From 0070094b94f0514ff2dcb6016611f0b461d64098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Jauslin <ian.jauslin@rutgers.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:10:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Save lattice in conf file

---
 src/jam        | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/painter.py |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/jam b/src/jam
index 8dc6152..71afc15 100755
--- a/src/jam
+++ b/src/jam
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def read_cli():
                     flag="lattice"
                 else:
                     print("error: unrecognized option '"+c+"'\n", file=sys.stderr)
-                    exit()
+                    exit(-1)
 
 
         else:
@@ -61,10 +61,56 @@ def read_cli():
             else:
                 openfile=arg
                 (ret,message)=filecheck.check_edit(openfile)
+                preread_conf(openfile)
                 if ret<0:
                     print(message,file=sys.stderr)
                     exit(-1)
 
+# read command line arguments from configuration file
+def preread_conf(file):
+    global lattice
+    try:
+        ff=open(file,"r")
+    except:
+        print("error: could not read file '"+file+"' (this should not happen and is probably a bug)", file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(-1)
+
+    # counter
+    i=0
+    try:
+        lines=ff.readlines()
+    except:
+        print("error: could not read the contents of file '"+file+"'", file=sys.stderr)
+        exit(-1)
+
+    for line in lines:
+        i+=1
+        # remove newline
+        line=line[:len(line)-1]
+        # ignore comments
+        if '#' in line:
+            line=line[:line.find('#')]
+        # ignore empty lines
+        if len(line)==0:
+            continue
+
+        # read options
+        if line[0]=='%':
+            # ignore empty line
+            if len(line)==1:
+                continue
+            [key,val]=line[1:].split('=',1)
+            if key=="lattice":
+                # test the specification
+                (obj,message)=Lattice.new(val)
+                if obj==None:
+                    print("error: line "+str(i)+" in file '"+file+"': "+message,file=sys.stderr)
+                    exit(-1)
+                lattice=val
+
+    ff.close()
+
+
 # read cli
 read_cli()
 
diff --git a/src/painter.py b/src/painter.py
index 034a6dc..94b5b4a 100644
--- a/src/painter.py
+++ b/src/painter.py
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ class Painter(Widget):
                         self.set_color((float(color_str[0]),float(color_str[1]),float(color_str[2])))
                     except:
                         print("warning: ignoring line "+str(i)+" in file '"+file+"': color '"+color_str+"' cannot be read",file=sys.stderr)
+                # lattice is handled by main function
+                elif key=="lattice":
+                    continue
                 else:
                     print("warning: ignoring line "+str(i)+" in file '"+file+"': unrecognized option '"+key+"'",file=sys.stderr)
                 continue