# eric3.Utilities.__init__

Package implementing various functions/classes needed everywhere within eric3.

### Classes

CodingError | Class implementing an exception, which is raised, if a given coding is incorrect.

### Functions

compile | Function to compile one Python source file to Python bytecode.
decode | Function to decode a text.
direntries | Function returning a list of all files and directories.
encode | Function to encode a text.
escape | Function to escape &, <, and > in a string of data.
escape_entities | Function to encode html entities.
escape_uentities | Function to encode html entities.
getConfigDir | Module function to get the name of the directory storing the config data.
getDirs | Function returning a list of all directories below path.
getExecutablePath | Function to build the full path of an executable file from the environment.
getPythonLibPath | Function to determine the path to Pythons library.
getPythonVersion | Function to get the Python version (major, minor) as an integer value.
getTestFileName | Function to build the filename of a unittest file.
get_coding | Function to get the coding of a text.
html_encode | Function to correctly encode a text for html.
html_uencode | Function to correctly encode a unicode text for html.
isinpath | Function to check for an executable file.
joinext | Function to join a file extension to a path.
normabsjoinpath | Function returning a normalized, absolute path of the joined parts passed into it.
normabspath | Function returning a normalized, absolute path.
normcasepath | Function returning a path, that is normalized with respect to its case and references.
normjoinpath | Function returning a normalized path of the joined parts passed into it.
parseEnvironmentString | Function used to convert an environment string into a list of environment settings.
parseOptionString | Function used to convert an option string into a list of options.
parseString | Function used to convert a string into a list.
samepath | Function to compare two paths.
splitPath | Function to split a pathname into a directory part and a file part.
toUnicode | Private method to convert a string to unicode.
win32_Kill | Function to provide an os.kill equivalent for Win32.

## CodingError

Class implementing an exception, which is raised, if a given coding is incorrect.

### Derived from

Exception

### Methods

CodingError | Constructor
__repr__ | Private method returning a representation of the exception.
__str__ | Private method returning a string representation of the exception.

### CodingError (Constructor)

CodingError(coding)

Constructor

### CodingError.__repr__

__repr__()

Private method returning a representation of the exception.

Returns:
  string representing the error message

### CodingError.__str__

__str__()

Private method returning a string representation of the exception.

Returns:
  string representing the error message

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## compile

compile(file)

Function to compile one Python source file to Python bytecode.

file
  source filename (string)

Returns:
  A tuple indicating status (1 = an error was found), the filename, the linenumber, the code string and the error message (boolean, string, string, string, string). The values are only valid, if the status equals 1.

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## decode

decode(text)

Function to decode a text.

text
  text to decode (string)

Returns:
  decoded text

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## direntries

direntries(path, filesonly=0, pattern=None, followsymlinks=1)

Function returning a list of all files and directories.

filesonly
  flag indicating that only files are wanted
followsymlinks
  flag indicating whether symbolic links should be followed
path
  root of the tree to check
pattern
  a filename pattern to check against

Returns:
  list of all files and directories in the tree rooted at path. The names are expanded to start with path.

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## encode

encode(text, orig_coding)

Function to encode a text.

orig_coding
  type of the original coding (string)
text
  text to encode (string)

Returns:
  encoded text

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## escape

escape(data)

Function to escape &, <, and > in a string of data.

data
  data to be escaped (string)

Returns:
  the escaped data (string)

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## escape_entities

escape_entities(m, map=_escape_map)

Function to encode html entities.

m
  the match object
map
  the map of entioties to encode

Returns:
  the converted text (string)

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## escape_uentities

escape_uentities(m)

Function to encode html entities.

m
  the match object

Returns:
  the converted text (string)

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## getConfigDir

getConfigDir()

Module function to get the name of the directory storing the config data.

Returns:
  directory name of the config dir (string)

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## getDirs

getDirs(path, excludeDirs)

Function returning a list of all directories below path.

excludeDirs
  basename of directories to ignore
path
  root of the tree to check

Returns:
  list of all directories found

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## getExecutablePath

getExecutablePath(file)

Function to build the full path of an executable file from the environment.

file
  filename of the executable to check (string)

Returns:
  full executable name, if the executable file is accessible via the searchpath defined by the PATH environment variable, or an empty string otherwise.

