Add an "include" directive for the config files to read multiple config files.

kitty/config_utils.py

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2018, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
+import os
 import re
 from collections import namedtuple
 
-from .utils import log_error
 from .rgb import to_color as as_color
+from .utils import log_error
 
 key_pat = re.compile(r'([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)\s+(.+)$')
 
@@ -31,33 +32,57 @@ def to_bool(x):
     return x.lower() in 'y yes true'.split()
 
 
+def parse_line(line, type_map, special_handling, ans, all_keys, base_path_for_includes):
+    line = line.strip()
+    if not line or line.startswith('#'):
+        return
+    m = key_pat.match(line)
+    if m is not None:
+        key, val = m.groups()
+        if special_handling(key, val, ans):
+            return
+        if key == 'include':
+            val = val.strip()
+            if not os.path.isabs(val):
+                val = os.path.join(base_path_for_includes, val)
+            try:
+                with open(val, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as include:
+                    _parse(include, type_map, special_handling, ans, all_keys)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                log_error('Could not find included config file: {}, ignoring'.format(val))
+            except EnvironmentError:
+                log_error('Could not read from included config file: {}, ignoring'.format(val))
+            return
+        if all_keys is not None and key not in all_keys:
+            log_error('Ignoring unknown config key: {}'.format(key))
+            return
+        tm = type_map.get(key)
+        if tm is not None:
+            val = tm(val)
+        ans[key] = val
+
+
+def _parse(lines, type_map, special_handling, ans, all_keys):
+    name = getattr(lines, 'name', None)
+    if name:
+        base_path_for_includes = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(name))
+    else:
+        from .constants import config_dir
+        base_path_for_includes = config_dir
+    for line in lines:
+        parse_line(line, type_map, special_handling, ans, all_keys, base_path_for_includes)
+
+
 def parse_config_base(
     lines, defaults, type_map, special_handling, ans, check_keys=True
 ):
-    if check_keys:
+    all_keys = defaults._asdict() if check_keys else None
-        all_keys = defaults._asdict()
+    _parse(lines, type_map, special_handling, ans, all_keys)
-    for line in lines:
-        line = line.strip()
-        if not line or line.startswith('#'):
-            continue
-        m = key_pat.match(line)
-        if m is not None:
-            key, val = m.groups()
-            if special_handling(key, val, ans):
-                continue
-            if check_keys:
-                if key not in all_keys:
-                    log_error('Ignoring unknown config key: {}'.format(key))
-                    continue
-            tm = type_map.get(key)
-            if tm is not None:
-                val = tm(val)
-            ans[key] = val
 
 
 def init_config(defaults_path, parse_config):
     with open(defaults_path, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f:
-        defaults = parse_config(f.read().splitlines(), check_keys=False)
+        defaults = parse_config(f, check_keys=False)
     Options = namedtuple('Defaults', ','.join(defaults.keys()))
     defaults = Options(**defaults)
     return Options, defaults

kitty/kitty.conf

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8:ft=conf
 
+# You can include secondary config files via the "include" directive.
+# If you use a relative path for include, it is resolved with respect to the
+# location od the current config file. For example:
+# include other.conf
+
 # Fonts {{{
 # Font family. You can also specify different fonts for the
 # bold/italic/bold-italic variants. By default they are derived automatically,