row_label_template = '%' + max_len_str + 's'
        for key in lines:
                # row label (= key) into first column
                line = (' ' * left_margin) + row_label_template % key + '|'
                # append list values as subsequent columns
                line += '|'.join(lines[key])
                table_lines.append(line)

        # insert lines with column labels (column headers) if any
        if column_labels is not None:
                # first column contains row labels, so no column label needed
                table_header_line_w_col_labels = (' ' * left_margin) + row_label_template % ''
                # second table header line: horizontal separator
                table_header_line_w_separator = (' ' * left_margin) + u_box_horiz_single * (max_width_of_row_label_col)
                max_col_label_widths = [ max(col_max_width[dict_idx], len(equality_value)) for dict_idx in range(len(dict_list)) ]
                for col_idx in range(len(column_labels)):
                        max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_col_label_widths[col_idx], max_col_label_widths[col_idx])
                        col_label_template = '%' + max_len_str + 's'
                        table_header_line_w_col_labels += '| '
                        table_header_line_w_col_labels += col_label_template % column_labels[col_idx]
                        table_header_line_w_separator += '%s%s' % (u_box_plus, u_box_horiz_single)
                        table_header_line_w_separator += u_box_horiz_single * max_col_label_widths[col_idx]
                table_lines.insert(0, table_header_line_w_separator)
                table_lines.insert(0, table_header_line_w_col_labels)

        if eol is None:
                return table_lines

        return ('|' + eol).join(table_lines) + '|' + eol
def dir_is_empty(directory: str = None) ‑> bool

Check for any entries inside directory.

Returns

True / False / None (directory not found)

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def dir_is_empty(directory:str=None) -> bool:
        """Check for any entries inside _directory_.

        Returns:
                True / False / None (directory not found)
        """
        try:
                empty = (len(os.listdir(directory)) == 0)
        except OSError as exc:
                if exc.errno != 2:      # no such file
                        raise
                empty = None
        return empty
def dir_list_files(directory: str = None, exclude_subdirs: bool = True) ‑> list[str]
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def dir_list_files(directory:str=None, exclude_subdirs:bool=True) -> list[str]:
        try:
                all_dir_items = os.listdir(directory)
        except OSError:
                _log.exception('cannot list dir [%s]', directory)
                return None

        filenames2return = []
        for item in all_dir_items:
                item = os.path.join(directory, item)
                if os.path.isdir(item):
                        if exclude_subdirs:
                                continue
                filenames2return.append(item)
        return filenames2return
def dirname_stem(directory: str) ‑> str

Return stem of leaf directory name.

  • /home/user/dir/ -> dir
  • /home/user/dir -> dir
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def dirname_stem(directory:str) -> str:
        """Return stem of leaf directory name.

        - /home/user/dir/ -> dir
        - /home/user/dir  -> dir
        """
        # normpath removes trailing slashes if any
        return os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(directory))
def empty_str(text: str) ‑> bool

Check "text" for emptiness.

Returns:

  • True: None, '', '\w*'
  • False: ' anything else 1234'
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def empty_str(text:str) -> bool:
        """Check "text" for emptiness.

        Returns:

        * True: None, '', '\w*'
        * False: ' anything else 1234'
        """
        if text: return False
        # could still be '\w+'
        if text.strip(): return False
        return True
def enumerate_optical_writers()
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def enumerate_optical_writers():
        try:
                import pyudev
        except ImportError:
                _log.error('pyudev not installed')
                return []

        optical_writers = []
        ctxt = pyudev.Context()
        for dev in [ dev for dev in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='disk') if dev.properties.get('ID_CDROM_CD_RW', None) == '1' ]:
                optical_writers.append ({
                        'type': dev.properties['ID_TYPE'],
                        'bus': dev.properties['ID_BUS'],
                        'device': dev.properties['DEVNAME'],
                        'model': dev.properties['ID_MODEL']
                })
        return optical_writers
def enumerate_removable_partitions()
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def enumerate_removable_partitions():
        try:
                import pyudev
                import psutil
        except ImportError:
                _log.error('pyudev and/or psutil not installed')
                return {}

        removable_partitions = {}
        ctxt = pyudev.Context()
        removable_devices = [ dev for dev in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='disk') if dev.attributes.get('removable') == b'1' ]
        all_mounted_partitions = { part.device: part for part in psutil.disk_partitions() }
        for device in removable_devices:
                _log.debug('removable device: %s', device.properties['ID_MODEL'])
                partitions_on_removable_device = {
                        part.device_node: {
                                'type': device.properties['ID_TYPE'],
                                'bus': device.properties['ID_BUS'],
                                'device': device.properties['DEVNAME'],
                                'partition': part.properties['DEVNAME'],
                                'vendor': part.properties['ID_VENDOR'],
                                'model': part.properties['ID_MODEL'],
                                'fs_label': part.properties['ID_FS_LABEL'],
                                'is_mounted': False,
                                'mountpoint': None,
                                'fs_type': None,
                                'size_in_bytes': -1,
                                'bytes_free': 0
                        } for part in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='partition', parent=device)
                }
                for part in partitions_on_removable_device:
                        try:
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['mountpoint'] = all_mounted_partitions[part].mountpoint
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['is_mounted'] = True
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['fs_type'] = all_mounted_partitions[part].fstype
                                du = shutil.disk_usage(all_mounted_partitions[part].mountpoint)
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['size_in_bytes'] = du.total
                                partitions_on_removable_device[part]['bytes_free'] = du.free
                        except KeyError:
                                pass                    # not mounted
                removable_partitions.update(partitions_on_removable_device)
        return removable_partitions

        # debugging:
        #ctxt = pyudev.Context()
        #for dev in ctxt.list_devices(subsystem='block', DEVTYPE='disk'):# if dev.attributes.get('removable') == b'1':
        #       for a in dev.attributes.available_attributes:
        #               print(a, dev.attributes.get(a))
        #       for key, value in dev.items():
        #               print('{key}={value}'.format(key=key, value=value))
        #       print('---------------------------')
def file2chunked_md5(filename=None, chunk_size=524288000)
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def file2chunked_md5(filename=None, chunk_size=500*_MB):
        _log.debug('chunked_md5(%s, chunk_size=%s bytes)', filename, chunk_size)
        md5_concat = ''
        f = open(filename, 'rb')
        while True:
                md5 = hashlib.md5()
                data = f.read(chunk_size)
                if not data:
                        break
                md5.update(data)
                md5_concat += md5.hexdigest()
        f.close()
        md5 = hashlib.md5()
        md5.update(md5_concat)
        hex_digest = md5.hexdigest()
        _log.debug('md5("%s"): %s', md5_concat, hex_digest)
        return hex_digest
def file2md5(filename: str = None, return_hex: bool = True)
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def file2md5(filename:str=None, return_hex:bool=True):
        blocksize = 2**10 * 128                 # 128k, since md5 uses 128 byte blocks
        _log.debug('md5(%s): <%s> byte blocks', filename, blocksize)
        f = open(filename, mode = 'rb')
        md5 = hashlib.md5()
        while True:
                data = f.read(blocksize)
                if not data:
                        break
                md5.update(data)
        f.close()
        _log.debug('md5(%s): %s', filename, md5.hexdigest())
        if return_hex:
                return md5.hexdigest()

        return md5.digest()
def fname_dir(filename: str) ‑> str

/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> /home/user/dir

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def fname_dir(filename:str) -> str:
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> /home/user/dir"""
        return os.path.split(filename)[0]
def fname_extension(filename: str = None, fallback: str = None) ‑> str

/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> .ext

If extension becomes '' or '.' -> return fallback if any else return ''.

Args

fallback
Return this if extension computes to '.' or '' (IOW, is empty)
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def fname_extension(filename:str=None, fallback:str=None) -> str:
        """     /home/user/dir/filename.ext -> .ext

        If extension becomes '' or '.' -> return fallback if any else return ''.

