add flag to set a custom CONF_DIR (#68)

README.md

@@ -54,21 +54,26 @@ Run `sudo pip3 install python-bidi google-api-python-client google-auth-httplib2
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
   --credentials CREDENTIALS, -c CREDENTIALS
                         path to your credentials.json file
+  --conf CONF, -cd CONF
+                        path to the i3agenda configuration and cache folder
   --cachettl CACHETTL, -ttl CACHETTL
                         time for cache to be kept in minutes
-  --update, -u          when using this flag it will not load previous results from cache, it will however save new results to cache. You can use this flag to refresh all the cache forcefully
+  --update, -u          when using this flag it will not load previous results from cache, it will however save new results to cache.
+                        You can use this flag to refresh all the cache forcefully
   --ids IDS [IDS ...], -i IDS [IDS ...]
                         list of calendar ids to fetch, space separated. If none is specified all calendars will be fetched
   --maxres MAXRES, -r MAXRES
-                        max number of events to query Google's API for each of your calendars. Increase this number if you have lot of events in your google calendar
+                        max number of events to query Google's API for each of your calendars.
+                        Increase this number if you have lot of events in your google calendar
   --today, -d           print only today events
   --no-event-text TEXT  text to display when there are no events
-  --hide-event-after MINUTES
-                        minutes to show events after they start before showing the next event. If not specified, the current event will be shown until it ends
-  --date-format DATEFORMAT
+  --hide-event-after HIDE_EVENT_AFTER
+                        minutes to show events after they start before showing the next event.
+                        If not specified, the current event will be shown until it ends
+  --date-format DATE_FORMAT
                         the date format like %d/%m/%y. Default is %d/%m
-  --limchar LIMIT, -l LIMIT
-                        limits the size of the event summary string in LIMIT characters. If not specified it shows the entire summary.
+  --limchar LIMCHAR, -l LIMCHAR
+                        the max characters that the displayed event can contain
 ```
 
 ### Filter displayed calendars

i3_agenda/API.py

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ def get_credentials(credspath):
     if not creds or not creds.valid:
         if not os.path.exists(credspath):
             print(
-                """You need to download your credentials json file from the 
-                   Google API Console and pass its path to this script"""
+                """You need to download your credentials json file from the Google API Console and pass its path to this script"""
             )
             exit(1)
         if creds and creds.expired and creds.refresh_token:

i3_agenda/__init__.py

@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import subprocess
+import config
 
 from typing import List
 
 from event import Event, EventEncoder, get_closest
-from config import parser, button
-from API import get_events
-from cache_utils import load_cache, save_cache
 
 DEFAULT_CAL_WEBPAGE = "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/day"
 
@@ -25,6 +23,9 @@ def button_action(button_code: str, closest: Event):
 
 
 def load_events(args) -> List[Event]:
+    from API import get_events
+    from cache_utils import load_cache, save_cache
+
     events = None
     if not args.update:
         events = load_cache(args.cachettl)
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ def load_events(args) -> List[Event]:
 
 
 def main():
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args = config.parser.parse_args()
+    config.CONF_DIR = args.conf
 
     events = load_events(args)
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ def main():
         print(args.no_event_text)
         return
 
-    button_action(button, closest)
+    button_action(config.button, closest)
 
     print(closest.get_string(args.limchar, args.date_format))
 

i3_agenda/config.py

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
     default="",
     help="path to your credentials.json file",
 )
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--conf",
+    "-cd",
+    type=str,
+    default=CONF_DIR,
+    help="path to the i3agenda configuration and cache folder",
+)
 parser.add_argument(
     "--cachettl",
     "-ttl",