functions.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Matic Kukovec.
Released under the GNU GPL3 license.

For more information check the 'LICENSE.txt' file.
For complete license information of the dependencies, check the 'additional_licenses' directory.
"""

##  FILE DESCRIPTION:
##      Module that holds functions for various uses
##      that uses only the PyQt and standard libraries.


import os
import os.path
import re
import ast
import sys
import json
import time
import codecs
import locale
import shutil
import timeit
import datetime
import operator
import itertools
import threading
import traceback
import subprocess
import webbrowser

import qt
import data
import constants

# REPL message displaying function (that needs to be assigned at runtime!)
repl_print = None

def write_json_file(filepath, json_data):
    with open(filepath, 'w+', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
        f.write(json.dumps(json_data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
        f.close()

def load_json_file(filepath):
    with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n') as f:
        json_data = json.load(f)
        f.close()
    return json_data

def count_iterator(start=0):
    counter = start
    while True:
        yield counter
        counter += 1

def create_directory(directory):
    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
        os.mkdir(directory)

def create_thread(func, *args):
    t = threading.Thread(target=func, args=args)
    t.daemon = True
    t.start()

icon_cache = {}
def create_icon(icon):
    """
    Function for initializing and returning an QIcon object
    """
    global icon_cache
    # Pixmap
    if isinstance(icon, qt.QPixmap):
        new_icon = qt.QIcon(icon)
    # Path
    elif isinstance(icon, str):
        full_icon_path = unixify_join(data.resources_directory, icon)
        if full_icon_path in icon_cache.keys():
            cached_icon = icon_cache[full_icon_path]
            return qt.QIcon(cached_icon)
        if not os.path.isfile(full_icon_path):
            raise Exception("Icon file doesn't exist: {}".format(full_icon_path))
        new_icon = qt.QIcon(full_icon_path)
        icon_cache[full_icon_path] = new_icon
    # Unknown
    else:
        raise Exception("Unknown icon construction type: {}".format(icon))
    return new_icon

def get_resource_file(relative_path):
    path = unixify_join(data.resources_directory, relative_path)
    if not os.path.isfile(path):
        raise Exception("[Resources] File does not exist: {}".format(path))
    return path

pixmap_cache = {}
def create_pixmap(pixmap_name, directory=None):
    """
    Function for initializing and returning an QPixmap object
    """
    global pixmap_cache
    if directory == None:
        directory = data.resources_directory
    pixmap_path = unixify_join(directory, pixmap_name)
    if pixmap_path in pixmap_cache.keys():
        cached_pixmap = pixmap_cache[pixmap_path]
        return qt.QPixmap(cached_pixmap)
    if not os.path.isfile(pixmap_path):
        raise Exception("Pixmap file doesn't exist: {}".format(pixmap_path))
    new_pixmap = qt.QPixmap(pixmap_path)
    pixmap_cache[pixmap_path] = new_pixmap
    return new_pixmap

def create_pixmap_with_size(pixmap_name, width=None, height=None):
    """
    Function for initializing and returning an QPixmap object with a size
    """
    pixmap = create_pixmap(pixmap_name)
    if width:
        pixmap = pixmap.scaledToWidth(
            int(width), qt.Qt.TransformationMode.SmoothTransformation
        )
    if height:
        pixmap = pixmap.scaledToHeight(
            int(height), qt.Qt.TransformationMode.SmoothTransformation
        )
    return pixmap

__overlay_cache = {}
def ovarlay_images(base_path, overlay_path):
    base_pixmap = create_pixmap(base_path)
    if base_pixmap.isNull():
        raise Exception(f"Cannot create base pixmap: {base_path}")
    
    overlay_pixmap = create_pixmap(overlay_path)
    if overlay_pixmap.isNull():
        raise Exception(f"Cannot create base pixmap: {overlay_path}")
    
    if overlay_pixmap.size().width() > base_pixmap.size().width() or overlay_pixmap.size().height() > base_pixmap.size().height():
        overlay_pixmap = overlay_pixmap.scaled(base_pixmap.size(), qt.Qt.AspectRatioMode.KeepAspectRatio)
    
    painter = qt.QPainter()
    painter.begin(base_pixmap)
    painter.drawPixmap(0, 0, overlay_pixmap)
    painter.end()
    
    return base_pixmap

def get_language_file_icon(language_name):
    """
    Function for getting the programming language icon from the language name
    """
    language_name = language_name.lower()
    if language_name    == "python":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_python.png')
    elif language_name  == "cython":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_cython.png')
    elif language_name  == "c":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_c.png')
    elif language_name  == "awk":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_awk.png')
    elif language_name  == "c++":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_cpp.png')
    elif language_name  == "c / c++":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_c_cpp.png')
    elif language_name  == "cicode":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_cicode.png')
    elif language_name  == "oberon / modula":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_oberon.png')
    elif language_name  == "d":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_d.png')
    elif language_name  == "nim":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_nim.png')
    elif language_name  == "ada":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_ada.png')
    elif language_name  == "cmake":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_cmake.png')
    elif language_name  == "css":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_css.png')
    elif language_name  == "html":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_html.png')
    elif language_name  == "json":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_json.png')
    elif language_name  == "lua":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_lua.png')
    elif language_name  == "matlab":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_matlab.png')
    elif language_name  == "perl":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_perl.png')
    elif language_name  == "ruby":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_ruby.png')
    elif language_name  == "tcl":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_tcl.png')
    elif language_name  == "tex":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_tex.png')
    elif language_name  == "idl":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_idl.png')
    elif language_name  == "bash":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_bash.png')
    elif language_name  == "batch":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_batch.png')
    elif language_name  == "fortran":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_fortran.png')
    elif language_name  == "fortran77":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_fortran77.png')
    elif language_name  == "ini" or language_name  == "makefile":
        return create_icon('tango_icons/document-properties.png')
    elif language_name  == "coffeescript":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_coffeescript.png')
    elif language_name  == "c#":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_csharp.png')
    elif language_name  == "java":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_java.png')
    elif language_name  == "javascript":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_javascript.png')
    elif language_name  == "makefile":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_makefile.png')
    elif language_name  == "octave":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_octave.png')
    elif language_name  == "pascal":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_pascal.png')
    elif language_name  == "postscript":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_postscript.png')
    elif language_name  == "routeros":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_routeros.png')
    elif language_name  == "spice":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_spice.png')
    elif language_name  == "sql":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_sql.png')
    elif language_name  == "verilog":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_verilog.png')
    elif language_name  == "vhdl":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_vhdl.png')
    elif language_name  == "xml":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_xml.png')
    elif language_name  == "yaml":
        return create_icon('language_icons/logo_yaml.png')
    elif language_name  == "text":
        return create_icon('tango_icons/text-x-generic.png')
    else:
        return create_icon("tango_icons/file.png")

def create_language_document_icon_from_path(path, check_content=True):
    file_type = get_file_type(path, check_content)
    return get_language_file_icon(file_type)

def get_file_size_Mb(file_with_path):
    """Get the file size in Mb"""
    size_bytes = os.path.getsize(file_with_path)
    #Convert size into megabytes
    size_Mb = size_bytes / (1024 * 1024)
    #return the size in megabyte
    return size_Mb

def find_files_with_text(search_text, 
                         search_dir, 
                         case_sensitive=False, 
                         search_subdirs=True, 
                         break_on_find=False,
                         file_filter=None):
    """
    Search for the specified text in files in the specified directory and return a file list.
    """
    #Check if the directory is valid
    if os.path.isdir(search_dir) == False:
        return None
    #Create an empty file list
    text_file_list = []
    #Check if subdirectories should be included
    if search_subdirs == True:
        walk_tree = os.walk(search_dir)
    else:
        #Only use the first generator value(only the top directory)
        walk_tree = [next(os.walk(search_dir))]
    #"walk" through the directory tree and save the readable files to a list
    for root, subFolders, files in walk_tree:
        for file in files:
            if file_filter is not None:
                filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file)
                if file_extension.lower() not in file_filter:
                    continue
            #Merge the path and filename
            full_with_path = os.path.join(root, file)
            if test_text_file(full_with_path) != None:
                #On windows, the function "os.path.join(root, file)" line gives a combination of "/" and "\\", 
                #which looks weird but works. The replace was added to have things consistent in the return file list.
                full_with_path = full_with_path.replace("\\",  "/")
                text_file_list.append(full_with_path)
    #Search for the text in found files
    return_file_list = []
    for file in text_file_list:
        try:
            file_text = read_file_to_string(file)
            #Set the comparison according to case sensitivity
            if case_sensitive == False:
                compare_file_text = file_text.lower()
                compare_search_text = search_text.lower()
            else:
                compare_file_text = file_text
                compare_search_text = search_text
#            print(compare_search_text)
            #Check if file contains the search string
            if compare_search_text in compare_file_text:
                return_file_list.append(file)
                #Check if break option on first find is true
                if break_on_find == True:
                    break
        except:
            continue
    #Return the generated list
    return return_file_list

def find_files_with_text_enum(search_text, 
                              search_dir, 
                              case_sensitive=False, 
                              search_subdirs=True, 
                              break_on_find=False,
                              file_filter=None):
    """
    Search for the specified text in files in the specified directory and return a file list and
    lines where the text was found at.
    """
    # Check if the directory is valid
    if os.path.isdir(search_dir) == False:
        return "Invalid directory!"
    # Check if searching over multiple lines
    elif '\n' in search_text:
        return "Cannot search over multiple lines!"
    elif search_text == '':
        return "Cannot search for empty string!"
    #Create an empty file list
    text_file_list = []
    #Check if subdirectories should be included
    if search_subdirs == True:
        walk_tree = os.walk(search_dir)
    else:
        #Only use the first generator value(only the top directory)
        walk_tree = [next(os.walk(search_dir))]
    #"walk" through the directory tree and save the readable files to a list
    for root, subFolders, files in walk_tree:
        for file in files:
            if file_filter is not None:
                filename, file_extension = os.path.splitext(file)
                if file_extension.lower() not in file_filter:
                    continue
            #Merge the path and filename
            full_with_path = os.path.join(root, file)
            if test_text_file(full_with_path) is not None:
                #On windows, the function "os.path.join(root, file)" line gives a combination of "/" and "\\", 
                #which looks weird but works. The replace was added to have things consistent in the return file list.
                full_with_path = full_with_path.replace("\\",  "/")
                text_file_list.append(full_with_path)
    #Search for the text in found files
    return_file_dict = {}
    break_out = False
    for file in text_file_list:
        if break_out == True:
            break
        try:
            file_lines = read_file_to_list(file)
            #Set the comparison according to case sensitivity
            if case_sensitive == False:
                compare_search_text = search_text.lower()
            else:
                compare_search_text = search_text
            #Check the file line by line
            for i, line in enumerate(file_lines):
                if case_sensitive == False:
                    line = line.lower()
                if compare_search_text in line:
                    if file in return_file_dict:
                        return_file_dict[file].append(i)
                    else:
                        return_file_dict[file] = [i]
                    #Check if break option on first find is true
                    if break_on_find == True:
                        break_out = True
        except:
            continue
    #Return the generated list
    return return_file_dict

