**Intro**
I am using parsecfg to parse an .ini style config file, specifically the one
that handles optional WSL settings. I am tinkering on a tool to easily read and
write those values from the command line without opening a text editor. I think
parsecfg would be useful for this, but I am having some issues. parsecfg could
also be useful for reading and writing .desktop files and systemd unit files.
[https://nim-lang.org/docs/parsecfg.html](https://nim-lang.org/docs/parsecfg.html)
**Sample .INI**
Here is my sample .ini file:
[automount]
enabled = true
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**Handling case sensitivity in getSectionValue calls**
First, calling section values with .getSectionValue is case-sensitive. The
other application parsing this .ini is case-insensitive, so my application
needs to accommodate for this.
I am not sure how to handle all of the case possibilities inside the
.getSectionValue call though.
Right now:
import parsecfg
var wslconf = loadConfig("/etc/wsl.conf")
echo wslconf.getSectionValue("automount","enabled")
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will return "true" based on our sample .INI file above, but
wslconf.getSectionValue("Automount","enabled")
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will return an empty string, because of the case mismatch between automount and
Automount, even though that really doesn't matter for my purposes.
How can I handle all the possibilities of cases for automount in
.getSectionValue?
**String returned on "true" and "false" when could be bool**
Second, with getSectionValue, parsecfg always returns a string value, even on
"true" and "false". If it instead returned a Boolean value when the value read
is "true" or "false" (also "yes" or "no", or "0" or "1") it would be easier to
handle. Just an idea.
I worked around it this way:
import parsecfg, strutils
var wslconf = loadConfig("/etc/wsl.conf")
if toLowerAscii(wslconf.getSectionValue("automount","enabled")) == "true":
echo "automount enabled"
else:
echo "automount disabled"
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Any suggestions on how else I could better handle this?
getSectionValue
[https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/version-1-0/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim#L563](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/version-1-0/lib/pure/parsecfg.nim#L563)
