I am using Python38. I have been assigned to write a gui to edit the configuration ini file for an existing program. I have cobbled together a program which works fairly well, but when I save back to the ini file, quotes and spaces are added. My question is how do I save the text back to the ini file in the original format, ie. no extra quotes, spaces, etc...
import tkinter
import tkinter as tk # gives tk namespace
from tkinter import *
from tkinter.scrolledtext import *
import tkinter.filedialog
import tkinter.messagebox
import configparser
import string
parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
root = tkinter.Tk(className="Create and Edit Config File")
textPad = ScrolledText(root, width=100, height=30)
task_list = tk.Listbox(root, width=50, height=6)
config = configparser.ConfigParser()
config.read('Administration.ini')
UserList = (config.get('VARIABLES', 'USERS').split(','))
UserList = [i.strip('[]') for i in UserList]
UserList = [i.strip("{}") for i in UserList]
UserList = [i.strip('"') for i in UserList]
UserList = [i.strip("'") for i in UserList]
print(UserList)
SystemList = (config.get('VARIABLES', 'SYSTEMS').split(','))
SystemList = [i.strip('{}') for i in SystemList]
DeploymentList = (config.get('VARIABLES', 'DEPLOYMENTS').split(','))
List = [i.strip('{}') for i in DeploymentList]
def open_task():
## fin = tkinter.filedialog.askopenfile(mode='rb',title='Select administration Config file')
## if fin is not None:
## task_listread = fin.readlines()
##
for item in UserList:
task_list.insert(tk.END, item)
## fin.close()
def exit():
if tkinter.messagebox.askokcancel("Quit", "Do you really want to quit?"):
root.destroy()
def about():
label = tkinter.messagebox.showinfo("About", "To do List py experiment")
def new_task():
task_list.insert(tk.END, input.get())
UserList.append(input.get())
print(UserList)
def delete_item():
"""
delete a selected line from the listbox
"""
try:
# get selected line index
index = task_list.curselection()[0]
task_list.delete(index)
except IndexError:
pass
def get_list(event):
"""
function to read the listbox selection
and put the result in an entry widget
"""
# get selected line index
index = task_list.curselection()[0]
# get the line's text
seltext = task_list.get(index)
# delete previous text in input
input.delete(0, 50)
# now display the selected text
input.insert(0, seltext)
def set_list(event):
"""
insert an edited line from the entry widget
back into the listbox
"""
try:
index = task_list.curselection()[0]
# delete old listbox line
task_list.delete(index)
except IndexError:
index = tk.END
# insert edited item back into task_list at index
task_list.insert(index, input.get())
def save_tasks():
config.set('VARIABLES' , 'USERS' , str(UserList))
with open('Administration.ini', "w") as config_file:
config.write(config_file)
## """
## save the current listbox contents to a file
## """
## # get a list of listbox lines
## temp_list = list(task_list.get(0, tk.END))
## # add a trailing newline char to each line
## temp_list = [task + '\n' for task in temp_list]
## # give the file a different name
##
## if temp_list is not None:
## fout = tkinter.filedialog.asksaveasfile(mode='w')
## fout.writelines(temp_list)
## fout.close()
menu = Menu(root)
root.config(menu=menu)
filemenu = Menu(menu)
menu.add_cascade(label="File", menu=filemenu)
filemenu.add_command(label="Open Task File", command=open_task)
filemenu.add_command(label="Save", command=save_tasks)
filemenu.add_separator()
filemenu.add_command(label="Exit", command=exit)
helpmenu = Menu(menu)
menu.add_cascade(label="Help", menu=helpmenu)
helpmenu.add_command(label="About ", command=about)
# create the listbox (note that size is in characters)
#task_list = tk.Listbox(root, width=50, height=6)
task_list.grid(row=0, column=0)
# create a vertical scrollbar to the right of the listbox
yscroll = tk.Scrollbar(command=task_list.yview, orient=tk.VERTICAL)
yscroll.grid(row=0, column=1, sticky=tk.N+tk.S)
task_list.configure(yscrollcommand=yscroll.set)
#task_list.bind("<<ListboxSelect>>", printer)
# use entry widget to display/edit selection
input = tk.Entry(root, width=50)
input.insert(0, 'Write Your Task here')
input.grid(row=1, column=0)
# pressing the enter key will update edited line
input.bind('<Return>', set_list)
#This button is used to add tasks
button_add_task = tk.Button(root, text='Add entry text to listbox', command=new_task)
button_add_task.grid(row=2, column=0, sticky=tk.E)
#This Button is used to call the delete function
button_delete = tk.Button(root, text='Delete selected Task ', command=delete_item)
button_delete.grid(row=3, column=0, sticky=tk.E)
# left mouse click on a list item to display selection
task_list.bind('<ButtonRelease-1>', get_list)
root.mainloop()