def replace_text_in_files(search_text, 
                          replace_text, 
                          search_dir, 
                          case_sensitive=False, 
                          search_subdirs=True,
                          file_filter=None):
    """
    Search for the specified text in files in the specified directory and replace all instances
    of the search_text with replace_text and save the changes back to the file.
    """
    #Get the files with the search string in them
    found_files = find_files_with_text(
        search_text, 
        search_dir, 
        case_sensitive=case_sensitive, 
        search_subdirs=search_subdirs,
        break_on_find=False,
        file_filter=file_filter
    )
    if found_files == None:
        return []
    #Loop through the found list and replace the text
    for file in found_files:
        #Read the file
        file_text = read_file_to_string(file)
        #Compile the regex expression according to case sensitivity
        if case_sensitive == True:
            compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text)
        else:
            compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
        #Replace all instances of search text with the replace text
        replaced_text = re.sub(compiled_search_re, replace_text, file_text)
        #Write the replaced text back to the file
        write_to_file(replaced_text, file)
    #Return the found files list
    return found_files
    
def replace_text_in_files_enum(search_text, 
                               replace_text, 
                               search_dir, 
                               case_sensitive=False, 
                               search_subdirs=True,
                               file_filter=None):
    """
    The second version of replace_text_in_files, that goes line-by-line 
    and replaces found instances and stores the line numbers,
    at which the replacements were made
    """
    # Check if the directory is valid
    if os.path.isdir(search_dir) == False:
        return -1
    # Check if searching over multiple lines
    elif '\n' in search_text:
        return -2
    # Get the files with the search string in them
    found_files = find_files_with_text(
        search_text, 
        search_dir, 
        case_sensitive=case_sensitive, 
        search_subdirs=search_subdirs,
        break_on_find=False,
        file_filter=file_filter
    )
    if found_files == None:
        return {}
    # Compile the regex expression according to case sensitivity
    if case_sensitive == True:
        compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text)
    else:
        compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
    # Loop through the found list and replace the text
    return_files = {}
    for file in found_files:
        # Read the file
        file_text_list = read_file_to_list(file)
        # Cycle through the lines, replacing text and storing the line numbers of replacements
        for i in range(len(file_text_list)):
            if case_sensitive == True:
                line = file_text_list[i]
            else:
                search_text = search_text.lower()
                line = file_text_list[i].lower()
            if search_text in line:
                if file in return_files:
                    return_files[file].append(i)
                else:
                    return_files[file] = [i]
                file_text_list[i] = re.sub(compiled_search_re, replace_text, file_text_list[i])
        # Write the replaced text back to the file
        replaced_text = "\n".join(file_text_list)
        write_to_file(replaced_text, file)
    # Return the found files list
    return return_files
    

def find_files_by_name(search_filename, 
                       search_dir, 
                       case_sensitive=False, 
                       search_subdirs=True):
    """
    Find file with search_filename string in its name in the specified directory.
    """
    #Check if the directory is valid
    if os.path.isdir(search_dir) == False:
        return None
    #Create an empty file list
    found_file_list = []
    #Check if subdirectories should be included
    if search_subdirs == True:
        walk_tree = os.walk(search_dir)
    else:
        #Only use the first generator value(only the top directory)
        walk_tree = [next(os.walk(search_dir))]
    for root, subFolders, files in walk_tree:
        for file in files:
            #Merge the path and filename
            full_with_path = os.path.join(root, file)
            #Set the comparison according to case sensitivity
            if case_sensitive == False:
                compare_actual_filename = file.lower()
                compare_search_filename = search_filename.lower()
            else:
                compare_actual_filename = file
                compare_search_filename = search_filename
            #Test if the name of the file contains the search string
            if compare_search_filename in compare_actual_filename:
                #On windows, the function "os.path.join(root, file)" line gives a combination of "/" and "\\", 
                #which looks weird but works. The replace was added to have things consistent in the return file list.
                full_with_path = full_with_path.replace("\\",  "/")
                found_file_list.append(full_with_path)
    #Return the generated list
    return found_file_list

def get_nim_node_tree(nim_code):
    """
    Parse the text and return a node tree as a list. 
    The text must be valid Nim/Nimrod code.
    """
    class NimNode():
        def __init__(self):
            #Attributes
            self.name           = None
            self.description    = None
            self.type           = None
            self.parameters     = None
            self.return_type    = None
            self.line           = None
            #Child node lists
            self.imports    = []
            self.types      = []
            self.consts     = []
            self.lets       = []
            self.vars       = []
            self.procedures = []
            self.forward_declarations = []
            self.converters = []
            self.iterators  = []
            self.methods    = []
            self.properties = []
            self.templates  = []
            self.macros     = []
            self.objects    = []
            self.namespaces = []
    #Nested function for determining the next blocks indentation level
    def get_next_blocks_indentation(current_step, lines):
        for ln in range(current_step, len(lines)):
            if lines[ln].strip() != "" and lines[ln].strip().startswith("#") == False:
                return get_line_indentation(lines[ln])
        else:
            return 250
    #Nested function for finding the closing parenthesis of parameter definitions
    def get_closing_parenthesis(current_step, lines):
        for ln in range(current_step, len(lines)):
            if ")" in lines[ln] and (lines[ln].count(")") == (lines[ln].count("(") + 1)):
                return ln
        else:
            return None
    #Nested function for creating a procedure, method, macro or template node
    def create_node(node, 
                    search_string,  
                    current_line, 
                    current_line_number, 
                    line_list, 
                    previous_offset=0):
        #Reset the procedure's starting line adjustment variable
        body_starting_line_number = None
        #Reset the local skip line variable
        local_skip_to_line = None
        #Parse procedure name according to the line characters
        if "(" in current_line:
            #The procedure has parameters
            base_search_string = r"{:s}\s+(.*?)\(|{:s}\s+(.*?)\:|{:s}\s+(.*?)\=".format(
                search_string, 
                search_string, 
                search_string
            )
            proc_name_search_pattern = re.compile(
                base_search_string, 
                re.IGNORECASE
            )
            name_match_object = re.search(proc_name_search_pattern, current_line)
            for i in range(1, 4):
                node.name = name_match_object.group(i)
                if node.name != "" and node.name != None:
                    break
            #Skip lines if the parameters stretch over multiple lines
            if not(")" in current_line):
                body_starting_line_number = get_closing_parenthesis(
                    current_line_number+1, 
                    line_list
                )
                current_line = line_list[body_starting_line_number]
            #Parse the procedure parameters and return type
            if search_string == "proc":
                return_type = None
                parameters  = None
                #Check if the parameters are declared over multiple lines
                if body_starting_line_number != None:
                    parameter_string = ""
                    open_index = line_list[current_line_number].find("(") + 1
                    parameter_string += line_list[current_line_number][open_index:]
                    for i in range(current_line_number+1, body_starting_line_number+1):
                        if ")" in line_list[i] and (line_list[i].count(")") == (line_list[i].count("(") + 1)):
                            close_index = line_list[i].find(")")
                            current_parameter = line_list[i][:close_index].strip()
                            #Filter out the parameter initialization
                            if "=" in current_parameter:
                                current_parameter = current_parameter[:current_parameter.find("=")]
                            parameter_string += current_parameter
                        else:
                            current_parameter = line_list[i].strip()
                            #Filter out the parameter initialization
                            if "=" in current_parameter:
                                current_parameter = current_parameter[:current_parameter.find("=")]
                            parameter_string += current_parameter
                    parameters = [par.strip() for par in parameter_string.split(",") if par.strip() != ""]
                    #Check the return type
                    split_line = line_list[body_starting_line_number][close_index:].split(":")
                    if len(split_line) > 1:
                        return_type = split_line[1].replace("=", "")
                        return_type = return_type.strip()
                else:
                    open_index  = line_list[current_line_number].find("(") + 1
                    close_index = line_list[current_line_number].find(")")
                    parameter_string = line_list[current_line_number][open_index:close_index]
                    parameters = [par for par in parameter_string.split(",") if par.strip() != ""]
                    #Check the return type
                    split_line = line_list[current_line_number][close_index:].split(":")
                    if len(split_line) > 1:
                        return_type = split_line[1].replace("=", "")
                        return_type = return_type.strip()
                node.parameters     = parameters
                node.return_type    = return_type
        elif ":" in current_line:
            #The procedure/macro/... has no parameters, but has a return type
            node.name = current_line.replace(search_string, "", 1).split(":")[0].strip()
            #Special parsing for classes
            if (search_string == "class" or
                search_string == "property"):
                node.name = node.name.split()[0]
        else:
            #The procedure/macro/... has no parameters and no return type
            node.name = current_line.replace(search_string, "", 1).split()[0].strip()
        
        #Parse node
        if "=" in current_line and current_line.strip().endswith("="):
            #Check if the declaration is a one-liner
            if ((current_line.strip().endswith("=") == False) and
                ((len(current_line.split("=")) == 2 and 
                    current_line.split("=")[1].strip() != "") or
                 (len(current_line.split("=")) > 2 and 
                    current_line[current_line.rfind(")"):].split("=")[1] != ""))):
                #One-liner
                pass
            else:
                #Adjust the procedure body starting line as needed
                starting_line_number = current_line_number + 1
                if body_starting_line_number != None:
                    starting_line_number = body_starting_line_number + 1
                #Parse the procedure for its local child nodes
                sub_node_lines = []
                compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(starting_line_number, line_list)
                for ln in range(starting_line_number, len(line_list)):
                    #Skip empty lines
                    if line_list[ln].strip() == "" or line_list[ln].strip().startswith("#") == True:
                        #Add the blank space at the correct indentation level
                        #to have the correct number of lines in the list
                        sub_node_lines.append(" " * compare_indentation)
                        continue
                    elif get_line_indentation(line_list[ln]) < compare_indentation:
                        #Store the end of the procedure declaration
                        local_skip_to_line = ln
                        #Reached the last line of the procedure declaration
                        break
                    else:
                        sub_node_lines.append(line_list[ln])
                else:
                    #For loop looped through all of the lines, skip them
                    local_skip_to_line = len(line_list) - 1
                starting_line_number += previous_offset
                node = parse_node(node, sub_node_lines, line_offset=starting_line_number)
        elif (search_string == "class" or
              search_string == "namespace" or
              search_string == "property"):
            """special macro identifiers: class, namespace, ..."""
            #Adjust the procedure body starting line as needed
            starting_line_number = current_line_number + 1
            if body_starting_line_number != None:
                starting_line_number = body_starting_line_number + 1
            #Parse the procedure for its local child nodes
            sub_node_lines = []
            compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(starting_line_number, line_list)
            for ln in range(starting_line_number, len(line_list)):
                #Skip empty lines
                if line_list[ln].strip() == "" or line_list[ln].strip().startswith("#") == True:
                    #Add the blank space at the correct indentation level
                    #to have the correct number of lines in the list
                    sub_node_lines.append(" " * compare_indentation)
                    continue
                elif get_line_indentation(line_list[ln]) < compare_indentation:
                    #Store the end of the procedure declaration
                    local_skip_to_line = ln
                    #Reached the last line of the procedure declaration
                    break
                else:
                    sub_node_lines.append(line_list[ln])
            else:
                #For loop looped through all of the lines, skip them
                local_skip_to_line = len(line_list) - 1
            starting_line_number += previous_offset
            node = parse_node(node, sub_node_lines, line_offset=starting_line_number)
        else:
            """The procedure is a forward declaracion"""
            node.type = "forward declaration"
        #Return the relevant data
        return node, local_skip_to_line
                    