        Args:
                fallback: Return this if extension computes to '.' or '' (IOW, is empty)
        """
        ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]
        if ext.strip() not in ['.', '']:
                return ext
        if fallback is None:
                return ''
        return fallback
def fname_from_path(filename)

/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> filename.ext

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def fname_from_path(filename):
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> filename.ext"""
        return os.path.split(filename)[1]
def fname_sanitize(filename: str) ‑> str

Normalizes unicode, removes non-alpha characters, converts spaces to underscores.

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def fname_sanitize(filename:str) -> str:
        """Normalizes unicode, removes non-alpha characters, converts spaces to underscores."""

        dir_part, name_part = os.path.split(filename)
        if name_part == '':
                return filename

        import unicodedata
        name_part = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', name_part)
        # remove everything not in group []
        name_part = regex.sub (
                '[^.\w\s[\]()%§#+-]',
                '',
                name_part,
                flags = regex.UNICODE
        ).strip()
        # translate whitespace to underscore
        name_part = regex.sub (
                '\s+',
                '_',
                name_part,
                flags = regex.UNICODE
        )
        return os.path.join(dir_part, name_part)
def fname_stem(filename: str) ‑> str

/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> filename

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def fname_stem(filename:str) -> str:
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> filename"""
        return os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(filename))[0]
def fname_stem_with_path(filename: str) ‑> str

/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> /home/user/dir/filename

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def fname_stem_with_path(filename:str) -> str:
        """/home/user/dir/filename.ext -> /home/user/dir/filename"""
        return os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
def format_dict_like(d, relevant_keys=None, template=None, missing_key_template='<[%(key)s] MISSING>', left_margin=0, tabular=False, value_delimiters=('>>>', '<<<'), eol='\n', values2ignore=None)
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def format_dict_like(d, relevant_keys=None, template=None, missing_key_template='<[%(key)s] MISSING>', left_margin=0, tabular=False, value_delimiters=('>>>', '<<<'), eol='\n', values2ignore=None):
        if values2ignore is None:
                values2ignore = []
        if template is not None:
                # all keys in template better exist in d
                try:
                        return template % d
                except KeyError:
                        # or else
                        _log.exception('template contains %%()s key(s) which do not exist in data dict')
                # try to extend dict <d> to contain all required keys,
                # for that to work <relevant_keys> better list all
                # keys used in <template>
                if relevant_keys is not None:
                        for key in relevant_keys:
                                try:
                                        d[key]
                                except KeyError:
                                        d[key] = missing_key_template % {'key': key}
                        return template % d

        if relevant_keys is None:
                relevant_keys = list(d)
        lines = []
        if value_delimiters is None:
                delim_left = ''
                delim_right = ''
        else:
                delim_left, delim_right = value_delimiters
        if tabular:
                max_len = max([ len('%s' % k) for k in relevant_keys ])
                max_len_str = '%s.%s' % (max_len, max_len)
                line_template = (' ' * left_margin) + '%' + max_len_str + ('s: %s%%s%s' % (delim_left, delim_right))
        else:
                line_template = (' ' * left_margin) + '%%s: %s%%s%s' % (delim_left, delim_right)
        for key in relevant_keys:
                try:
                        val = d[key]
                except KeyError:
                        continue
                if val not in values2ignore:
                        lines.append(line_template % (key, val))
        if eol is None:
                return lines
        return eol.join(lines)
def format_dict_likes_comparison(d1, d2, title_left=None, title_right=None, left_margin=0, key_delim=' || ', data_delim=' | ', missing_string='=/=', difference_indicator='! ', ignore_diff_in_keys=None)
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def format_dict_likes_comparison(d1, d2, title_left=None, title_right=None, left_margin=0, key_delim=' || ', data_delim=' | ', missing_string='=/=', difference_indicator='! ', ignore_diff_in_keys=None):

        _log.info('comparing dict-likes: %s[%s] vs %s[%s]', coalesce(title_left, '', '"%s" '), type(d1), coalesce(title_right, '', '"%s" '), type(d2))
        append_type = False
        if None not in [title_left, title_right]:
                append_type = True
                type_left = type(d1)
                type_right = type(d2)
        if title_left is None:
                title_left = '%s' % type_left
        if title_right is None:
                title_right = '%s' % type_right

        try: d1 = dict(d1)
        except TypeError: pass
        try: d2 = dict(d2)
        except TypeError: pass
        keys_d1 = list(d1)
        keys_d2 = list(d2)
        data = {}
        for key in keys_d1:
                data[key] = [d1[key], ' ']
                if key in d2:
                        data[key][1] = d2[key]
        for key in keys_d2:
                if key in keys_d1:
                        continue
                data[key] = [' ', d2[key]]
        max1 = max([ len('%s' % k) for k in keys_d1 ])
        max2 = max([ len('%s' % k) for k in keys_d2 ])
        max_len = max(max1, max2, len(_('<type>')))
        max_key_len_str = '%' + '%s.%s' % (max_len, max_len) + 's'
        max1 = max([ len('%s' % d1[k]) for k in keys_d1 ])
        max2 = max([ len('%s' % d2[k]) for k in keys_d2 ])
        max_data_len = min(max(max1, max2), 100)
        max_data_len_str = '%' + '%s.%s' % (max_data_len, max_data_len) + 's'
        diff_indicator_len_str = '%' + '%s.%s' % (len(difference_indicator), len(difference_indicator)) + 's'
        line_template = (' ' * left_margin) + diff_indicator_len_str + max_key_len_str + key_delim + max_data_len_str + data_delim + '%s'

        lines = []
        # debugging:
        #lines.append(u'                                        (40 regular spaces)')
        #lines.append((u' ' * 40) + u"(u' ' * 40)")
        #lines.append((u'%40.40s' % u'') + u"(u'%40.40s' % u'')")
        #lines.append((u'%40.40s' % u' ') + u"(u'%40.40s' % u' ')")
        #lines.append((u'%40.40s' % u'.') + u"(u'%40.40s' % u'.')")
        #lines.append(line_template)
        lines.append(line_template % ('', '', title_left, title_right))
        if append_type:
                lines.append(line_template % ('', _('<type>'), type_left, type_right))

        if ignore_diff_in_keys is None:
                ignore_diff_in_keys = []

        for key in keys_d1:
                append_type = False
                txt_left_col = '%s' % d1[key]
                try:
                        txt_right_col = '%s' % d2[key]
                        if type(d1[key]) != type(d2[key]):
                                append_type = True
                except KeyError:
                        txt_right_col = missing_string
                lines.append(line_template % (
                        bool2subst (
                                ((txt_left_col == txt_right_col) or (key in ignore_diff_in_keys)),
                                '',
                                difference_indicator
                        ),
                        key,
                        shorten_text(txt_left_col, max_data_len),
                        shorten_text(txt_right_col, max_data_len)
                ))
                if append_type:
                        lines.append(line_template % (
                                '',
                                _('<type>'),
                                shorten_text('%s' % type(d1[key]), max_data_len),
                                shorten_text('%s' % type(d2[key]), max_data_len)
                        ))

        for key in keys_d2:
                if key in keys_d1:
                        continue
                lines.append(line_template % (
                        bool2subst((key in ignore_diff_in_keys), '', difference_indicator),
                        key,
                        shorten_text(missing_string, max_data_len),
                        shorten_text('%s' % d2[key], max_data_len)
                ))

        return lines
def get_icon(wx=None)
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def get_icon(wx=None):

        paths = gmPaths(app_name = 'gnumed', wx = wx)

        candidates = [
                os.path.join(paths.system_app_data_dir, 'bitmaps', 'gm_icon-serpent_and_gnu.png'),
                os.path.join(paths.local_base_dir, 'bitmaps', 'gm_icon-serpent_and_gnu.png'),
                os.path.join(paths.system_app_data_dir, 'bitmaps', 'serpent.png'),
                os.path.join(paths.local_base_dir, 'bitmaps', 'serpent.png')
        ]

        found_as = None
        for candidate in candidates:
                try:
                        open(candidate, 'r').close()
                        found_as = candidate
                        break
                except IOError:
                        _log.debug('icon not found in [%s]', candidate)

        if found_as is None:
                _log.warning('no icon file found, falling back to builtin (ugly) icon')
                icon_bmp_data = wx.BitmapFromXPMData(pickle.loads(zlib.decompress(__icon_serpent)))
                icon = wx.Icon()
                icon.CopyFromBitmap(icon_bmp_data)
        else:
                _log.debug('icon found in [%s]', found_as)
                icon = wx.Icon()
                try:
                        icon.LoadFile(found_as, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ANY)             #_PNG
                except AttributeError:
                        _log.exception("this platform doesn't support wx.Icon().LoadFile()")

        return icon
def get_unique_filename(prefix: str = None, suffix: str = None, tmp_dir: str = None, include_timestamp: bool = False) ‑> str

Generate a unique filename.

Args

prefix
use this prefix to the filename, default 'gm-', '' means "no prefix"
suffix
use this suffix to the filename, default '.tmp'
tmp_dir
generate filename based suitable for this directory, default system tmpdir
include_timestamp
include current timestamp within the filename

Returns

The full path of a unique file not existing at this moment. There is a TOCTOU race conditition between generating the filename here and actually using the filename in callers.

Note: The file will NOT exist after calling this function.

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def get_unique_filename(prefix:str=None, suffix:str=None, tmp_dir:str=None, include_timestamp:bool=False) -> str:
        """Generate a unique filename.

        Args:
                prefix: use this prefix to the filename, default 'gm-', '' means "no prefix"
                suffix: use this suffix to the filename, default '.tmp'
                tmp_dir: generate filename based suitable for this directory, default system tmpdir
                include_timestamp: include current timestamp within the filename

        Returns:
                The full path of a unique file not existing at this moment.

        There is a TOCTOU race conditition between generating the
        filename here and actually using the filename in callers.

        Note: The file will NOT exist after calling this function.
        """
        if tmp_dir is None:
                gmPaths()               # setup tmp dir if necessary
        else:
                if (
                        not os.access(tmp_dir, os.F_OK)
                                or
                        not os.access(tmp_dir, os.X_OK | os.W_OK)
                ):
                        _log.warning('cannot os.access() temporary dir [%s], using system default', tmp_dir)
                        tmp_dir = None

        if include_timestamp:
                ts = pydt.datetime.now().strftime('%m%d-%H%M%S-')
        else:
                ts = ''
        kwargs:dict[str, Any] = {
                'dir': tmp_dir,
                #  make sure file gets deleted as soon as it is
                # .close()d so we can "safely" open it again
                'delete': True
        }
        if prefix is None:
                kwargs['prefix'] = 'gm-%s' % ts
        else:
                kwargs['prefix'] = prefix + ts
        if suffix in [None, '']:
                kwargs['suffix'] = '.tmp'
        else:
                if not suffix.startswith('.'):
                        suffix = '.' + suffix
                kwargs['suffix'] = suffix
        f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(**kwargs)
        filename = f.name
        f.close()

        return filename
def handle_uncaught_exception_console(t, v, tb)
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def handle_uncaught_exception_console(t, v, tb):

        print(".========================================================")
        print("| Unhandled exception caught !")
        print("| Type :", t)
        print("| Value:", v)
        print("`========================================================")
        _log.critical('unhandled exception caught', exc_info = (t,v,tb))
        sys.__excepthook__(t,v,tb)
def html_escape_string(text=None, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False)
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def html_escape_string(text=None, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False):
        text = ''.join(__html_escape_table.get(char, char) for char in text)
        if replace_eol:
                if keep_visual_eol:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '<br>\n')
                else:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '<br>')
        return text
def import_module_from_directory(module_path=None, module_name=None, always_remove_path=False)

Import a module from any location.

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def import_module_from_directory(module_path=None, module_name=None, always_remove_path=False):
        """Import a module from any location."""

        _log.debug('CWD: %s', os.getcwd())
        remove_path = always_remove_path or False
        if module_path not in sys.path:
                _log.info('appending to sys.path: [%s]' % module_path)
                sys.path.append(module_path)
                remove_path = True

        _log.debug('will remove import path: %s', remove_path)

        if module_name.endswith('.py'):
                module_name = module_name[:-3]

        try:
                module = __import__(module_name)
        except Exception:
                _log.exception('cannot __import__() module [%s] from [%s]' % (module_name, module_path))
                while module_path in sys.path:
                        sys.path.remove(module_path)
                raise

        _log.info('imported module [%s] as [%s]' % (module_name, module))
        if remove_path:
                while module_path in sys.path:
                        sys.path.remove(module_path)

        return module
def input2decimal(initial=None)
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def input2decimal(initial=None):

        if isinstance(initial, decimal.Decimal):
                return True, initial

        val = initial

        # float ? -> to string first
        if type(val) == type(float(1.4)):
                val = str(val)

        # string ? -> "," to "."
        if isinstance(val, str):
                val = val.replace(',', '.', 1)
                val = val.strip()

        try:
                d = decimal.Decimal(val)
                return True, d
        except (TypeError, decimal.InvalidOperation):
                return False, val
def input2int(initial=None, minval=None, maxval=None)
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def input2int(initial=None, minval=None, maxval=None):

        val = initial

        # string ? -> "," to "."
        if isinstance(val, str):
                val = val.replace(',', '.', 1)
                val = val.strip()

        try:
                int_val = int(val)
        except (TypeError, ValueError):
                _log.exception('int(%s) failed', val)
                return False, initial

        if minval is not None:
                if int_val < minval:
                        _log.debug('%s < min (%s)', val, minval)
                        return False, initial
        if maxval is not None:
                if int_val > maxval:
                        _log.debug('%s > max (%s)', val, maxval)
                        return False, initial

        return True, int_val
def json_serialize(obj)
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def json_serialize(obj):
        if isinstance(obj, pydt.datetime):
                return obj.isoformat()
        raise TypeError('cannot json_serialize(%s)' % type(obj))
def list2text(lines, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='', eol='\n', strip_leading_empty_lines=True, strip_trailing_empty_lines=True, strip_trailing_whitespace=True, max_line_width=None)
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def list2text(lines, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='', eol='\n', strip_leading_empty_lines=True, strip_trailing_empty_lines=True, strip_trailing_whitespace=True, max_line_width=None):

        if len(lines) == 0:
                return ''

        if strip_leading_empty_lines:
                lines = strip_leading_empty_lines(lines = lines, eol = eol, return_list = True)

        if strip_trailing_empty_lines:
                lines = strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines = lines, eol = eol, return_list = True)

        if strip_trailing_whitespace:
                lines = [ l.rstrip() for l in lines ]

        if max_line_width is not None:
                wrapped_lines = []
                for l in lines:
                        wrapped_lines.extend(wrap(l, max_line_width).split('\n'))
                lines = wrapped_lines

        indented_lines = [initial_indent + lines[0]]
        indented_lines.extend([ subsequent_indent + l for l in lines[1:] ])

        return eol.join(indented_lines)
def mk_sandbox_dir(prefix: str = None, base_dir: str = None) ‑> str

Create a sandbox directory.

Args

prefix
use this prefix to the directory name
base_dir
create sandbox inside this directory, or else in the temp dir

Returns

The newly created sandbox directory.

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def mk_sandbox_dir(prefix:str=None, base_dir:str=None) -> str:
        """Create a sandbox directory.

        Args:
                prefix: use this prefix to the directory name
                base_dir: create sandbox inside this directory, or else in the temp dir

        Returns:
                The newly created sandbox directory.
        """
        if base_dir is None:
                base_dir = gmPaths().tmp_dir
        else:
                if not os.path.isdir(base_dir):
                        mkdir(base_dir, mode = 0o0700)  # (invoking user only)
        if prefix is None:
                prefix = 'sndbx-'
        return tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = prefix, suffix = '', dir = base_dir)
def mkdir(directory: str = None, mode=None) ‑> bool

Create directory.

  • creates parent dirs if necessary
  • does not fail if directory exists

Args

mode
numeric, say 0o0700 for "-rwx------"

Returns

True/False based on success

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def mkdir(directory:str=None, mode=None) -> bool:
        """Create directory.

