Tidy config file format.

src/autocomplete.cpp

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #include "autocomplete.hpp"
 #include "servers.hpp"
 #include "config.hpp"
+#include "templates.hpp"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
 
 void dropshell::autocomplete(const std::vector<std::string> &args)
 {
+    auto cfg = dropshell::get_global_config();
     // std::cerr << "[ "<<args.size()<<" ] : ";
     // for (const auto& arg : args)
     //     std::cerr << arg << " ";
@@ -13,6 +16,49 @@ void dropshell::autocomplete(const std::vector<std::string> &args)
 
     if (args.size() < 3) // dropshell autocomplete ???
         autocomplete_list_commands();
+
+    std::string cmd = args[2];
+
+    std::string noargcmds[] = {"templates","autocomplete_list_servers","autocomplete_list_services","autocomplete_list_commands"};
+    if (std::find(std::begin(noargcmds), std::end(noargcmds), cmd) != std::end(noargcmds))
+        return;
+
+    if (!cfg->is_config_set())
+        return; // can't help without working config.
+
+    if (args.size()==3) // we have the command but nothing else.  dropshell autocomplete command <server>
+    {
+        auto servers = dropshell::get_configured_servers();
+        for (const auto& server : servers) 
+        std::cout << server.name << std::endl;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (args.size()==4) // we have the command and the server.  dropshell autocomplete command server <service>
+    {
+        std::string server = args[3];
+
+        if (cmd=="create-service")
+        { // create-service <server> <template> <service>
+            std::vector<template_info> templates;
+            get_templates(templates);
+            for (const auto& t : templates)
+                std::cout << t.name << std::endl;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        auto services = dropshell::get_server_services_info(server);
+        for (const auto& service : services) 
+            std::cout << service.service_name << std::endl;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (args.size()==5) // we have the command and the server and the service.  dropshell autocomplete command server service_name <command?>
+    {
+        return; // no more autocompletion possible - don't know what the argument is for.
+    }
+
+    return;
 }
 
 void dropshell::autocomplete_list_commands()

src/config.cpp

@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 #include "utils/directories.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
-#include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
 #include "config.hpp"
 #include "utils/envmanager.hpp"
 #include "utils/utils.hpp"
 
-namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
+#include <filesystem>
-namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
 
 namespace dropshell {
 
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@ config::~config() {
 
 bool config::load_config() {
     std::string config_path = get_local_dropshell_config_path();
-    if (config_path.empty() || !fs::exists(config_path))
+    if (config_path.empty() || !std::filesystem::exists(config_path))
         return false;
 
     envmanager config_env(config_path);
@@ -84,29 +80,32 @@ bool config::add_local_config_directory(const std::string &path)
     if (path.empty())
         return false;
 
-    // Convert to canonical path
+    // Convert to canonical path, using std::filesystem
-    fs::path abs_path = fs::canonical(path);
+    std::filesystem::path abs_path = std::filesystem::canonical(path);
     
     // The directory must exist
-    if (!fs::exists(abs_path)) {
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(abs_path)) {
         std::cerr << "Error: The local config directory does not exist: " << abs_path.string() << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
 
     // Add to config paths if not already there
-    std::string path_str = abs_path.string();
+    for (auto &p : mLocalConfigPaths)
-    if (std::find(mLocalConfigPaths.begin(), mLocalConfigPaths.end(), path_str) == mLocalConfigPaths.end()) {
+    { // robustly compare the two paths.
-        mLocalConfigPaths.push_back(path_str);
+        if (p == abs_path.string())
-        return true;
+        {
-    }
+            std::cerr << "Warning: The local config directory is already registered: " << abs_path.string() << std::endl;
-
-    if (mLocalBackupPath.empty())
-        mLocalBackupPath = path_str + "/backups";
-
-    std::cerr << "Warning: The local config directory is already registered: " << path_str << std::endl;
             std::cerr << "No changes made to the DropShell configuration." << std::endl;
             return false;
         }
+    }
+    mLocalConfigPaths.push_back(abs_path.string());
+
+    if (mLocalBackupPath.empty())
+            mLocalBackupPath = abs_path.string() + "/backups";
+
+    return true;
+}
 
 const std::string &config::get_local_backup_path() const
 {

src/main_commands.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ int init(const std::vector<std::string> &args)
     try {
         if (!cfg->add_local_config_directory(args[2])) 
         return 1; // error already reported
+
         cfg->save_config();
         std::cout << "Config directory added: " << cfg->get_local_config_directories().back() << std::endl;
         dropshell::create_readme_local_config_dir(cfg->get_local_config_directories().back());

src/utils/utils.cpp

@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ std::string multi2string(std::vector<std::string> values)
     std::string result;
     for (const auto& value : values) {
         // remove any " contained in the string value, if present
-        std::string quoteless_value = value;
+        result += dequote(trim(value)) + ",";
-        quoteless_value.erase(std::remove(quoteless_value.begin(), quoteless_value.end(), '"'), quoteless_value.end());
-        result += "\"" + trim(quoteless_value) + "\",";
     }
     if (!result.empty()) 
         result.pop_back(); // Remove the last comma
@@ -91,6 +89,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> string2multi(std::string values)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> result;
 
+    values = dequote(trim(values));
+
     // Return values separated by commas, but ignore commas within quotes
     bool inside_quotes = false;
     std::string current_item;
@@ -100,14 +100,9 @@ std::vector<std::string> string2multi(std::string values)
             inside_quotes = !inside_quotes;
         } else if (c == ',' && !inside_quotes) {
             if (!current_item.empty()) {
-                // Remove quotes if present
+                std::string final = dequote(trim(current_item));
-                if (current_item.front() == '"' && current_item.back() == '"') {
+                if (!final.empty()) 
-                    current_item = current_item.substr(1, current_item.length() - 2);
-                }
-                std::string final = trim(current_item);
-                if (!final.empty()) {
                     result.push_back(final);
-                }
                 current_item.clear();
             }
         } else {
@@ -117,15 +112,10 @@ std::vector<std::string> string2multi(std::string values)
     
     // Add the last item if not empty
     if (!current_item.empty()) {
-        // Remove quotes if present
+        std::string final = dequote(trim(current_item));
-        if (current_item.front() == '"' && current_item.back() == '"') {
+        if (!final.empty()) 
-            current_item = current_item.substr(1, current_item.length() - 2);
-        }
-        std::string final = trim(current_item);
-        if (!final.empty()) {
             result.push_back(final);
     }
-    }
     
     return result;
 }