    #Split the Nim code into lines
    nim_code_lines = nim_code.split("\n")
    #Create and initialize the main node that will hold all other nodes
    main_node = NimNode()
    main_node.name          = "main"
    main_node.description   = "main node"
    def parse_node(input_node, code_lines, line_offset=0):
        #Initialize the starting indentation levels (number of spaces)
        current_indentation     = 0
        compare_indentation     = 0
        #Initialize the various state flags
        import_statement    = False
        type_statement      = False
        const_statement     = False
        let_statement       = False
        var_statement       = False
        proc_statement      = False
        converter_statement = False
        iterator_statement  = False
        method_statement    = False
        macro_statement     = False
        template_statement  = False
        class_statement     = False
        namespace_statement = False
        property_statement  = False
        #Initialize the flag for skipping multiple lines
        skip_to_line = None
        #Main loop
        for line_count, line in enumerate(code_lines):
            #Skip blank lines
            if line.strip() == "" or line.strip().startswith("#"):
                continue
            #Check if line needs to be skipped
            if skip_to_line != None:
                if line_count >= skip_to_line:
                    skip_to_line = None
                else:
                    continue
            #Get line indentation and strip leading/trailing whitespaces
            current_indentation = get_line_indentation(line)
            line = line.strip()
            #Discard the comment part of a line, if it's in the line
            if "#" in line:
                stringing           = False
                string_character    = None
                for ch_count, ch in enumerate(line):
                    if ch == "\"" or ch == "\'":
                        #Catch the string building characters
                        if stringing == False:
                            stringing           = True
                            string_character    = ch
                        elif ch == string_character:
                            stringing           = False
                            string_character    = None
                    elif ch == "#" and stringing == False:
                        #Discrad the part of the line from the 
                        #comment character to the end of the line
                        line = line[:ch_count].strip()
                        break
            
            if import_statement == True:
                if current_indentation == compare_indentation:
                    for module in line.split(","):
                        module_name = module.strip()
                        if module_name != "":
                            import_node = NimNode()
                            import_node.name = module_name
                            import_node.description = "import"
                            import_node.line        = line_count + line_offset
                            input_node.imports.append(import_node)
                elif current_indentation < compare_indentation:
                    import_statement = False
            elif type_statement == True:
                if current_indentation == compare_indentation:
                    type_node = NimNode()
                    type_node.name = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                    type_node.description   = "type"
                    type_node.line          = line_count + line_offset
                    input_node.types.append(type_node)
                elif current_indentation < compare_indentation:
                    type_statement = False
            elif const_statement == True:
                if current_indentation == compare_indentation:
                    const_node = NimNode()
                    if ":" in line:
                        const_node.name = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                        const_node.type = line.split(":")[1].split("=")[0].strip()
                    else:
                        const_node.name = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                        const_node.type = None
                    if const_node.name[0].isalpha():
                        const_node.description  = "const"
                        const_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                        input_node.consts.append(const_node)
                elif current_indentation < compare_indentation:
                    const_statement = False
            elif let_statement == True:
                if current_indentation == compare_indentation:
                    let_node = NimNode()
                    if ":" in line:
                        let_node.name = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                        let_node.type = line.split(":")[1].split("=")[0].strip()
                    else:
                        let_node.name = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                        let_node.type = None
                    if let_node.name[0].isalpha():
                        let_node.description  = "let"
                        let_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                        input_node.lets.append(let_node)
                elif current_indentation < compare_indentation:
                    let_statement = False
            elif var_statement == True:
                if current_indentation == compare_indentation:
                    if ":" in line and "=" in line and (line.find(":") < line.find("=")):
                        type = line.split(":")[1].split("=")[0].strip()
                        line = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                    elif ":" in line and not("=" in line):
                        type = line.split(":")[1].strip()
                        line = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                    elif "=" in line:
                        type = line.split("=")[1][:line.find("(")].strip()
                        line = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                    for var in line.split(","):
                        var_name = var.strip()
                        if var_name != "" and var_name[0].isalpha():
                            var_node = NimNode()
                            var_node.name           = var.strip()
                            var_node.description    = "var"
                            var_node.type           = type
                            var_node.line           = line_count + line_offset
                            input_node.vars.append(var_node)
                elif current_indentation < compare_indentation:
                    var_statement = False
            elif proc_statement == True:
                proc_statement = False
            elif converter_statement == True:
                converter_statement = False
            elif iterator_statement == True:
                iterator_statement = False
            elif method_statement == True:
                method_statement = False
            elif macro_statement == True:
                macro_statement = False
            elif template_statement == True:
                template_statement = False
            elif class_statement == True:
                class_statement = False
            elif namespace_statement == True:
                namespace_statement = False
            elif property_statement == True:
                property_statement = False
            
            #Testing for base level declarations
            if line.startswith("import ") or line == "import":
                if line == "import":
                    import_statement    = True
                    compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(line_count+1, code_lines)
                else:
                    line = line.replace("import", "")
                    for module in line.split(","):
                        module_name = module.strip()
                        if module_name != "":
                            import_node = NimNode()
                            import_node.name        = module_name
                            import_node.description = "import"
                            import_node.line        = line_count + line_offset
                            input_node.imports.append(import_node)
            elif line.startswith("type ") or line == "type":
                if line == "type":
                    type_statement      = True
                    compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(line_count+1, code_lines)
                else:
                    line = line.replace("type", "")
                    type_node = NimNode()
                    type_node.name          = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                    type_node.description   = "type"
                    type_node.line          = line_count + line_offset
                    input_node.types.append(type_node)
            elif line.startswith("const ") or line == "const":
                if line == "const":
                    const_statement      = True
                    compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(line_count+1, code_lines)
                else:
                    line = line.replace("const", "")
                    const_node = NimNode()
                    if ":" in line:
                        const_node.name = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                        const_node.type = line.split(":")[1].split("=")[0].strip()
                    else:
                        const_node.name = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                        const_node.type = None
                    const_node.description  = "const"
                    const_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                    input_node.consts.append(const_node)
            elif line.startswith("let ") or line == "let":
                if line == "let":
                    let_statement       = True
                    compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(line_count+1, code_lines)
                else:
                    line = line.replace("let", "")
                    let_node = NimNode()
                    if ":" in line:
                        let_node.name = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                        let_node.type = line.split(":")[1].split("=")[0].strip()
                    else:
                        let_node.name = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                        let_node.type = None
                    let_node.description    = "let"
                    let_node.line           = line_count + line_offset
                    input_node.lets.append(let_node)
            elif line.startswith("var ") or line == "var":
                if line == "var":
                    var_statement       = True
                    compare_indentation = get_next_blocks_indentation(line_count+1, code_lines)
                else:
                    line = line.replace("var", "")
                    if ":" in line and "=" in line and (line.find(":") < line.find("=")):
                        type = line.split(":")[1].split("=")[0].strip()
                        line = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                    elif ":" in line and not("=" in line):
                        type = line.split(":")[1].strip()
                        line = line.split(":")[0].strip()
                    elif "=" in line:
                        type = line.split("=")[1][:line.find("(")].strip()
                        line = line.split("=")[0].strip()
                    for var in line.split(","):
                        var_name = var.strip()
                        if var_name != "":
                            var_node = NimNode()
                            var_node.name           = var_name
                            var_node.description    = "var"
                            var_node.type           = type
                            var_node.line           = line_count + line_offset
                            input_node.vars.append(var_node)
            elif line.startswith("proc "):
                #Create and add the procedure node
                proc_node = NimNode()
                proc_node, skip_to_line =   create_node(
                                                proc_node, 
                                                "proc", 
                                                line, 
                                                line_count, 
                                                code_lines, 
                                                line_offset
                                            )
                proc_node.description   = "procedure"
                proc_node.line          = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the procedure to the main node
                if proc_node.type == "forward declaration":
                    input_node.forward_declarations.append(proc_node)
                else:
                    input_node.procedures.append(proc_node)
                #Set the procedure flag
                proc_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("converter "):
                #Create and add the converter node
                converter_node = NimNode()
                converter_node, skip_to_line =  create_node(
                                                    converter_node, 
                                                    "converter", 
                                                    line, 
                                                    line_count, 
                                                    code_lines, 
                                                    line_offset
                                                )
                converter_node.description  = "converter"
                converter_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the converter to the main node
                input_node.converters.append(converter_node)
                #Set the converter flag
                converter_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("iterator "):
                #Create and add the converter node
                iterator_node = NimNode()
                iterator_node, skip_to_line =  create_node(
                                                    iterator_node, 
                                                    "iterator", 
                                                    line, 
                                                    line_count, 
                                                    code_lines, 
                                                    line_offset
                                                )
                iterator_node.description  = "iterator"
                iterator_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the iterator to the main node
                input_node.iterators.append(iterator_node)
                #Set the iterator flag
                iterator_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("method "):
                #Create and add the method node
                method_node = NimNode()
                method_node, skip_to_line = create_node(
                                                method_node, 
                                                "method", 
                                                line, 
                                                line_count, 
                                                code_lines, 
                                                line_offset
                                            )
                method_node.description = "method"
                method_node.line        = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the procedure to the main node
                input_node.methods.append(method_node)
                #Set the method flag
                method_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("property "):
                #Create and add the property node
                property_node = NimNode()
                property_node, skip_to_line = create_node(
                                                property_node, 
                                                "property", 
                                                line, 
                                                line_count, 
                                                code_lines, 
                                                line_offset
                                            )
                property_node.description = "property"
                property_node.line        = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the property to the parent node
                input_node.properties.append(property_node)
                #Set the property flag
                property_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("macro "):
                #Create and add the macro node
                macro_node = NimNode()
                macro_node, skip_to_line =  create_node(
                                                macro_node, 
                                                "macro", 
                                                line, 
                                                line_count, 
                                                code_lines, 
                                                line_offset
                                            )
                macro_node.description  = "macro"
                macro_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the procedure to the main node
                input_node.macros.append(macro_node)
                #Set the macro flag
                macro_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("template "):
                #Create and add the template node
                template_node = NimNode()
                template_node, skip_to_line =   create_node(
                                                    template_node, 
                                                    "template", 
                                                    line, 
                                                    line_count, 
                                                    code_lines, 
                                                    line_offset
                                                )
                template_node.description   = "template"
                template_node.line          = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the procedure to the main node
                input_node.templates.append(template_node)
                #Set the template flag
                template_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("class "):
                #Create and add the class node
                search_term = "class"
                object_node = NimNode()
                object_node, skip_to_line    =   create_node(
                                                    object_node, 
                                                    search_term, 
                                                    line, 
                                                    line_count, 
                                                    code_lines, 
                                                    line_offset
                                                )
                object_node.description      = search_term
                object_node.line             = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the class to the main node
                input_node.objects.append(object_node)
                #Set the class flag
                class_statement = True
            elif line.startswith("namespace "):
                #Create and add the class node
                namespace_node = NimNode()
                namespace_node, skip_to_line    =   create_node(
                                                        namespace_node, 
                                                        "namespace", 
                                                        line, 
                                                        line_count, 
                                                        code_lines, 
                                                        line_offset
                                                    )
                namespace_node.description  = "namespace"
                namespace_node.line         = line_count + line_offset
                #Add the class to the main node
                input_node.namespaces.append(namespace_node)
                #Set the class flag
                namespace_statement = True
        return input_node
    #Parse the main node
    main_node = parse_node(main_node, nim_code_lines)
    #Return the node list
    return main_node