        - creates parent dirs if necessary
        - does not fail if directory exists

        Args:
                mode: numeric, say 0o0700 for "-rwx------"

        Returns:
                True/False based on success
        """
        if os.path.isdir(directory):
                if mode is None:
                        return True

                changed = False
                old_umask = os.umask(0)
                try:
                        # does not WORK !
                        #os.chmod(directory, mode, follow_symlinks = (os.chmod in os.supports_follow_symlinks)) # can't do better
                        os.chmod(directory, mode)
                        changed = True
                finally:
                        os.umask(old_umask)
                return changed

        if mode is None:
                os.makedirs(directory)
                return True

        old_umask = os.umask(0)
        try:
                os.makedirs(directory, mode)
        finally:
                os.umask(old_umask)
        return True

Create a symbolic link.

Args

physical_name
the pre-existing filesystem object the symlink is to point to
link_name
the name of the symlink pointing to the existing filesystem object
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def mklink(physical_name:str, link_name:str, overwrite:bool=False) -> bool:
        """Create a symbolic link.

        Args:
                physical_name: the pre-existing filesystem object the symlink is to point to
                link_name: the name of the symlink pointing to the existing filesystem object
        """
        _log.debug('creating symlink (overwrite = %s):', overwrite)
        _log.debug('link [%s] =>', link_name)
        _log.debug('=> physical [%s]', physical_name)

        if os.path.exists(link_name):
                _log.debug('link exists')
                if overwrite:
                        return True                     # unsafe :/
                return False

        try:
                os.symlink(physical_name, link_name)
        except (AttributeError, NotImplementedError):
                _log.debug('this Python does not have os.symlink(), trying via ctypes')
                __make_symlink_on_windows(physical_name, link_name)
        except PermissionError:
                _log.exception('cannot create link')
                return False
        #except OSError:
        #       unprivileged on Windows
        return True
def none_if(value=None, none_equivalent=None, strip_string=False)

Modelled after the SQL NULLIF function.

Args

value
the value to test for "none"-likeness
none_equivalent
values to be considered eqivalent to "none"
strip_string
apply .strip() to value
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def none_if(value=None, none_equivalent=None, strip_string=False):
        """Modelled after the SQL NULLIF function.

        Args:
                value: the value to test for "none"-likeness
                none_equivalent: values to be considered eqivalent to "none"
                strip_string: apply .strip() to value
        """
        if value is None:
                return None

        if strip_string:
                stripped = value.strip()
        else:
                stripped = value
        if stripped == none_equivalent:
                return None

        #return value
        return stripped
def normalize_dict_like(d, required_keys, missing_key_template='<[%(key)s] MISSING>')
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def normalize_dict_like(d, required_keys, missing_key_template='<[%(key)s] MISSING>'):
        for key in required_keys:
                try:
                        d[key]
                except KeyError:
                        if missing_key_template is None:
                                d[key] = None
                        else:
                                d[key] = missing_key_template % {'key': key}
        return d
def normalize_path(path: str) ‑> str
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def normalize_path(path:str) -> str:
        norm_path = os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path)))
        _log.debug('%s -> %s', path, norm_path)
        return norm_path
def old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data, encoding='utf-8')
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def old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data, encoding='utf-8'):
        for line in unicode_csv_data:
                yield line.encode(encoding)
def old_unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=csv.excel, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs)
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def old_unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=csv.excel, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):

        # csv.py doesn't do Unicode; encode temporarily as UTF-8:
        try:
                is_dict_reader = kwargs['dict']
                del kwargs['dict']
                if is_dict_reader is not True:
                        raise KeyError
                kwargs['restkey'] = default_csv_reader_rest_key
                csv_reader = csv.DictReader(old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data), dialect=dialect, **kwargs)
        except KeyError:
                is_dict_reader = False
                csv_reader = csv.reader(old_unicode2charset_encoder(unicode_csv_data), dialect=dialect, **kwargs)

        for row in csv_reader:
                # decode ENCODING back to Unicode, cell by cell:
                if is_dict_reader:
                        for key in row:
                                if key == default_csv_reader_rest_key:
                                        old_data = row[key]
                                        new_data = []
                                        for val in old_data:
                                                new_data.append(str(val, encoding))
                                        row[key] = new_data
                                        if default_csv_reader_rest_key not in csv_reader.fieldnames:
                                                csv_reader.fieldnames.append(default_csv_reader_rest_key)
                                else:
                                        row[key] = str(row[key], encoding)
                        yield row
                else:
                        yield [ str(cell, encoding) for cell in row ]
                        #yield [str(cell, 'utf-8') for cell in row]
def parent_dir(directory: str) ‑> str

/tmp/path/subdir/ -> /tmp/path/

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def parent_dir(directory:str) -> str:
        """/tmp/path/subdir/ -> /tmp/path/"""
        return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(directory, '..'))
def prompted_input(prompt=None, default=None)

Obtain entry from standard input.

CTRL-C aborts and returns None

Args

prompt
Prompt text to display in standard output
default
Default value (for user to press enter only)

Returns

The input, default, or None.

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def prompted_input(prompt=None, default=None):
        """Obtain entry from standard input.

        CTRL-C aborts and returns _None_

        Args:
                prompt: Prompt text to display in standard output
                default: Default value (for user to press enter only)

        Returns:
                The input, _default_, or _None_.
        """
        if prompt is None:
                msg = '(CTRL-C aborts)'
        else:
                msg = '%s (CTRL-C aborts)' % prompt

        if default is None:
                msg = msg + ': '
        else:
                msg = '%s [%s]: ' % (msg, default)

        try:
                usr_input = input(msg)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
                return None

        if usr_input == '':
                return default

        return usr_input
def recode_file(source_file=None, target_file=None, source_encoding='utf8', target_encoding=None, base_dir=None, error_mode='replace')
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def recode_file(source_file=None, target_file=None, source_encoding='utf8', target_encoding=None, base_dir=None, error_mode='replace'):
        if target_encoding is None:
                return source_file

        if target_encoding == source_encoding:
                return source_file

        if target_file is None:
                target_file = get_unique_filename (
                        prefix = '%s-%s_%s-' % (fname_stem(source_file), source_encoding, target_encoding),
                        suffix = fname_extension(source_file, '.txt'),
                        tmp_dir = base_dir
                )
        _log.debug('[%s] -> [%s] (%s -> %s)', source_encoding, target_encoding, source_file, target_file)
        in_file = open(source_file, mode = 'rt', encoding = source_encoding)
        out_file = open(target_file, mode = 'wt', encoding = target_encoding, errors = error_mode)
        for line in in_file:
                out_file.write(line)
        out_file.close()
        in_file.close()
        return target_file
def remove_file(filename: str, log_error: bool = True, force: bool = False) ‑> bool

Remove a file.

Args

filename
file to remove
force
if remove does not work attempt to rename the file

Returns

True/False: Removed or not.

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def remove_file(filename:str, log_error:bool=True, force:bool=False) -> bool:
        """Remove a file.

        Args:
                filename: file to remove
                force: if remove does not work attempt to rename the file

        Returns:
                True/False: Removed or not.
        """
        if not os.path.lexists(filename):
                return True

        # attempt file removal and ignore (but log) errors
        try:
                os.remove(filename)
                return True

        except Exception:
                if log_error:
                        _log.exception('cannot os.remove(%s)', filename)
        if not force:
                return False

        tmp_name = get_unique_filename(tmp_dir = fname_dir(filename))
        _log.debug('attempting os.replace(%s -> %s)', filename, tmp_name)
        try:
                os.replace(filename, tmp_name)
                return True

        except Exception:
                if log_error:
                        _log.exception('cannot os.replace(%s)', filename)
        return False
def rename_file(filename: str, new_filename: str, overwrite: bool = False, allow_symlink: bool = False, allow_hardlink: bool = True) ‑> bool

Rename a file.

Args

filename
source filename
new_filename
target filename
overwrite
overwrite existing target ?
allow_symlink
allow soft links ?
allow_hardlink
allow hard links ?

Returns

True/False: Renamed or not.

