<DKIM> offlineimap configuration file and variables

[Nicolas Sebrecht]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 09:35:11PM +0000, Jethro Tull wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan, 2017, 17:58:59 +0100, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:38:36AM +0000, Jethro Tull wrote:
> > > I have written a script for folderfilter and nametrans which I load in the
> > > [general] section like this:
> > > 
> > > [general]
> > > ...
> > > pythonfile = ~/my_script.py
> > > 
> > > It contains a function that takes as argument a list containing all folders and
> > > their corresponding local names. I would like to define the list, say,
> > > "gmail_list", in the offlineimap config file, which is what I tried but it
> > > doesn't seem to work. offlineimap complains like this "  global name
> > > 'gmail_list' is not defined". While "gmail_list" is defined in the [general]
> > > section. I even tried defining it in [Repository gmaillocal] and [Repository
> > > gmailremote]. The result is always the same.
> > 
> > Please, share both the pythonfile and the folderfilter configuration
> > line.

> why not sharing the python file, though my question was simply about whether
> variables could be defined directly into offlineimap config file for use in
> functions loaded through the "pythonfile = ..." option. How does offlineimap
> parse its config file?

Ok. I get what you want, now. I think I've read your mail too fast.

You might have better luck by defining the variables in the
[DEFAULT] section.  Never tried, though.

[DEFAULT]
  my_list = ['a', 'b']

[<offlineimap_section>]
  offlineimap_option_eval = python_function( %(my_list)s )


Parsing is done by the ConfigParser library, not offlineimap itself. See

  https://docs.python.org/2/library/configparser.html

Notice that the pythonfile can do whatever python can. So, it's possible
to load the offlineimap's configuration file from the pythonfile and
parse it from there. I agree this would be ugly.

However, since the list is likely "static" I see no reason to put the
definitions of the lists in the offlineimap configuration file instead
of the pythonfile (or any other file).

Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht