Templates file format

[blueb]

My Templates file is getting large (~ 500k bytes)

It's getting harder to find code that I wish to insert into my program.

So I've decided that I have to build a search engine for the Templates.prefs file.

Is there a way to get the format of this file?

[freak]

Its a rather simple format:

• First line must be "TEMPLATES:1.0" (case sensitive, without the quotes)
• Following lines are either in the form "keyword:data" or just "keyword" where:
  • whitespace around keyword and data is ignored
  • the keyword is case insensitive
• Possible keywords are:
  • Directory - starts a new directory. The data is the directory name
  • Expanded - if directly following a "Directory", this means that the directory is expanded in the view
  • CloseDirectory - end of a directory
  • Template - defines a template. The data is the template name
  • Comment - defines the comment for the most recent template (optional). The data is the comment (escaped)
  • Code - defines the code for the most recent template. The data is the code (escaped) on one line
• Anything that does not match one of these keywors (like empty lines) is simply ignored

The comment and code fields are escaped so they only consist of one line each. This is done by:

• Replacing every "\" with "\\"
• Replacing every newline with "\n"
• No other special chars are escaped

One day I'll replace this with something that is easier to manage (like XML or JSON).

[blueb]

Thanks Freak.. That's enough to get me started.