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def rename_file(filename:str, new_filename:str, overwrite:bool=False, allow_symlink:bool=False, allow_hardlink:bool=True) -> bool:
        """Rename a file.

        Args:
                filename: source filename
                new_filename: target filename
                overwrite: overwrite existing target ?
                allow_symlink: allow soft links ?
                allow_hardlink: allow hard links ?

        Returns:
                True/False: Renamed or not.
        """
        _log.debug('renaming: [%s] -> [%s]', filename, new_filename)
        if filename == new_filename:
                _log.debug('no copy onto self')
                return True

        if not os.path.lexists(filename):
                _log.error('source does not exist')
                return False

        if overwrite and not remove_file(new_filename, force = True):
                _log.error('cannot remove existing target')
                return False

        try:
                shutil.move(filename, new_filename)
                return True

        except OSError:
                _log.exception('shutil.move() failed')

        try:
                os.replace(filename, new_filename)
                return True

        except Exception:
                _log.exception('os.replace() failed')

        if allow_hardlink:
                try:
                        os.link(filename, new_filename)
                        return True

                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('os.link() failed')

        if allow_symlink:
                try:
                        os.symlink(filename, new_filename)
                        return True

                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('os.symlink() failed')

        return False
def rm_dir_content(directory: str) ‑> bool

Remove the content of directory.

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def rm_dir_content(directory:str) -> bool:
        """Remove the content of _directory_.
        """
        _log.debug('cleaning out [%s]', directory)
        try:
                items = os.listdir(directory)
        except OSError:
                return False

        for item in items:
                # attempt file/link removal and ignore (but log) errors
                full_item = os.path.join(directory, item)
                try:
                        os.remove(full_item)
                except OSError:         # as per the docs, this is a directory
                        _log.debug('[%s] seems to be a subdirectory', full_item)
                        errors = rmdir(full_item)
                        if errors > 0:
                                return False

                except Exception:
                        _log.exception('cannot os.remove(%s) [a file or a link]', full_item)
                        return False

        return True
def rmdir(directory: str) ‑> int

Remove a directory and its content.

Returns

Count of items that were not removable. IOW, 0 = success.

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def rmdir(directory:str) -> int:
        """Remove a directory _and_ its content.

        Returns:
                Count of items that were not removable. IOW, 0 = success.
        """
        #-------------------------------
        def _on_rm_error(func, path, exc):
                _log.error('error while shutil.rmtree(%s)', path, exc_info=exc)
                return True

        #-------------------------------
        error_count = 0
        try:
                shutil.rmtree(directory, False, _on_rm_error)
        except Exception:
                _log.exception('cannot shutil.rmtree(%s)', directory)
                error_count += 1
        return error_count
def rst2html(rst_text, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False)
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def rst2html(rst_text, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False):
        global du_core
        if du_core is None:
                try:
                        from docutils import core as du_core
                except ImportError:
                        _log.warning('cannot turn ReST into HTML: docutils not installed')
                        return html_escape_string(text = rst_text, replace_eol=False, keep_visual_eol=False)

        parts = du_core.publish_parts (
                source = rst_text.replace('\\', '\\\\'),
                source_path = '<internal>',
                writer_name = 'latex',
                #destination_path = '/path/to/LaTeX-template/for/calculating/relative/links/template.tex',
                settings_overrides = {
                        'input_encoding': 'unicode'             # un-encoded unicode
                },
                enable_exit_status = True                       # how to use ?
        )
        return parts['body']
def rst2latex_snippet(rst_text)
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def rst2latex_snippet(rst_text):
        global du_core
        if du_core is None:
                try:
                        from docutils import core as du_core
                except ImportError:
                        _log.warning('cannot turn ReST into LaTeX: docutils not installed')
                        return tex_escape_string(text = rst_text)

        parts = du_core.publish_parts (
                source = rst_text.replace('\\', '\\\\'),
                source_path = '<internal>',
                writer_name = 'latex',
                #destination_path = '/path/to/LaTeX-template/for/calculating/relative/links/template.tex',
                settings_overrides = {
                        'input_encoding': 'unicode'             # un-encoded unicode
                },
                enable_exit_status = True                       # how to use ?
        )
        return parts['body']
def shorten_text(text=None, max_length=None)
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def shorten_text(text=None, max_length=None):

        if len(text) <= max_length:
                return text

        return text[:max_length-1] + u_ellipsis
def shorten_words_in_line(text=None, max_length=None, min_word_length=None, ignore_numbers=True, ellipsis='…')
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def shorten_words_in_line(text=None, max_length=None, min_word_length=None, ignore_numbers=True, ellipsis=u_ellipsis):
        if text is None:
                return None
        if max_length is None:
                max_length = len(text)
        else:
                if len(text) <= max_length:
                        return text
        old_words = regex.split('\s+', text, flags = regex.UNICODE)
        no_old_words = len(old_words)
        max_word_length = max(min_word_length, (max_length // no_old_words))
        words = []
        for word in old_words:
                if len(word) <= max_word_length:
                        words.append(word)
                        continue
                if ignore_numbers:
                        tmp = word.replace('-', '').replace('+', '').replace('.', '').replace(',', '').replace('/', '').replace('&', '').replace('*', '')
                        if tmp.isdigit():
                                words.append(word)
                                continue
                words.append(word[:max_word_length] + ellipsis)
        return ' '.join(words)
def size2str(size=0, template='%s')
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def size2str(size=0, template='%s'):
        if size == 1:
                return template % _('1 Byte')
        if size < 10 * _kB:
                return template % _('%s Bytes') % size
        if size < _MB:
                return template % '%.1f kB' % (float(size) / _kB)
        if size < _GB:
                return template % '%.1f MB' % (float(size) / _MB)
        if size < _TB:
                return template % '%.1f GB' % (float(size) / _GB)
        if size < _PB:
                return template % '%.1f TB' % (float(size) / _TB)
        return template % '%.1f PB' % (float(size) / _PB)
def strip_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True)
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def strip_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True):
        return strip_trailing_empty_lines (
                lines = strip_leading_empty_lines(lines = lines, text = text, eol = eol, return_list = True),
                text = None,
                eol = eol,
                return_list = return_list
        )
def strip_leading_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True)
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def strip_leading_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True):
        if lines is None:
                lines = text.split(eol)

        while True:
                if lines[0].strip(eol).strip() != '':
                        break
                lines = lines[1:]

        if return_list:
                return lines

        return eol.join(lines)
def strip_prefix(text, prefix, remove_repeats=False, remove_whitespace=False)
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def strip_prefix(text, prefix, remove_repeats=False, remove_whitespace=False):
        if remove_whitespace:
                text = text.lstrip()
        if not text.startswith(prefix):
                return text

        text = text.replace(prefix, '', 1)
        if not remove_repeats:
                if remove_whitespace:
                        return text.lstrip()
                return text

        return strip_prefix(text, prefix, remove_repeats = True, remove_whitespace = remove_whitespace)
def strip_suffix(text, suffix, remove_repeats=False, remove_whitespace=False)
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def strip_suffix(text, suffix, remove_repeats=False, remove_whitespace=False):
        suffix_len = len(suffix)
        if remove_repeats:
                if remove_whitespace:
                        while text.rstrip().endswith(suffix):
                                text = text.rstrip()[:-suffix_len].rstrip()
                        return text
                while text.endswith(suffix):
                        text = text[:-suffix_len]
                return text
        if remove_whitespace:
                return text.rstrip()[:-suffix_len].rstrip()
        return text[:-suffix_len]
def strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True)
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def strip_trailing_empty_lines(lines=None, text=None, eol='\n', return_list=True):
        if lines is None:
                lines = text.split(eol)

        while True:
                if lines[-1].strip(eol).strip() != '':
                        break
                lines = lines[:-1]

        if return_list:
                return lines

        return eol.join(lines)
def tex_escape_string(text: str = None, replace_known_unicode: bool = True, replace_eol: bool = False, keep_visual_eol: bool = False) ‑> str

Check for special TeX characters and transform them.