def get_python_node_list(python_code):
    """
    Parse the text and return nodes as a list.
    The text must be valid Python 3 code.
    """
    #Nested function for recursivly traversing all the child nodes
    def check_children(node, level, function_list):
        lst = []
        for i in ast.iter_child_nodes(node):
            if isinstance(i, ast.ClassDef) or isinstance(i, ast.FunctionDef):
                if isinstance(i, ast.FunctionDef):
                    #Remove the function from the global function list
                    if i in function_list:
                        function_list.remove(i)
                lst.append((level, i))
            #Always descend into the child node to check for nested functions/classes
            lst.extend(check_children(i, level+1, function_list))
        return lst
    #Parse the file
    parsed_string       = ast.parse(python_code)
    nodes               = [node for node in ast.walk(parsed_string)]
    #Get import/import_from nodes, combine them into one list and sort them
    import_nodes        = [(node.names[0].name, node.lineno) for node in nodes if isinstance(node, ast.Import)]
    importfrom_nodes    = [(node.module, node.lineno) for node in nodes if isinstance(node, ast.ImportFrom)]
    import_nodes.extend(importfrom_nodes)
    import_nodes.sort(key=operator.itemgetter(0))
    #Other nodes
    class_nodes         = [node for node in nodes if isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef)]
    function_nodes      = [node for node in nodes if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef)]
    global_vars         = [node for node in nodes if isinstance(node, ast.Name)]
    #Get child nodes for all of the classes
    children         = []
    class_tree_nodes = []
    for c_node in class_nodes:
        #Check if the node has already been parsed as a child node in another class
        if not(c_node in children):
            cc = check_children(c_node, 0, function_nodes)
            class_tree_nodes.append((c_node, cc))
            children.extend([c[1] for c in cc])
    #Return the parse results
    return import_nodes, class_tree_nodes, function_nodes, global_vars

def get_python_node_tree(python_code):
    """
    Parse the text and return nodes as a nested tree.
    The text must be valid Python 3 code.
    """
    # Node object
    class PythonNode:
        def __init__(self, name, type, line_number, level):
            self.name = name
            self.type = type
            self.line_number = line_number
            self.level = level
            self.children = []
    
    # Main parsing function
    def parse_node(ast_node, level, parent_node=None):
        nonlocal globals_list
        nonlocal python_node_tree
        new_node = None
        if isinstance(ast_node, ast.ClassDef):
            new_node = PythonNode(
                ast_node.name, 
                "class", 
                ast_node.lineno, 
                level
            )
            for child_node in ast_node.body:
                result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, new_node)
                if result != None:
                    if isinstance(result, list):
                        for n in result:
                            new_node.children.append(n)
                    else:
                        new_node.children.append(result)
            new_node.children = sorted(new_node.children, key=lambda x: x.name)
        elif isinstance(ast_node, ast.FunctionDef):
            new_node = PythonNode(
                ast_node.name, 
                "function", 
                ast_node.lineno, 
                level
            )
            for child_node in ast_node.body:
                result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, new_node)
                if result != None:
                    if isinstance(result, list):
                        for n in result:
                            new_node.children.append(n)
                    else:
                        new_node.children.append(result)
            new_node.children = sorted(new_node.children, key=lambda x: x.name)
        elif isinstance(ast_node, ast.Import):
            new_nodes = []
            for imp in ast_node.names:
                new_node = PythonNode(
                    imp.name, 
                    "import",
                    ast_node.lineno, 
                    level
                )
                new_nodes.append(new_node)
            return new_nodes
        elif isinstance(ast_node, ast.Assign) and (level == 0 or parent_node == None):
            # Globals that do are not defined with the 'global' keyword,
            # but are defined on the top level
            new_nodes = []
            for target in ast_node.targets:
                if hasattr(target, "id") == True:
                    name = target.id
                    if not(name in globals_list):
                        new_nodes.append(
                            PythonNode(
                                name, 
                                "global_variable", 
                                ast_node.lineno, 
                                level
                            )
                        )
                        globals_list.append(name)
            return new_nodes
        elif isinstance(ast_node, ast.AnnAssign) and (level == 0 or parent_node == None):
            # Type annotated globals
            new_nodes = []
            target = ast_node.target
            if hasattr(target, "id") == True:
                name = target.id
                if not(name in globals_list):
                    new_nodes.append(
                        PythonNode(
                            name, 
                            "global_variable", 
                            ast_node.lineno, 
                            level
                        )
                    )
                    globals_list.append(name)
            return new_nodes
        elif isinstance(ast_node, ast.Global):
            # Globals can be nested somewhere deep in the AST, so they
            # are appended directly into the non-local python_node_tree list
            for name in ast_node.names:
                if not(name in globals_list):
                    python_node_tree.append(
                        PythonNode(
                            name, 
                            "global_variable", 
                            ast_node.lineno, 
                            level
                        )
                    )
                    globals_list.append(name)
        else:
            if parent_node != None and hasattr(ast_node, "body"):
                for child_node in ast_node.body:
                    result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, parent_node)
                    if result != None:
                        if isinstance(result, list):
                            for n in result:
                                parent_node.children.append(n)
                        else:
                            parent_node.children.append(result)
                parent_node.children = sorted(parent_node.children, key=lambda x: x.name)
            else:
                new_nodes = []
                if hasattr(ast_node, "body"):
                    for child_node in ast_node.body:
                        result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, None)
                        if result != None:
                            if isinstance(result, list):
                                for n in result:
                                    new_nodes.append(n)
                            else:
                                new_nodes.append(result)
                if hasattr(ast_node, "orelse"):
                    for child_node in ast_node.orelse:
                        result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, None)
                        if result != None:
                            if isinstance(result, list):
                                for n in result:
                                    new_nodes.append(n)
                            else:
                                new_nodes.append(result)
                if hasattr(ast_node, "finalbody"):
                    for child_node in ast_node.finalbody:
                        result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, None)
                        if result != None:
                            if isinstance(result, list):
                                for n in result:
                                    new_nodes.append(n)
                            else:
                                new_nodes.append(result)
                if hasattr(ast_node, "handlers"):
                    for child_node in ast_node.handlers:
                        result = parse_node(child_node, level+1, None)
                        if result != None:
                            if isinstance(result, list):
                                for n in result:
                                    new_nodes.append(n)
                            else:
                                new_nodes.append(result)
                if new_nodes != []:
                    return new_nodes
        return new_node
    
    # Initialization
    parsed_string = ast.parse(python_code)
    python_node_tree = []
    # List of globals for testing for duplicates
    globals_list = []
    # Parse the nodes recursively
    for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(parsed_string):
        result = parse_node(node, 0)
        if result != None:
            if isinstance(result, list):
                for n in result:
                    python_node_tree.append(n)
            else:
                python_node_tree.append(result)
    # Sort the node list
    python_node_tree = sorted(python_node_tree, key=lambda x: x.name)
    # Return the resulting tree
    return python_node_tree

def remove_comments_from_c_code(c_code):
    """
    Remove single and multiline comments from C source code
    """
    code_list = c_code.split('\n')
    no_comment_code_list = []
    commenting = False
    for line in code_list:
        if commenting == False:
            if '"' in line and '//' in line:
                stringing = False
                for i, ch in enumerate(line):
                    if ch == '"' and stringing == False:
                        stringing = True
                    elif ch == '"' and line[i-1] != "\\" and stringing == True:
                        stringing = False
                    elif stringing == False and line[i:i+2] == '//':
                        line = line[:i]
                        break
                no_comment_code_list.append(line)
            elif '"' in line and '/*' in line:
                stringing = False
                for i, ch in enumerate(line):
                    if ch == '"' and stringing == False:
                        stringing = True
                    elif ch == '"' and line[i-1] != "\\" and stringing == True:
                        stringing = False
                    elif stringing == False and line[i:i+2] == '/*':
                        # Remove the closed comments
                        rest_line = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", "", line[i:], flags=re.DOTALL)
                        line = line[:i] + rest_line
                        # Check again if there is a comment sequence left in the line
                        if '/*' in rest_line:
                            line = line[:i] + rest_line[:line.find('/*')]
                            commenting = True
                            break
                no_comment_code_list.append(line)
            elif '//' in line:
                if line.strip().startswith("//"):
                    continue
                else:
                    line = line[:line.find("//")]
                    no_comment_code_list.append(line)
            elif '/*' in line:
                # Remove the closed comments
                line = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", "", line, flags=re.DOTALL)
                # Check again if there is a comment sequence left in the line
                if '/*' in line:
                    line_to_comment = line[:line.find("/*")]
                    if line_to_comment.strip() != "":
                        no_comment_code_list.append(line_to_comment)
                    commenting = True
                else:
                    no_comment_code_list.append(line)
            else:
                no_comment_code_list.append(line)
        else:
            if '*/' in line:
                # Remove the closed comments
                line = re.sub(r"/\*.*?\*/", "", line, flags=re.DOTALL)
                if '*/' in line:
                    if line.strip().endswith('*/'):
                        commenting = False
                    else:
                        line = line[line.find("/*")+2:]
                        no_comment_code_list.append(line)
                        commenting = False
    # Return the result
    result = '\n'.join(no_comment_code_list)
    return result

