Added ability to read and write options from a file.

Author: git-commit

TardisDiff.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import inspect
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtGui
 from uptime import boottime
+from TardisUtil import TardisOptions
 
 
 class TardisDiff(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
@@ -11,9 +12,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         super(TardisDiff, self).__init__()
         self.diff = 0
         self.clipboard = QtWidgets.QApplication.clipboard()
-        # Set hotkeys
+        # Set hot keys
         QtWidgets.QShortcut(QtGui.QKeySequence("Ctrl+Shift+C"), self,
                             self.setClipboard)
+        self.options = TardisOptions()
 
         # Get directory path
         # From: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3718657/how-to-properly-determine-current-script-directory-in-python/22881871#22881871
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.initUI()
 
     def initUI(self):
-        #Create and initialize UI elements
+        # Create and initialize UI elements
         self.contentWidget = QtWidgets.QWidget()
         self.gridLayout = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(self.contentWidget)
         self.formLayout = QtWidgets.QFormLayout()
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ def initUI(self):
         self.label_breakTime.setText("Break Time:")
         self.label_timeDiff.setText("Difference")
         self.label_timeDiffOut.setText("")
-        self.timeEdit1.setTime(self.getBootTimeAsQTime())
+        self.timeEdit1.setTime(self.getStartTime())
         self.timeEdit2.setTime(QtCore.QTime.currentTime())
 
         #Set relations
@@ -100,24 +102,17 @@ def setClipboard(self):
         self.clipboard.setText(str(self.diff))
         self.statusBar().showMessage("Copied to clipboard.")
 
-    def getBootTimeAsQTime(self):
+    def getStartTime(self):
+        return TardisDiff.getBootTimeAsQTime()\
+            if self.options.isStartTimeAuto()\
+            else QtCore.QTime.fromString(self.options.getStartTime())
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def getBootTimeAsQTime():
         return QtCore.QDateTime(boottime()).time()
 
 
 def main():
-    '''
-    myappid = 'net.xerael.tardisdiff'
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        """
-        This is for collapsing on the task bar on windows 7/8 and using
-        the application icon on the task bar instead of the python icon
-        if running using a python executable.
-
-        See:
-        http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1551605/how-to-set-applications-taskbar-icon-in-windows-7
-        """
-        ctypes.windll.shell32.SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(myappid)
-    '''
     app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
     ed = TardisDiff()
     sys.exit(app.exec_())

TardisUtil.py

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import configparser
+import os
+
+class TardisOptions:
+
+    """
+    Class for handling options.
+    Has a getter and setter for every property and saves changes automatically.
+
+    Current keys are:
+    - start_time
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, optionFileName=".tardisrc"):
+        self.config = TardisOptions.generateDefaultConfig()
+
+        #Make path
+        home_dir = os.path.expanduser("~")
+        self._optionFilePath = os.path.join(home_dir, optionFileName)
+        #Try to load config file
+        filesLoaded = self.config.read(self._optionFilePath)
+        if len(filesLoaded) == 0:  # No option file found
+            self._saveOptionFile()
+        self.options = self.config['TardisDiff']
+
+    def isStartTimeAuto(self):
+        return self._getOption('start_time') == 'auto'
+
+    def getStartTime(self):
+        return self._getOption('start_time')
+
+    def setStartTime(self, start_time):
+        self._setOption('start_time', start_time)
+
+    def _setOption(self, option_name, option_value):
+        self.options[option_name] = option_value
+        self._saveOptionFile()
+
+    def _getOption(self, option_name):
+        return self.options[option_name]
+
+    def _saveOptionFile(self):
+        with open(self._optionFilePath, 'w') as configFile:
+            self.config.write(configFile)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def generateDefaultConfig():
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config['TardisDiff'] = {'start_time': 'auto',
+
+                                }
+        return config