    Args:
            text: plain (unicode) text to escape for LaTeX processing,
                    note that any valid LaTeX code contained within will be
                    escaped, too
            replace_eol: replaces "

" with "\newline{}" keep_visual_eol: replaces " " with "\newline{}% " such that both LaTeX will know to place a line break at this point as well as the visual formatting is preserved in the LaTeX source (think multi- row table cells)

    Returns:
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def tex_escape_string(text:str=None, replace_known_unicode:bool=True, replace_eol:bool=False, keep_visual_eol:bool=False) -> str:
        """Check for special TeX characters and transform them.

        Args:
                text: plain (unicode) text to escape for LaTeX processing,
                        note that any valid LaTeX code contained within will be
                        escaped, too
                replace_eol: replaces "\n" with "\\newline{}"
                keep_visual_eol: replaces "\n" with "\\newline{}%\n" such that
                        both LaTeX will know to place a line break
                        at this point as well as the visual formatting
                        is preserved in the LaTeX source (think multi-
                        row table cells)

        Returns:
        """
        # must happen first
        text = text.replace('{', '-----{{{{{-----')
        text = text.replace('}', '-----}}}}}-----')

        text = text.replace('\\', '\\textbackslash{}')                  # requires \usepackage{textcomp} in LaTeX source

        text = text.replace('-----{{{{{-----', '\\{{}')
        text = text.replace('-----}}}}}-----', '\\}{}')

        text = text.replace('^', '\\textasciicircum{}')
        text = text.replace('~', '\\textasciitilde{}')

        text = text.replace('%', '\\%{}')
        text = text.replace('&', '\\&{}')
        text = text.replace('#', '\\#{}')
        text = text.replace('$', '\\${}')
        text = text.replace('_', '\\_{}')
        if replace_eol:
                if keep_visual_eol:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '\\newline{}%\n')
                else:
                        text = text.replace('\n', '\\newline{}')

        if replace_known_unicode:
                # this should NOT be replaced for Xe(La)Tex
                text = text.replace(u_euro, '\\euro{}')         # requires \usepackage[official]{eurosym} in LaTeX source
                text = text.replace(u_sum, '$\\Sigma$')

        return text
def unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=csv.excel, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs)
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def unicode_csv_reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=csv.excel, encoding='utf-8', **kwargs):
        try:
                is_dict_reader = kwargs['dict']
                del kwargs['dict']
        except KeyError:
                is_dict_reader = False

        if is_dict_reader:
                kwargs['restkey'] = default_csv_reader_rest_key
                return csv.DictReader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=dialect, **kwargs)
        return csv.reader(unicode_csv_data, dialect=dialect, **kwargs)
def unwrap(text=None, max_length=None, strip_whitespace=True, remove_empty_lines=True, line_separator=' // ')
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def unwrap(text=None, max_length=None, strip_whitespace=True, remove_empty_lines=True, line_separator = ' // '):

        text = text.replace('\r', '')
        lines = text.split('\n')
        text = ''
        for line in lines:

                if strip_whitespace:
                        line = line.strip().strip('\t').strip()

                if remove_empty_lines:
                        if line == '':
                                continue

                text += ('%s%s' % (line, line_separator))

        text = text.rstrip(line_separator)

        if max_length is not None:
                text = text[:max_length]

        text = text.rstrip(line_separator)

        return text
def unzip_archive(archive_name, target_dir=None, remove_archive=False)
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def unzip_archive(archive_name, target_dir=None, remove_archive=False):
        _log.debug('unzipping [%s] -> [%s]', archive_name, target_dir)
        success = False
        try:
                with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_name) as archive:
                        archive.extractall(target_dir)
                success = True
        except Exception:
                _log.exception('cannot unzip')
                return False
        if remove_archive:
                remove_file(archive_name)
        return success
def wrap(text=None, width=None, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='', eol='\n')

A word-wrap function that preserves existing line breaks and most spaces in the text. Expects that existing line breaks are posix newlines ( ).

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def wrap(text=None, width=None, initial_indent='', subsequent_indent='', eol='\n'):
        """A word-wrap function that preserves existing line breaks
        and most spaces in the text. Expects that existing line
        breaks are posix newlines (\n).
        """
        if width is None:
                return text

        wrapped = initial_indent + functools.reduce (
                lambda line, word, width=width: '%s%s%s' % (
                        line,
                        ' \n'[(len(line) - line.rfind('\n') - 1 + len(word.split('\n',1)[0]) >= width)],
                        word
                ),
                text.split(' ')
        )
        if subsequent_indent != '':
                wrapped = ('\n%s' % subsequent_indent).join(wrapped.split('\n'))
        if eol != '\n':
                wrapped = wrapped.replace('\n', eol)
        return wrapped
def xetex_escape_string(text=None)
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def xetex_escape_string(text=None):
        # a web search did not reveal anything else for Xe(La)Tex
        # as opposed to LaTeX, except true unicode chars
        return tex_escape_string(text = text, replace_known_unicode = False)
def xml_escape_string(text=None)

check for special XML characters and transform them

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def xml_escape_string(text=None):
        """check for special XML characters and transform them"""
        return xml_tools.escape(text)
def xor(val1, val2, undefined_values: list = None) ‑> bool

Test values for not both being in xors list.

In this context undefined means for a value to be contained in .

Defined is to mean the opposite.

This can be used to assert mutually exclusive function inputs (say, a patient name and a patient PK for a search function).

Args

val1
value to check
val2
value to check
undefined_values
in which either one or the other value must not be contained

Returns

True if only one of the values is defined. False if both values are undefined or defined.

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def xor(val1, val2, undefined_values:list=None) -> bool:
        """Test values for not both being in xors list.

        In this context _undefined_ means for a value to be
        contained in <undefined_values>.

        _Defined_ is to mean the opposite.

        This can be used to assert mutually exclusive function
        inputs (say, a patient name and a patient PK for a search
        function).

        Args:
                val1: value to check
                val2: value to check
                undefined_values: in which *either* one *or* the other value must not be contained

        Returns:
                True if only one of the values is defined.
                False if both values are undefined or defined.
        """
        if undefined_values is None:
                undefined_values = [None]
        if (val1 in undefined_values) and (val2 in undefined_values):
                # none of the values is defined
                return False

        if (val1 not in undefined_values) and (val2 not in undefined_values):
                # both values are defined
                return False

        return True

Classes

class gmPaths (app_name: str = None, wx=None)

Singleton class providing standard paths.

  • .home_dir: user home

  • .local_base_dir: script installation dir

  • .working_dir: current dir

  • .user_config_dir, in the following order: - ~/.config/gnumed/ - ~/

  • .user_appdata_dir, in the following order: - ~/.local/gnumed/ - ~/

  • .system_config_dir

  • .system_app_data_dir

  • .tmp_dir: instance-local

  • .user_tmp_dir: user-local (NOT per instance)

  • .bytea_cache_dir: caches downloaded BYTEA data

  • .user_work_dir: app specific user work dir, say, ~/gnumed/

It will take into account the application name.

Setup paths.

Args

app_name
name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
wx
wxPython module reference, optional, used to detect more standard paths
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class gmPaths(gmBorg.cBorg):
        """Singleton class providing standard paths.

        - .home_dir: user home

        - .local_base_dir: script installation dir

        - .working_dir: current dir

        - .user_config_dir, in the following order:
                - ~/.config/gnumed/
                - ~/

        - .user_appdata_dir, in the following order:
                - ~/.local/gnumed/
                - ~/

        - .system_config_dir

        - .system_app_data_dir

        - .tmp_dir: instance-local

        - .user_tmp_dir: user-local (NOT per instance)

        - .bytea_cache_dir: caches downloaded BYTEA data

        - .user_work_dir: app specific user work dir, say, ~/gnumed/

        It will take into account the application name.
        """
        def __init__(self, app_name:str=None, wx=None):
                """Setup paths.

                Args:
                        app_name: name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
                        wx: wxPython module reference, optional, used to detect more standard paths
                """
                if hasattr(self, 'already_inited'):
                        if not wx:
                                return
                        if self.__wx:
                                return

                self.__wx = wx
                self.init_paths(app_name = app_name)
                self.already_inited:bool = True

        #--------------------------------------
        # public API
        #--------------------------------------
        def init_paths(self, app_name:str=None, wx=None) -> bool:
                """Detect paths in the system.

                Args:
                        app_name: name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
                        wx: wxPython module reference, optional, used to better detect standard paths
                """
                if not self.__wx:
                        self.__wx = wx
                if not self.__wx:
                        _log.debug('wxPython not available')
                _log.debug('detecting paths directly')

                if app_name is None:
                        app_name, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
                        _log.info('app name detected as [%s]', app_name)
                else:
                        _log.info('app name passed in as [%s]', app_name)

                # the user home, doesn't work in Wine so work around that
                self.__home_dir = None

                # where the main script (the "binary") is installed
                if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
                        _log.info('frozen app, installed into temporary path')
                        # this would find the path of *THIS* file
                        #self.local_base_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
                        # while this is documented on the web, the ${_MEIPASS2} does not exist
                        #self.local_base_dir = os.environ.get('_MEIPASS2')
                        # this is what Martin Zibricky <mzibr.public@gmail.com> told us to use
                        # when asking about this on pyinstaller@googlegroups.com
                        #self.local_base_dir = sys._MEIPASS
                        # however, we are --onedir, so we should look at sys.executable
                        # as per the pyinstaller manual
                        self.local_base_dir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
                else:
                        self.local_base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))

                # the current working dir at the OS
                self.working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)

                # user-specific config dir, usually below the home dir, default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
                _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.config', app_name)
                if not mkdir(_dir):
                        _log.error('cannot make config dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                        _dir = self.home_dir
                self.user_config_dir = _dir

                # user-specific app dir, usually below the home dir
                mkdir(os.path.join(self.home_dir, app_name))
                self.user_work_dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, app_name)

                # user-specific app data/state dir, usually below home dir
                _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.local', app_name)
                if not mkdir(_dir):
                        _log.error('cannot make data/state dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                        _dir = self.home_dir
                self.user_appdata_dir = _dir

                # system-wide config dir, under UN*X usually below /etc/
                try:
                        self.system_config_dir = os.path.join('/etc', app_name)
                except ValueError:
                        #self.system_config_dir = self.local_base_dir
                        self.system_config_dir = self.user_config_dir

                # system-wide application data dir
                try:
                        self.system_app_data_dir = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share', app_name)
                except ValueError:
                        self.system_app_data_dir = self.local_base_dir

                # temporary directory
                try:
                        self.__tmp_dir_already_set
                        _log.debug('temp dir already set')
                except AttributeError:
                        _log.info('temp file prefix: %s', tempfile.gettempprefix())
                        _log.info('initial (user level) temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                        bytes_free = shutil.disk_usage(tempfile.gettempdir()).free
                        _log.info('free disk space for temp dir: %s (%s bytes)', size2str(size = bytes_free), bytes_free)
                        # $TMP/gnumed-$USER/
                        self.user_tmp_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), '%s-%s' % (app_name, getpass.getuser()))
                        mkdir(self.user_tmp_dir, 0o700)
                        _log.info('intermediate (app+user level) temp dir: %s', self.user_tmp_dir)
                        # $TMP/gnumed-$USER/g-$UNIQUE/
                        tempfile.tempdir = self.user_tmp_dir # tell mkdtemp about intermediate dir
                        self.tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = 'g-') # will set tempfile.tempdir as side effect
                        _log.info('final (app instance level) temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                create_directory_description_file(directory = self.tmp_dir, readme = 'client instance tmp dir')

                # BYTEA cache dir
                cache_dir = os.path.join(self.user_tmp_dir, '.bytea_cache')
                try:
                        stat = os.stat(cache_dir)
                        _log.warning('reusing BYTEA cache dir: %s', cache_dir)
                        _log.debug(stat)
                except FileNotFoundError:
                        mkdir(cache_dir, mode = 0o0700)
                self.bytea_cache_dir = cache_dir
                create_directory_description_file(directory = self.bytea_cache_dir, readme = 'cache dir for BYTEA data')

                self.__log_paths()
                if not self.__wx:
                        return True

                # retry with wxPython
                _log.debug('re-detecting paths with wxPython')
                std_paths = self.__wx.StandardPaths.Get()
                _log.info('wxPython app name is [%s]', self.__wx.GetApp().GetAppName())

                # user-specific config dir, usually below the home dir
                _dir = std_paths.UserConfigDir
                if _dir == self.home_dir:
                        _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.config', app_name)
                else:
                        _dir = os.path.join(_dir, '.%s' % app_name)
                if not mkdir(_dir):
                        _log.error('cannot make config dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                        _dir = self.home_dir
                self.user_config_dir = _dir

                # system-wide config dir, usually below /etc/ under UN*X
                try:
                        tmp = std_paths.GetConfigDir()
                        if not tmp.endswith(app_name):
                                tmp = os.path.join(tmp, app_name)
                        self.system_config_dir = tmp
                except ValueError:
                        # leave it at what it was from direct detection
                        pass

                # system-wide application data dir
                # Robin attests that the following doesn't always
                # give sane values on Windows, so IFDEF it
                if 'wxMSW' in self.__wx.PlatformInfo:
                        _log.warning('this platform (wxMSW) sometimes returns a broken value for the system-wide application data dir')
                else:
                        try:
                                self.system_app_data_dir = std_paths.GetDataDir()
                        except ValueError:
                                pass

                self.__log_paths()
                return True

        #--------------------------------------
        def __log_paths(self):
                _log.debug('sys.argv[0]: %s', sys.argv[0])
                _log.debug('sys.executable: %s', sys.executable)
                _log.debug('sys._MEIPASS: %s', getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', '<not found>'))
                _log.debug('os.environ["_MEIPASS2"]: %s', os.environ.get('_MEIPASS2', '<not found>'))
                _log.debug('__file__ : %s', __file__)
                _log.debug('local application base dir: %s', self.local_base_dir)
                _log.debug('current working dir: %s', self.working_dir)
                _log.debug('user home dir: %s', self.home_dir)
                _log.debug('user-specific config dir: %s', self.user_config_dir)
                _log.debug('user-specific application data dir: %s', self.user_appdata_dir)
                _log.debug('system-wide config dir: %s', self.system_config_dir)
                _log.debug('system-wide application data dir: %s', self.system_app_data_dir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (user): %s', self.user_tmp_dir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (instance): %s', self.tmp_dir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (tempfile.tempdir): %s', tempfile.tempdir)
                _log.debug('temporary dir (tempfile.gettempdir()): %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                _log.debug('BYTEA cache dir: %s', self.bytea_cache_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        # properties
        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_user_config_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:user_config_dir]: unusable path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                self.__user_config_dir = path

        def _get_user_config_dir(self):
                """User-level application configuration data directory."""
                return self.__user_config_dir

        user_config_dir = property(_get_user_config_dir, _set_user_config_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_system_config_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:system_config_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                self.__system_config_dir = path

        def _get_system_config_dir(self):
                """System-wide application configuration directory.

                Typically not writable.
                """
                return self.__system_config_dir

        system_config_dir = property(_get_system_config_dir, _set_system_config_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_system_app_data_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:system_app_data_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                self.__system_app_data_dir = path

        def _get_system_app_data_dir(self):
                """The system-wide application data directory.

                Typically not writable.
                """
                return self.__system_app_data_dir

        system_app_data_dir = property(_get_system_app_data_dir, _set_system_app_data_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_home_dir(self, path):
                raise ValueError('invalid to set home dir')

        def _get_home_dir(self):
                """Home directory of OS user."""
                if self.__home_dir is not None:
                        return self.__home_dir

                tmp = os.path.expanduser('~')
                if tmp == '~':
                        _log.error('this platform does not expand ~ properly')
                        try:
                                tmp = os.environ['USERPROFILE']
                        except KeyError:
                                _log.error('cannot access $USERPROFILE in environment')

                if not (
                        os.access(tmp, os.R_OK)
                                and
                        os.access(tmp, os.X_OK)
                                and
                        os.access(tmp, os.W_OK)
                ):
                        msg = '[%s:home_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, tmp)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)

                self.__home_dir = tmp
                return self.__home_dir

        home_dir = property(_get_home_dir, _set_home_dir)

        #--------------------------------------
        def _set_tmp_dir(self, path):
                if not (os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)):
                        msg = '[%s:tmp_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, path)
                        _log.error(msg)
                        raise ValueError(msg)
                _log.debug('previous temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                self.__tmp_dir = path
                tempfile.tempdir = self.__tmp_dir
                _log.debug('new temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                self.__tmp_dir_already_set = True

        def _get_tmp_dir(self):
                """Temporary directory.