def get_c_function_list(c_code):
    """
    Parse the text and return all C functions as a list.
    Made as simple as possible.
    The text must be valid C code.
    """
    #Store the text
    text = c_code
    #Initialize state variables
    curly_count = 0
    parenthesis_count = 0
    singleline_commenting = False
    multiline_commenting = False
    typedefing = False
    stringing = False
    previous_token = ""
    last_found_function = ""
    last_line = 0
    current_line = 1
    function_list = []
    #Tokenize the text and remove the space characters
    splitter = re.compile(r"(\#\w+|\'|\"|\n|\s+|\w+|\W)")
    tokens = [token for token in splitter.findall(text)]
    #Main Loop for filtering tokens
    for i, token in enumerate(tokens):
        stripped_token = token.strip()
        if "\n" in token:
            newline_count = token.count("\n")
            current_line += newline_count
            #Reset the single line comment flag
            singleline_commenting = False
        if stripped_token == "":
            continue
        #Check for function definitions
        if curly_count == 0:
            if multiline_commenting == False and singleline_commenting == False:
                if token == "{" and previous_token == ")":
                    #The function has passed the filter, add it to the list
                    function_list.append((last_found_function, last_line))
                elif token == "(" and re.match(r"\w", previous_token) and parenthesis_count == 0:
                    last_found_function = previous_token
                    last_line = current_line
        if token == "typedef":
            typedefing = True
        #Check for various state changes
        if (multiline_commenting == False and singleline_commenting == False and
            stringing == False):
            if token == "{":
                curly_count += 1
            elif token == "}":
                curly_count -= 1
            elif token == "(":
                parenthesis_count += 1
            elif token == ")":
                parenthesis_count -= 1
            elif token == "*" and previous_token == "/":
                multiline_commenting = True
            elif token == "/" and previous_token == "/":
                singleline_commenting = True
        else:
            if token == "/" and previous_token == "*":
                multiline_commenting = False
        #Store the previous token
        if stripped_token != "":
            previous_token = token
    #Sort the functions alphabetically
    def compare_function(item):
        return item[0].lower()
    function_list = sorted(function_list, key=compare_function)
    #Return the function list
    return function_list

def get_node_tree_with_ctags(code, parser):
    # Node object
    class CNode:
        def __init__(self, 
                     in_name, 
                     in_type, 
                     in_line_number, 
                     in_level, 
                     in_parent=None):
            self.name = in_name.strip()
            self.type = in_type
            self.line_number = in_line_number
            self.level = in_level
            self.parent_type = None
            self.parent = None
            if in_parent is not None:
                self.parent_type = in_parent[0].strip()
                self.parent = in_parent[1].strip()
            self.children = []
    
#    # Ctags symbol dictionary
#    ctags_description_string = """
#        #LETTER NAME       ENABLED REFONLY NROLES MASTER DESCRIPTION
#        L       label      no      no      0      C      goto labels
#        d       macro      yes     no      1      C      macro definitions
#        e       enumerator yes     no      0      C      enumerators (values inside an enumeration)
#        f       function   yes     no      0      C      function definitions
#        g       enum       yes     no      0      C      enumeration names
#        h       header     yes     yes     2      C      included header files
#        l       local      no      no      0      C      local variables
#        m       member     yes     no      0      C      struct, and union members
#        p       prototype  no      no      0      C      function prototypes
#        s       struct     yes     no      0      C      structure names
#        t       typedef    yes     no      0      C      typedefs
#        u       union      yes     no      0      C      union names
#        v       variable   yes     no      0      C      variable definitions
#        x       externvar  no      no      0      C      external and forward variable declarations
#        z       parameter  no      no      0      C      function parameters inside function definitions
#    """
#    c_symbols = dict(
#        [(x.split()[0], x.split()[1]) 
#            for x in ctags_description_string.splitlines()
#                if x.strip() != ""][1:]
#    )
    
    global ctags_program
    # Test for ctags on the system
    ctags_test = ('ctags_present' in locals()) or ('ctags_present' in globals())
    if ctags_test == False:
        global ctags_present
        ctags_present = False
        ctags_program = "ctags"
        try:
            if data.platform == "Windows":
                # SW_HIDE option hides the poping up of the console window on Windows 
                si = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
                si.dwFlags = subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
                si.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE
                output = subprocess.Popen(
                    [ctags_program, "--version"], 
                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                    startupinfo=si,
                    shell=False
                ).communicate()[0]
            else:
                output = subprocess.Popen(
                    [ctags_program, "--version"], 
                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                    shell=False
                ).communicate()[0]
            output_utf = output.decode("utf-8")
            if output_utf.startswith("Exuberant Ctags") or output_utf.startswith("Universal Ctags"):
                ctags_present = True
        except Exception as ex:
            if data.platform == "Windows":
                repl_print(
                    "Windows operating system detected.\n " + 
                    "Using Universal Ctags program from the resources directory."
                )
                ctags_program = os.path.join(
                    data.resources_directory, 
                    "programs/ctags.exe"
                ).replace("\\", "/")
                ctags_present = True
            else:
                repl_print(ex)
                ctags_present = False
                raise Exception(
                    "Exuberant or Universal Ctags (ctags) could not be found on the system!\n" +
                    "If you are using a Debian based operating system,\n" + 
                    "try executing 'sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags' to install Exuberant-Ctags."
                )
    # Create the file for parsing
    filename = "temporary_ctags_file"
    replace_word = "/\\/"
    if parser == "JSON":
        filtered_code = code.replace('.', replace_word)
    else:
        filtered_code = code
    with open(filename, "w+") as f:
        f.write(filtered_code)
        f.close()
    # Parse the file with ctags
    try:
        if parser == "ASSEMBLY":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=Asm"
            )
        elif parser == "C":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--kinds-C=+px",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=C",
            )
        elif parser == "C++":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--kinds-C++=+px",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=C++"
            )
        elif parser == "D":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--kinds-D=+px",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=D",
            )
        elif parser == "PASCAL":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=Pascal",
            )
        elif parser == "PHP":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=Php",
            )
        elif parser == "JAVASCRIPT":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=Javascript",
            )
        elif parser == "MAKEFILE":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=Make",
            )
        elif parser == "HTML":
            flags = (
                "-R",
                "--fields=-f-k-t+K+n",
                "--excmd=number",
                "--language-force=HTML",
            )
        else:
            raise Exception(
                "[Ctags-parsing] Unsupported file type: {}".format(parser)
            )
        if data.platform == "Windows":
            # SW_HIDE option hides the poping up of the console window on Windows 
            si = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
            si.dwFlags = subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
            si.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE
            output = subprocess.Popen(
                [
                    ctags_program, 
                    *flags,
                    "--output-format=json",
                    filename,
                ], 
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                startupinfo=si,
                shell=False
            ).communicate()[0]
        else:
            output = subprocess.Popen(
                [
                    ctags_program, 
                    *flags,
                    "--output-format=json",
                    filename
                ], 
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                shell=False
            ).communicate()[0]
        output_utf = output.decode("utf-8")
#        with open("D:/ctags.out.json", 'w+', encoding="utf-8") as f:
#            lines = f.write(output_utf)
#            f.close()
    except Exception as ex:
        repl_print(ex)
        raise Exception("Parse error!")
    # Initialize state variables
    main_node = CNode("module", "", 0, -1)
    main_node_list = []
    main_current_line = 1
    # Function for adding a node
    def add_node(in_node):
        if main_node != None:
            main_node.children.append(in_node)
        else:
            main_node_list.append(in_node)
    main_node = CNode("module", "", 0, -1)

    # Parse the output (NEW)
    for line in output_utf.split('\n'):
        # Parse JSON
        if line.strip() == '':
            continue
        try:
            json_data = json.loads(line)
        except:
            traceback.print_exc()
            continue
        # Skip non-tag items
        if json_data["_type"] != "tag":
            continue
        
        name = json_data["name"]
        line_number = json_data["line"]
        kind = json_data["kind"]
        parent = None
        if "scope" in json_data.keys():
            parent_name = json_data["scope"]
            parent_type = json_data["scopeKind"]
            parent = (parent_type, parent_name)
        add_node(
            CNode(name, kind, line_number, 0, in_parent=parent)
        )
    
    # Delete the temporary parsing file
    os.remove(filename)
    # Sort the nodes alphabetically
    def compare_function(item):
        return item.name.lower()
    main_node_list = sorted(main_node_list, key=compare_function)
    main_node_list.append(main_node)
    return main_node_list

def get_c_node_tree(c_code):
    """
    THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS ROUTINE!!! IT IS IN A SOMEWHAT USABLE STATE.
    """
    # Node object
    class CNode:
        def __init__(self, 
                     in_name, 
                     in_type, 
                     in_line_number, 
                     in_level, 
                     in_parent=None):
            self.name = in_name.strip()
            self.type = in_type
            self.line_number = in_line_number
            self.level = in_level
            self.parent = in_parent
            self.children = []
    # C keywords
    keywords = [
        "auto", "break", "case", "const", "continue", "default", "do",
        "else", "enum", "extern", "for", "goto", "if", "register", "return", 
        "signed", "sizeof", "static", "struct", "switch", "typedef", "union", 
        "unsigned", "volatile", "while", "pragma", 
    ]
    composite_types = ["typedef", "union", "enum", "struct"]
    types = [
        "char", "double", "enum", "float", "int", "long", "short", "void", 
        "auto", "static", "struct", "signed", "unsigned", "register", "extern",
    ]
    macros = ["define", "include", "pragma", "undef", "error"]
    skip_macros = ["if", "ifdef", "ifndef", "else", "endif"]
    """
    Parsing
    """
    # Store the text
    text = c_code
    # Initialize state variables
    main_node = CNode("module", "", 0, -1)#None
    main_current_line = 1
    main_node_list = [main_node]
    # Function for adding a node
    def add_node(in_node):
        if main_node != None:
            main_node.children.append(in_node)
        else:
            node_list.append(in_node)
    # Debugging helpers
    def debug_print(level, *args, **kwargs):
        if False:
            print(level * "    ", *args, **kwargs)
    # Tokenize the text and remove the space characters
#    splitter = re.compile(r"(\#\s*\w+|\'|\"|\n|\s+|\w+|\W)")
    splitter = re.compile(r"(\#\s*\w+|\n|\s+|\w+|\W)")
    main_tokens = [token for token in splitter.findall(text)]
    
