On 22/10/13 07:24, Garonda Rodian wrote:
> Thank you for the comments - the menu system is indeed in that category, in 
> that it is
> explicitly designed to both insulate the user from hand-editing config files, 
> and to
> automate repetitive edits (copy the introducer furl to each of N nodes, 
> increment the port
> used by multiple nodes on the same box, share a specific convergence key, 
> etc. etc.). 
> Hand editing is intimidating for new users, and very tedious for setting up 
> anything but
> the smallest test grid, especially for those of us who hate dynamic ports in 
> general :).
> 
> The menu system will only make changes that the user would make - mostly 
> tahoe.cfg, but
> also the convergence secret, for example, if shared convergence is desired 
> (coming soon!).

I suggest <http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html>. I haven't used 
it but it
seems to do what you want, including preserving comments and ordering.

-- 
Daira Hopwood ⚥

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