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## getPythonLibPath

getPythonLibPath()

Function to determine the path to Pythons library.

Returns:
  path to the Python library (string)

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## getPythonVersion

getPythonVersion()

Function to get the Python version (major, minor) as an integer value.

Returns:
  An integer representing major and minor version number (integer)

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## getTestFileName

getTestFileName(fn)

Function to build the filename of a unittest file. The filename for the unittest file is built by prepending the string "test" to the filename passed into this function.

fn
  filename basis to be used for the unittest filename (string)

Returns:
  filename of the corresponding unittest file (string)

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## get_coding

get_coding(text)

Function to get the coding of a text.

text
  text to inspect (string)

Returns:
  coding string

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## html_encode

html_encode(text, pattern=_escape)

Function to correctly encode a text for html.

pattern
  search pattern for text to be encoded (string)
text
  text to be encoded (string)

Returns:
  the encoded text (string)

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## html_uencode

html_uencode(text, pattern=_uescape)

Function to correctly encode a unicode text for html.

pattern
  search pattern for text to be encoded (string)
text
  text to be encoded (string)

Returns:
  the encoded text (string)

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## isinpath

isinpath(file)

Function to check for an executable file.

file
  filename of the executable to check (string)

Returns:
  flag to indicate, if the executable file is accessible via the searchpath defined by the PATH environment variable.

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## joinext

joinext(prefix, ext)

Function to join a file extension to a path. The leading "." of ext is replaced by a platform specific extension separator if neccessary.

ext
  the extension part (string)
prefix
  the basepart of the filename (string)

Returns:
  the complete filename (string)

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## normabsjoinpath

normabsjoinpath(a, *p)

Function returning a normalized, absolute path of the joined parts passed into it.

a
  first path to be joined (string)
p
  variable number of path parts to be joind (string)

Returns:
  absolute, normalized path (string)

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## normabspath

normabspath(path)

Function returning a normalized, absolute path.

path
  file path (string)

Returns:
  absolute, normalized path (string)

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## normcasepath

normcasepath(path)

Function returning a path, that is normalized with respect to its case and references.

path
  file path (string)

Returns:
  case normalized path (string)

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## normjoinpath

normjoinpath(a, *p)

Function returning a normalized path of the joined parts passed into it.

a
  first path to be joined (string)
p
  variable number of path parts to be joind (string)

Returns:
  normalized path (string)

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## parseEnvironmentString

parseEnvironmentString(s)

Function used to convert an environment string into a list of environment settings.

s
  environment string (string or QString)

Returns:
  list of environment settings (list of strings)

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## parseOptionString

parseOptionString(s)

Function used to convert an option string into a list of options.

s
  option string (string or QString)

Returns:
  list of options (list of strings)

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## parseString

parseString(s, rx)

Function used to convert a string into a list.

rx
  regex defining the parse pattern (QRegExp)
s
  string to be parsed (string or QString)

Returns:
  list of parsed data (list of strings)

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## samepath

samepath(f1, f2)

Function to compare two paths.

f1
  first path for the compare (string)
f2
  second path for the compare (string)

Returns:
  flag indicating whether the two paths represent the same path on disk.

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## splitPath

splitPath(name)

Function to split a pathname into a directory part and a file part.

name
  path name (string)

Returns:
  a tuple of 2 strings (dirname, filename).

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## toUnicode

toUnicode(s)

Private method to convert a string to unicode. If the passed in string is of type QString, it is simply returned unaltered, assuming, that it is already a unicode string. For all other strings, various codes are tried until one converts the string without an error. If all codecs fail, the string is returned unaltered.

s
  string to be converted (string or QString)

Returns:
  converted string (unicode or QString)

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## win32_Kill

win32_Kill(pid)

Function to provide an os.kill equivalent for Win32.

pid
  process id

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