    # Main parse function
    def parse_loop(tokens, node_list, current_line, index, level):
        curly_count = 0
        parenthesis_count = 0
        singleline_commenting = False
        multiline_commenting = False
        
        macroing = False
        macro_type = ""
        macro_tokens = []
        
        composite_0_typeing = False
        composite_1_typeing = False
        stringing = False
        charactering = False
        
        previous_token = ""
        last_found_function = ""
        last_line = 0
        current_line_tokens = []
        current_statement_tokens = []
        previous_unfiltered_token = None
        
        skip_to_token = None
        
        # Main Loop for filtering tokens
        for i, token in enumerate(tokens):
            stripped_token = token.strip()
            # Store the previous token
            if i > 0:
                previous_unfiltered_token = tokens[i-1]
                if stripped_token != "":
                    previous_token = token
            else:
                previous_unfiltered_token = ""
                previous_token = ""
            # Store the next token 
            if i < len(tokens)-2:
                next_token = tokens[i+1]
            else:
                next_token = ""
            
            if "\n" in token:
                # Increase the line counter
                newline_count = token.count("\n")
                current_line += newline_count
                
                # Reset the line token list
                current_line_tokens = []
                # Reset the single line comment and string flags
                singleline_commenting = False
                stringing = False
            
            if skip_to_token != None:
                if skip_to_token >= i:
                    continue
                else:
                    skip_to_token = None
            
            # Check for various special characters
            if '\n' in token:
                if previous_unfiltered_token != "\\":
                    # Check the macro type
                    if macro_type == "include":
                        filtered_macro_tokens = []
                        previous_token = ''
                        for m in macro_tokens:
                            if ((m == '*' and previous_token == '/') or
                                (m == '/' and previous_token == '/')):
                                    filtered_macro_tokens = filtered_macro_tokens[:-2]
                                    break
                            filtered_macro_tokens.append(m)
                            previous_token = m
                        include_string = "".join(filtered_macro_tokens)
                        debug_print(
                            level, "Found include:\n", (level+1)*"    ", include_string
                        )
                        add_node(CNode(include_string, "include", macro_line, 0))
                    elif macro_type == "define":
                        define_macro = macro_tokens[0]
                        debug_print(
                            level, "Found define:\n", (level+1)*"    ", define_macro
                        )
                        add_node(CNode(define_macro, "define", macro_line, 0))
                    elif macro_type == "undef":
                        undef_macro = macro_tokens[0]
                        debug_print(
                            level, "Found undef:\n", (level+1)*"    ", undef_macro
                        )
                        add_node(CNode(undef_macro, "undef", macro_line, 0))
                    elif macro_type == "pragma":
                        pragma_macro = macro_tokens[0]
                        # Watcom compiler 'aux' keyword check
                        if pragma_macro == "aux":
                            pragma_macro = macro_tokens[1]
                        debug_print(
                            level, "Found pragma:\n", (level+1)*"    ", pragma_macro
                        )
                        add_node(CNode(pragma_macro, "pragma", macro_line, 0))
                    elif macro_type == "error":
                        error_macro = " ".join(macro_tokens)[:10] + "..."
                        debug_print(
                            level, "Found error:\n", (level+1)*"    ", error_macro
                        )
                        add_node(CNode(error_macro, "error", macro_line, 0))
                    # Reset the macroing flag
                    macro_tokens = []
                    macroing = False
                    macro_type = ""
            
            # Check for an empty token
            if stripped_token == "":
                previous_unfiltered_token = stripped_token
                continue
            
            if multiline_commenting == True:
                if token == "/" and previous_token == "*":
                    multiline_commenting = False
            elif singleline_commenting == True:
                pass
            elif macroing == True:
                macro_tokens.append(token)
            elif stringing == True:
                if token == '"' and previous_token != "\\":
                    stringing = False
            elif charactering == True:
                if token == '\'' and previous_token != "\\":
                    charactering = False
            else:
                current_line_tokens.append(token)
                
                if token == "*" and previous_unfiltered_token == "/":
                    current_statement_tokens = current_statement_tokens[:-1]
                    multiline_commenting = True
                elif token == "/" and previous_unfiltered_token == "/":
                    current_statement_tokens = current_statement_tokens[:-1]
                    singleline_commenting = True
                elif token == '"':
                    stringing = True
                elif token == '\'':
                    charactering = True
                elif token == ';':
                    current_statement_tokens.append(token)
                    first_word = current_statement_tokens[0]
                    if first_word in composite_types:
                        type_desc = first_word
                        if current_statement_tokens[-2].isidentifier():
                            type_name = current_statement_tokens[-2]
                        elif (current_statement_tokens[1].isidentifier() and 
                              not(current_statement_tokens[1] in keywords)):
                            type_name = current_statement_tokens[1]    
                        else:
                            for t in current_statement_tokens:
                                if t.startswith("( *"):
                                    type_name = t[3:-2]
                                    break
                            else:
                                raise Exception("'{}' (line:{}) has unknown name! ({})".format(
                                        type_desc, current_line, current_statement_tokens
                                    )
                                )
                        body_test = (
                            current_statement_tokens[-2] == "{ ... }" or
                            current_statement_tokens[-3] == "{ ... }"
                        ) 
                        if type_name.isidentifier() and body_test:
                            debug_print(level, "Found {}:\n".format(type_desc), (level+1)*"    ", type_name)
                            add_node(CNode(type_name, type_desc, current_line, 0))
                    else:
                        def parse_funcs(in_list, pos=0):
                            if in_list == None:
                                return
                            return_list = []
                            for i,item in enumerate(in_list):
                                if item.strip() == "":
                                    continue
                                elif item.startswith('('):
                                    try:
                                        if in_list[i-1].isidentifier() and not(in_list[i-1] in keywords):
                                            func = return_list.pop()
                                            return_list.append(func+item)
                                    except:
                                        return_list.append(item)
                                else:
                                    return_list.append(item)
                            return return_list
                        try:
                            result = parse_funcs(current_statement_tokens)
#                            print(result)
                            length = len(result)
                            if ('(' in result[-2] and ')' in result[-2] and 
                                not('=' in result[-2]) and level == 0 and
                                result[-2][:result[-2].find('(')].isidentifier()):
                                    name = current_statement_tokens[-3]
                                    if '(' in name and ')' in name and name[2] == '*':
                                        prototype = name[3:-1]
                                    else:
                                        prototype = result[-2][:result[-2].find('(')]
                                    add_node(
                                        CNode(prototype, "prototype", current_line, 0)
                                    )
                                    debug_print(level, "Found prototype 0:\n", (level+1)*"    ", prototype)
                            elif length == 3:
                                if '(' in result[1] and ')' in result[1] and (level == 0):
                                    prototype = result[1][:result[1].find("(")]
                                    add_node(
                                        CNode(prototype, "prototype", current_line, 0)
                                    )
                                    debug_print(level, "Found prototype 1:\n", (level+1)*"    ", prototype)
                                elif result[1].isidentifier() and not('=' in result) and (level == 0):
                                    variable = result[1]
                                    add_node(
                                        CNode(variable, "var", current_line, 0)
                                    )
                                    debug_print(level, "Found variable 0:\n", (level+1)*"    ", variable)
                                else:
                                    pass
                            elif ',' in result:
                                # Multiple variable declarations delimited with ','
                                if level == 0:
                                    groups = []
                                    current_group = []
                                    for t in result:
                                        if t == ',' or t == ';':
                                            groups.append(current_group)
                                            current_group = []
                                        else:
                                            current_group.append(t)
                                    for g in groups:
                                        if '=' in g:
                                            equal_index = g.index('=')
                                            var_name = g[equal_index-1]
                                        else:
                                            if ('[' in g) and (']' in g):
                                                open_index = g.index('[')
                                                var_name = g[open_index-1]
                                            else:
                                                var_name = g[-1]
                                        if var_name.isidentifier():
                                            add_node(
                                                CNode(var_name, "var", current_line, 0)
                                            )
                                            debug_print(level, "Found variable 1:\n", (level+1)*"    ", var_name)
                            elif result[-2].isidentifier() and not('=' in result) and (level == 0):
                                variable = result[-2]
                                add_node(
                                    CNode(variable, "var", current_line, 0)
                                )
                                debug_print(level, "Found variable 2:\n", (level+1)*"    ", variable)
                            elif '=' in result and result[result.index('=')-1].isidentifier() and (level == 0):
                                variable = result[result.index('=')-1]
                                add_node(
                                    CNode(variable, "var", current_line, 0)
                                )
                                debug_print(level, "Found variable 3:\n", (level+1)*"    ", variable)
                            elif ('[' in result) and (']' in result) and result[result.index("[")-1].isidentifier() and (level == 0):
                                variable = result[result.index("[")-1]
                                add_node(
                                    CNode(variable, "var", current_line, 0)
                                )
                                debug_print(level, "Found array variable:\n", (level+1)*"    ", variable)
                            else:
                                pass
                        except Exception as ex:
                            debug_print(level-1, "**** UNKNOWN NODE ****", current_line, i+index)
                        