                - per instance of main script

                - _may_ be confined to the OS user
                """
                return self.__tmp_dir

        tmp_dir = property(_get_tmp_dir, _set_tmp_dir)

Ancestors

Instance variables

var home_dir

Home directory of OS user.

Expand source code
def _get_home_dir(self):
        """Home directory of OS user."""
        if self.__home_dir is not None:
                return self.__home_dir

        tmp = os.path.expanduser('~')
        if tmp == '~':
                _log.error('this platform does not expand ~ properly')
                try:
                        tmp = os.environ['USERPROFILE']
                except KeyError:
                        _log.error('cannot access $USERPROFILE in environment')

        if not (
                os.access(tmp, os.R_OK)
                        and
                os.access(tmp, os.X_OK)
                        and
                os.access(tmp, os.W_OK)
        ):
                msg = '[%s:home_dir]: invalid path [%s]' % (self.__class__.__name__, tmp)
                _log.error(msg)
                raise ValueError(msg)

        self.__home_dir = tmp
        return self.__home_dir
var system_app_data_dir

The system-wide application data directory.

Typically not writable.

Expand source code
def _get_system_app_data_dir(self):
        """The system-wide application data directory.

        Typically not writable.
        """
        return self.__system_app_data_dir
var system_config_dir

System-wide application configuration directory.

Typically not writable.

Expand source code
def _get_system_config_dir(self):
        """System-wide application configuration directory.

        Typically not writable.
        """
        return self.__system_config_dir
var tmp_dir

Temporary directory.

  • per instance of main script

  • may be confined to the OS user

Expand source code
def _get_tmp_dir(self):
        """Temporary directory.

        - per instance of main script

        - _may_ be confined to the OS user
        """
        return self.__tmp_dir
var user_config_dir

User-level application configuration data directory.

Expand source code
def _get_user_config_dir(self):
        """User-level application configuration data directory."""
        return self.__user_config_dir

Methods

def init_paths(self, app_name: str = None, wx=None) ‑> bool

Detect paths in the system.

Args

app_name
name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
wx
wxPython module reference, optional, used to better detect standard paths
Expand source code
def init_paths(self, app_name:str=None, wx=None) -> bool:
        """Detect paths in the system.

        Args:
                app_name: name of application, default "name of main script without .py"
                wx: wxPython module reference, optional, used to better detect standard paths
        """
        if not self.__wx:
                self.__wx = wx
        if not self.__wx:
                _log.debug('wxPython not available')
        _log.debug('detecting paths directly')

        if app_name is None:
                app_name, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
                _log.info('app name detected as [%s]', app_name)
        else:
                _log.info('app name passed in as [%s]', app_name)

        # the user home, doesn't work in Wine so work around that
        self.__home_dir = None

        # where the main script (the "binary") is installed
        if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
                _log.info('frozen app, installed into temporary path')
                # this would find the path of *THIS* file
                #self.local_base_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
                # while this is documented on the web, the ${_MEIPASS2} does not exist
                #self.local_base_dir = os.environ.get('_MEIPASS2')
                # this is what Martin Zibricky <mzibr.public@gmail.com> told us to use
                # when asking about this on pyinstaller@googlegroups.com
                #self.local_base_dir = sys._MEIPASS
                # however, we are --onedir, so we should look at sys.executable
                # as per the pyinstaller manual
                self.local_base_dir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
        else:
                self.local_base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))

        # the current working dir at the OS
        self.working_dir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)

        # user-specific config dir, usually below the home dir, default to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
        _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.config', app_name)
        if not mkdir(_dir):
                _log.error('cannot make config dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                _dir = self.home_dir
        self.user_config_dir = _dir

        # user-specific app dir, usually below the home dir
        mkdir(os.path.join(self.home_dir, app_name))
        self.user_work_dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, app_name)

        # user-specific app data/state dir, usually below home dir
        _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.local', app_name)
        if not mkdir(_dir):
                _log.error('cannot make data/state dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                _dir = self.home_dir
        self.user_appdata_dir = _dir

        # system-wide config dir, under UN*X usually below /etc/
        try:
                self.system_config_dir = os.path.join('/etc', app_name)
        except ValueError:
                #self.system_config_dir = self.local_base_dir
                self.system_config_dir = self.user_config_dir

        # system-wide application data dir
        try:
                self.system_app_data_dir = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share', app_name)
        except ValueError:
                self.system_app_data_dir = self.local_base_dir

        # temporary directory
        try:
                self.__tmp_dir_already_set
                _log.debug('temp dir already set')
        except AttributeError:
                _log.info('temp file prefix: %s', tempfile.gettempprefix())
                _log.info('initial (user level) temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
                bytes_free = shutil.disk_usage(tempfile.gettempdir()).free
                _log.info('free disk space for temp dir: %s (%s bytes)', size2str(size = bytes_free), bytes_free)
                # $TMP/gnumed-$USER/
                self.user_tmp_dir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), '%s-%s' % (app_name, getpass.getuser()))
                mkdir(self.user_tmp_dir, 0o700)
                _log.info('intermediate (app+user level) temp dir: %s', self.user_tmp_dir)
                # $TMP/gnumed-$USER/g-$UNIQUE/
                tempfile.tempdir = self.user_tmp_dir # tell mkdtemp about intermediate dir
                self.tmp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix = 'g-') # will set tempfile.tempdir as side effect
                _log.info('final (app instance level) temp dir: %s', tempfile.gettempdir())
        create_directory_description_file(directory = self.tmp_dir, readme = 'client instance tmp dir')

        # BYTEA cache dir
        cache_dir = os.path.join(self.user_tmp_dir, '.bytea_cache')
        try:
                stat = os.stat(cache_dir)
                _log.warning('reusing BYTEA cache dir: %s', cache_dir)
                _log.debug(stat)
        except FileNotFoundError:
                mkdir(cache_dir, mode = 0o0700)
        self.bytea_cache_dir = cache_dir
        create_directory_description_file(directory = self.bytea_cache_dir, readme = 'cache dir for BYTEA data')

        self.__log_paths()
        if not self.__wx:
                return True

        # retry with wxPython
        _log.debug('re-detecting paths with wxPython')
        std_paths = self.__wx.StandardPaths.Get()
        _log.info('wxPython app name is [%s]', self.__wx.GetApp().GetAppName())

        # user-specific config dir, usually below the home dir
        _dir = std_paths.UserConfigDir
        if _dir == self.home_dir:
                _dir = os.path.join(self.home_dir, '.config', app_name)
        else:
                _dir = os.path.join(_dir, '.%s' % app_name)
        if not mkdir(_dir):
                _log.error('cannot make config dir [%s], falling back to home dir', _dir)
                _dir = self.home_dir
        self.user_config_dir = _dir

        # system-wide config dir, usually below /etc/ under UN*X
        try:
                tmp = std_paths.GetConfigDir()
                if not tmp.endswith(app_name):
                        tmp = os.path.join(tmp, app_name)
                self.system_config_dir = tmp
        except ValueError:
                # leave it at what it was from direct detection
                pass

        # system-wide application data dir
        # Robin attests that the following doesn't always
        # give sane values on Windows, so IFDEF it
        if 'wxMSW' in self.__wx.PlatformInfo:
                _log.warning('this platform (wxMSW) sometimes returns a broken value for the system-wide application data dir')
        else:
                try:
                        self.system_app_data_dir = std_paths.GetDataDir()
                except ValueError:
                        pass

        self.__log_paths()
        return True