itermcolorsparser.py

from colour import Color
import xml.etree.ElementTree

def import_itermcolors(filename):
    ret = {}
    for k,v in import_itermcolors_raw(filename).items():
        r = v['Red Component']
        g = v['Green Component']
        b = v['Blue Component']
        ret[k] = Color(rgb=(r,g,b))
    return ret

def import_itermcolors_raw(filename):
    return { k:read_color_dict(e) for k,e in read_file(filename).items() }

def list_to_dict(kvlist):
    """
    Given a list with a sequential key then value format,
    return a dict pairing them
    """
    kvdict = {}
    while kvlist:
        k,v = kvlist[0:2]
        kvdict[k] = v
        del kvlist[0:2]
    return kvdict

def try_float(s):
    try:
        return float(s)
    except ValueError:
        return s

def read_file(filename):
    r = xml.etree.ElementTree.parse(filename).getroot()
    main = r.getchildren()[0]
    elements = []
    keys = [ k.text for k in main.findall('key') ]
    dicts = main.findall('dict') 
    return dict(zip(keys, dicts))

def read_color_dict(xmldict):
    config = {}
    kvlist = [ k.text for k in xmldict.iter() if k.tag != 'dict' ]
    return { k:try_float(v) for k,v in list_to_dict(kvlist).items() }