                    current_statement_tokens = []
                elif '#' in token and any(x for x in macros if x in token):
                    macroing = True
                    macro_type = token.replace('#', '').strip()
                    macro_line = current_line
                    macro_tokens = []
                elif '#' in token and any(x for x in skip_macros if x in token):
                    # Skip macros that do nothing
                    macroing = True
                elif token == '{' and previous_token != '\'' and next_token != '\'':
                    try:
                        func_found = False
                        if (current_statement_tokens[-1] == "( ... )" or 
                            (current_statement_tokens[-1].startswith('(') and 
                             current_statement_tokens[-1].endswith(')'))):
                            func_name = current_statement_tokens[-2]
                            if func_name.isidentifier() and not(func_name in keywords):
                                add_node(
                                    CNode(func_name, "function", current_line, 0)
                                )
                                debug_print(level, "Found function:\n", (level+1)*"    ", func_name)
                                func_found = True
                    except:
                        pass
                    if func_found == False and not(any(x in composite_types for x in current_statement_tokens)):
                        next_level = level
                    else:
                        next_level = level + 1
                    # Start of a block
                    debug_print(level, "{ ", current_statement_tokens)
                    if func_found:
                        debug_print(level, "function start '{}':".format(func_name),"level:",next_level,i)
                    node_list, skip_to_token = parse_loop(
                        tokens[i+1:], node_list, current_line, i+1, next_level
                    )
                    current_statement_tokens.append("{ ... }")
                    if func_found:
                        debug_print(level, "function end '{}':".format(func_name),skip_to_token)
                        current_statement_tokens = []
                elif token == '}' and previous_token != '\'' and next_token != '\'':
                    return node_list, i+index
#                elif token == ')' and previous_token != '\'' and next_token != '\'':
#                    debug_print(level-1, ')', current_line, i+index)
#                    return node_list, i+index
                elif token == '(' and previous_token != '\'' and next_token != '\'':
#                    repl_print(previous_token, token, next_token, tokens[i+2], tokens[i+3], tokens[i+4], tokens[i+5], tokens[i+6], tokens[i+7])
#                    repl_print(tokens[i+1],tokens[i+2],tokens[i+3],tokens[i+4],tokens[i+5])
                    paren_tokens = ['(']
                    paren_count = 0
                    skip_to_token = i
                    function_flag = False
                    previous_t = None
                    next_t = None
                    for j, t in enumerate(tokens[i+1:]):
                        print(paren_count)
                        skip_to_token += 1
                        paren_tokens.append(t)
                        if j > 0:
                            previous_t = tokens[i+1:][j-1]
                        if j < len(tokens[i+1:])-1:
                            next_t = tokens[i+1:][j+1]
                        if t == '(' and previous_t != '\'' and next_t != '\'':
                            paren_count += 1
                        if t == ')' and previous_t != '\'' and next_t != '\'':
                            if paren_count == 0:
#                                repl_print(previous_t, t, next_t)
                                try:
                                    tks = tokens[i+1:]
                                    for k in range(3):
                                        if '{' in tks[j+1+k].strip():
                                            function_flag = True
                                            break
                                except:
                                    pass
                                break
                            else:
                                paren_count -= 1
                    if paren_tokens[1] == '*' and function_flag == False:
                        current_statement_tokens.append("( {} )".format("".join(paren_tokens[1:-1])))
                    elif (len(paren_tokens) > 4 and 
                          paren_tokens[-3] == '*' and 
                          paren_tokens[-2].isidentifier() and
                          not(',' in "".join(paren_tokens)) and
                          function_flag == False):
                            current_statement_tokens.append(
                                "( {} )".format("".join(paren_tokens[-3:-1]))
                            )
                    else:
                        current_statement_tokens.append("( ... )")
                    continue
                else:
                    current_statement_tokens.append(token)

        # Return the accumulated node list
        return node_list, skip_to_token
    
    main_node_list, skip_to_token = parse_loop(
        main_tokens, main_node_list, main_current_line, 0, 0
    )
    
    #Sort the nodes alphabetically
    def compare_function(item):
        return item.name.lower()
    main_node_list = sorted(main_node_list, key=compare_function)
    return main_node_list
    

def test_text_file(file_with_path):
    """Test if a file is a plain text file and can be read"""
    #Try to read all of the lines in the file, return None if there is an error 
    #(using Grace Hopper's/Alex Martelli's forgivness/permission principle)
    try:
        file = open(file_with_path, "r", encoding=locale.getpreferredencoding(), errors="strict")
        #Read only a couple of lines in the file
        for line in itertools.islice(file, 10):
            line = line
        file.readlines()
        #Close the file handle
        file.close()
        #Return the systems preferred encoding 
        return locale.getpreferredencoding()
    except:
        test_encodings = ["utf-8", "ascii", "utf-16", "utf-32", "iso-8859-1", "latin-1"]
        for current_encoding in test_encodings:
            try:
                file = open(file_with_path, "r", encoding=current_encoding, errors="strict")
                #Read only a couple of lines in the file
                for line in itertools.islice(file, 10):
                    line = line
                #Close the file handle
                file.close()
                #Return the succeded encoding
                return current_encoding
            except:
                #Error occured while reading the file, skip to next iteration
                continue
    #Error, no encoding was correct
    return None

def test_binary_file(file_with_path):
    """Test if a file is in binary format"""
    file = open(file_with_path, "rb")
    #Read only a couple of lines in the file
    binary_text = None
    for line in itertools.islice(file, 20):
        if b"\x00" in line:
            #Return to the beginning of the binary file
            file.seek(0)
            #Read the file in one step
            binary_text = file.read()
            break
    file.close()
    #Return the result
    return binary_text

def get_file_type(file_with_path, check_content=True):
    """Get file extension and return file type as string"""
    # Initialize it as unknown and change it in the if statement 
    file_type = "unknown"   
    # Split the file and path
    path, file = os.path.split(file_with_path)
    # Split file name and extension
    file_name, file_extension   = os.path.splitext(file)
    if (file_with_path.lower() == data.config_file.lower() or
        file.lower() == "exco.ini"):
        # First check to see if the user functions file has been opened
        file_type = "python"
    elif file_name.lower() == "makefile":
        file_type = "makefile"
    elif "cmakelists" in file_name.lower():
        file_type = "cmake"
    else:
        for k,v in data.supported_file_extentions.items():
            if file_extension.lower() in v:
                file_type = k
                break
        else:
            if check_content == True:
                # The file extension was not recognized, 
                # try the file contents for more information
                file_type = test_file_content_for_type(file_with_path)
                # If the file content did not give any useful information,
                # set the content as text
                if file_type == "unknown":
                    file_type = "text"
            else:
                file_type = "text"
    # Return file type string
    return file_type

def test_file_content_for_type(file_with_path):
    """Test the first line of a file for relevant file type data"""
    file_type = "unknown"
    try:
        first_line = ""
        #Read the first non-empty line in the file
        with open(file_with_path, 'r') as file:
            lines = file.readlines()
            for line in lines:
                if line.strip() == "":
                    continue
                else:
                    first_line = line
                    break
        #Prepare the line
        first_line = first_line.lower().strip()
        #Check the line content
        if "<?xml" in first_line:
            file_type = "xml"
        elif "<?php" in first_line:
            file_type = "php"
        elif "#!" in first_line and "python" in first_line:
            file_type = "python"
        elif "#!" in first_line and "perl" in first_line:
            file_type = "perl"
        elif "#!" in first_line and "ruby" in first_line:
            file_type = "ruby"
        elif (("#!" in first_line and "bash" in first_line) or
              ("#!" in first_line and "dash" in first_line) or
              ("#!" in first_line and "sh" in first_line)):
            file_type = "bash"
        #Return the file type
        return file_type
    except:
        #Error reading the file
        return file_type
    

def read_file_to_string(file_with_path):
    """Read contents of a text file to a single string"""
    #Test if a file is in binary format
    binary_text = test_binary_file(file_with_path)
    if binary_text != None:
        cleaned_binary_text = binary_text.replace(b"\x00",b"")
#        cleaned_binary_text = re.sub(b'[\x00]+',b'', binary_text)
#        cleaned_binary_text = re.sub(b'[\x00-\x7f]+',b'.', binary_text)
        return cleaned_binary_text.decode(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
    else:
        #File is not binary, loop through encodings to find the correct one.
        #Try the default Ex.Co. encoding UTF-8 first
        test_encodings = [
            "utf-8",
            "cp1250",
            "ascii",
            "utf-16",
            "utf-32",
            "iso-8859-1",
            "latin-1",
            "gb2312",
        ]
        for current_encoding in test_encodings:
            try:
                #If opening the file in the default Ex.Co. encoding fails,
                #open it using the prefered system encoding!
                with open(file_with_path,
                          "r",
                          encoding=current_encoding,
                          errors="surrogateescape") as file:
                    #Read the whole file with "read()"
                    text = file.read()
                    #Close the file handle
                    file.close()
                #Return the text string
                return text
            except:
                #Error occured while reading the file, skip to next encoding
                continue
    #Error, no encoding was correct
    return None

def read_binary_file_as_generator(file_object, chunk_size=1024):
    """
    Lazy function (generator) to read a file piece by piece.
    Default chunk size: 1k.
    """
    while True:
        data = file_object.read(chunk_size)
        if not data:
            break
        yield data

def read_file_to_list(file_with_path):
    """Read contents of a text file to a list"""
    text = read_file_to_string(file_with_path)
    if text != None:
        return text.split("\n")
    else:
        return None

def write_to_file(text, file_with_path, encoding="utf-8"):
    """Write text to a file"""
    #Again, the forgiveness principle
    try:
        #Encode the file to the selected encoding
        if encoding != "utf-8":
            #Convert UTF-8 string into a byte array
            byte_string = bytearray(text, encoding=encoding, errors="replace")
            #Convert the byte array into the desired encoding,
            #unknown characters will be displayed as question marks or something similar
            text = codecs.decode(byte_string, encoding, "replace")
        #Open the file for writing, create it if it doesn't exists
        with open(file_with_path, "w", newline="", encoding=encoding) as file:
            #Write text to the file
            file.write(text)
            #Close the file handle
            file.close()
        #Writing to file succeded
        return True
    except Exception as ex:
        #Wrtiting to file failed, return error message
        return ex

def list_character_positions(string, character):
    """Return a list of positions of all the instances of character in a string"""
    return [i for i, char in enumerate(string) if char == character]
    
def index_strings_in_linelist(search_text, list_of_lines, case_sensitive=False):
    """ 
    Return all instances of the searched text in the list of lines 
    as a list of tuples(line, match_start_position, line, match_end_position).
    Line numbers are 0-to-(len(list_of_lines)-1)
    """
    list_of_matches = []
    if case_sensitive == True:
        compiled_search_re = re.compile(re.escape(search_text))
    else:
        compiled_search_re = re.compile(re.escape(search_text), re.IGNORECASE)
    #Check for and extend the list with all matches
    for i, line in enumerate(list_of_lines):
        line_matches = [(i, match.start(), i, match.end()) for match in re.finditer(compiled_search_re, line)]
        list_of_matches.extend(line_matches)
    return list_of_matches

#def index_strings_in_text(search_text, 
#                          text, 
#                          case_sensitive=False, 
#                          regular_expression=False, 
#                          text_to_bytes=False):
#    """ 
#    Return all instances of the searched text in the text string
#    as a list of tuples(0, match_start_position, 0, match_end_position).
#    
#    Parameters:
#        - search_text:
#            the text/expression to search for in the text parameter
#        - text:
#            the text that will be searched through
#        - case_sensitive:
#            case sensitivity of the performed search
#        - regular_expression:
#            selection of whether the search string is a regular expression or not
#        - text_to_bytes:
#            whether to transform the search_text and text parameters into byte objects
#    """
#    if text_to_bytes == True:
#        search_text = bytes(search_text, "utf-8")
#        text = bytes(text, "utf-8")
#    #Set the search text according to the regular expression selection
#    if regular_expression == False:
#        search_text     = re.escape(search_text)
#    #Compile expression according to case sensitivity flag
#    if case_sensitive == True:
#        compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text)
#    else:
#        compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
#    #Create the list with all of the matches
#    list_of_matches = [(0, match.start(), 0, match.end()) for match in re.finditer(compiled_search_re, text)]
#    return list_of_matches
def index_strings_in_text(search_text, 
                          text, 
                          case_sensitive=False, 
                          regular_expression=False, 
                          text_to_bytes=False,
                          whole_words=False):
    """ 
    Return all instances of the searched text in the text string
    as a list of tuples(0, match_start_position, 0, match_end_position).
    
    Parameters:
        - search_text:
            the text/expression to search for in the text parameter
        - text:
            the text that will be searched through
        - case_sensitive:
            case sensitivity of the performed search
        - regular_expression:
            selection of whether the search string is a regular expression or not
        - text_to_bytes:
            whether to transform the search_text and text parameters into byte objects
        - whole_words:
            match only whole words
    """
    # Check if whole words only should be matched
    if whole_words == True:
        search_text = r"\b(" + search_text + r")\b"
    # Convert text to bytes so that utf-8 characters will be parsed correctly
    if text_to_bytes == True:
        search_text = bytes(search_text, "utf-8")
        text = bytes(text, "utf-8")
    # Set the search text according to the regular expression selection
    if regular_expression == False:
        search_text = re.escape(search_text)
    # Compile expression according to case sensitivity flag
    if case_sensitive == True:
        compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text)
    else:
        compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
    # Create the list with all of the matches
    list_of_matches = [(0, match.start(), 0, match.end()) for match in re.finditer(compiled_search_re, text)]
    return list_of_matches

def check_unmatched_quotes(string):
    """
    Check if there are unmatched single/double quotes in the text and
    return the position of the last unmatched quote character
    """
    #Define locals
    found_single            = False
    found_double            = False
    last_quote_position     = None
    #Loop through all the characters in the string
    for i, ch in enumerate(string):
        #Check for a double quote
        if ch == "\"":
            if found_double == False and found_single == False:
                #Save state that the quote was found
                found_double            = True
                #Save quote position 
                last_quote_position     = i
            elif found_double == True:
                #Reset quote state
                found_double            = False
                last_quote_position     = None
        #Check for a single quote
        elif ch == "'":
            if found_single == False and found_double == False:
                #Save state that the quote was found
                found_single            = True
                #Save quote position 
                last_quote_position     = i
            elif found_single == True:
                #Reset quote state
                found_single            = False
                last_quote_position     = None
    #Return the last unclosed quote position
    return last_quote_position

def is_number(string):
    """Check if the string is a number (integer or float)"""
    try: 
        float(string)
        return True
    except ValueError:
        return False

def replace_and_index(input_string,  
                      search_text, 
                      replace_text, 
                      case_sensitive=False, 
                      regular_expression=False):
    """
    Function that replaces the search text with replace text in a string,
    using regular expressions if specified, and returns the
    line numbers and indexes of the replacements as a list.
    """
    #First check if the replacement action is needed
    if search_text == replace_text and case_sensitive == True:
        return None, input_string
    elif search_text.lower() == replace_text.lower() and case_sensitive == False:
        return None, input_string
    #Initialize the return variables
    replaced_text   = None
    #Find the search text matches that will be highlighted (pre-replacement)
    #Only when not searching with regular expressions
    if regular_expression == False :
        matches = index_strings_in_text(
                      search_text, 
                      input_string, 
                      case_sensitive, 
                      regular_expression, 
                      text_to_bytes=True
                  )    
    #Create a matches list according to regular expression selection
    if regular_expression == True:
        #Compile the regular expression object according to the case sensitivity
        if case_sensitive == True:
            compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text)
        else:
            compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
        #Replace all instances of search text with the replace text
        replaced_text = re.sub(compiled_search_re, replace_text, input_string)
        replaced_match_indexes  = []
        #Split old and new texts into line lists
        split_input_text    = input_string.split("\n")
        split_replaced_text = replaced_text.split("\n")
        #Loop through the old text and compare it line-by-line to the old text
        try:
            for i in range(len(split_input_text)):
                if split_input_text[i] != split_replaced_text[i]:
                    replaced_match_indexes.append(i)
        except:
            #If regular expression replaced lines,
            #then we cannot highlight the replacements
            replaced_match_indexes  = []
    else:
        replaced_text = None
        if case_sensitive == True:
            #Standard string replace
            replaced_text = input_string.replace(search_text, replace_text)
        else:
            #Escape the regex special characters
            new_search_text     = re.escape(search_text)
            #Replace backslashes with double backslashes, so that the
            #regular expression treats backslashes the same as standard
            #Python string replace!
            new_replace_text    = replace_text.replace("\\", "\\\\")
            compiled_search_re  = re.compile(new_search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
            replaced_text       = re.sub(
                                      compiled_search_re, 
                                      new_replace_text, 
                                      input_string
                                  )
        replaced_match_indexes  = []
        #Loop while storing the new indexes
        diff = 0
        bl_search   = bytes(search_text, "utf-8")
        bl_search   = len(bl_search.replace(b"\\", b" "))
        bl_replace  = bytes(replace_text, "utf-8")
        bl_replace  = len(bl_replace.replace(b"\\", b" "))
        for i, match in enumerate(matches):
            #Subtract the length of the search text from the match index,
            #to offset the shortening of the whole text when the lenght
            #of the replace text is shorter than the search text
            diff = (bl_replace - bl_search) * i
            new_index = match[1] + diff
            #Check if the index correction went into a negative index
            if new_index < 0:
                new_index = 0
            #The line is always 0, because Scintilla also allows 
            #indexing over multiple lines! If the index number goes
            #over the length of a line, it "overflows" into the next line.
            #Basically this means that you can access any line/index by
            #treating the whole text not as a list of lines, but as an array.
            replaced_match_indexes.append(
                (
                    0,
                    new_index, 
                    0, 
                    new_index+bl_replace
                )
            )
    #Return the match list and the replaced text
    return replaced_match_indexes, replaced_text

def regex_replace_text(input_string, 
                       search_text, 
                       replace_text, 
                       case_sensitive=False, 
                       regular_expression=False):
    """Function that uses the re module to replace text in a string"""
    replaced_text   = None
    if regular_expression == True:
        if case_sensitive == True:
            compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text)
        else:
            compiled_search_re = re.compile(search_text, re.IGNORECASE)
        replaced_text   = re.sub(compiled_search_re, replace_text, input_string)
    else:
        if case_sensitive == True:
            replaced_text   = input_string.replace(search_text, replace_text)
        else:
            #'re.escape' replaces the re module special characters with literals,
            #so that the search_text is treated as a string literal
            compiled_re     = re.compile(re.escape(search_text), re.IGNORECASE)
            replaced_text   = re.sub(compiled_re, replace_text, input_string)
    return replaced_text

def is_config_file(file_with_path):
    file_with_path = file_with_path.replace("\\", "/")
    if os.path.isfile(file_with_path) == False:
        return False
    file = os.path.basename(file_with_path)
    path = os.path.dirname(file_with_path)
    data.config_file = data.config_file.replace("\\", "/")
    data.application_directory = data.application_directory.replace("\\", "/")
    if file == data.config_file and path == data.application_directory:
        return True
    else:
        return False

def create_default_config_file():
    user_definitions_file = os.path.join(
        data.application_directory, data.config_file
    )
    with open(user_definitions_file, "w") as f:
        f.write(constants.default_config_file_content)
        f.close()

def right_replace(string, search_str, replace_str, occurrence=1):
    """
    Replace the instance of substring in string,
    beginning from the right side of the string
    """
    split_string = string.rsplit(search_str, occurrence)
    return replace_str.join(split_string)

def get_line_indentation(line):
    """Function for determining the indentation level of a line string"""
    indentation = 0
    for char in line:
        if char == " ":
            indentation += 1
        else:
            break
    return indentation

def unixify_path(path):
    return os.path.realpath(path).replace("\\", "/")

def unixify_join(*paths) -> str:
    return unixify_path(os.path.join(*paths))

def unixify_remove(whole_path, path_to_remove) -> str:
    return unixify_path(os.path.relpath(whole_path, path_to_remove))

def change_icon_opacity(qicon, opacity):
    pixmap = qicon.pixmap(qicon.actualSize(create_size(256, 256)))
    pixmap = change_opacity(pixmap, opacity)
    return qt.QIcon(pixmap)

def change_opacity(pixmap_or_file, opacity):
    """
    Changes the opacity of a pixmap or image from a file
    """
    base_image = qt.QImage(pixmap_or_file)
    image = qt.QImage(
        base_image.size(),
        qt.QImage.Format.Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied
    )
    image.fill(qt.Qt.GlobalColor.transparent)    
    painter = qt.QPainter(image)
    painter.setRenderHints(
        qt.QPainter.RenderHint.Antialiasing | 
        qt.QPainter.RenderHint.TextAntialiasing | 
        qt.QPainter.RenderHint.SmoothPixmapTransform
    )
    painter.setOpacity(opacity)
    painter.drawImage(
        create_rect(0, 0, image.width(), image.height()),
        base_image
    )
    painter.end()
    pixmap = qt.QPixmap.fromImage(image)
    return pixmap

def get_index(start):
    counter = start
    while True:
        yield counter
        counter += 1

def process_events(cycles: int=1, delay: float=None) -> None:
    for i in range(cycles):
        qt.QCoreApplication.processEvents()
    if delay is not None:
        time.sleep(delay)

"""
Constructor helper functions
"""
def create_rect(*args):
    if len(args) == 4:
        x, y, width, height = args
        return qt.QRect(int(x), int(y), int(width), int(height))
    elif len(args) == 2:
        point, size = args
        return qt.QRect(point, size)
    else:
        raise Exception(
            "[functions.create_rect] Unknown arguments: {}".format(args)
        )

def create_point(*args):
    if len(args) == 2:
        x, y = args
        return qt.QPoint(int(x), int(y))
    elif len(args) == 0:
        return qt.QPoint()
    else:
        raise Exception(
            "[functions.create_point] Unknown arguments: {}".format(args)
        )

def create_size(*args):
    if len(args) == 2:
        width, height = args
        return qt.QSize(int(width), int(height))
    else:
        raise Exception(
            "[functions.create_point] Unknown arguments: {}".format(args)
        )

PERFORMANCE_MEASURING_FLAG = True
def performance_timer_start():
    if not PERFORMANCE_MEASURING_FLAG:
        return
    global performance_timer_starting_count
    global performance_timer_last_point
    performance_timer_starting_count = time.perf_counter()
    performance_timer_last_point = performance_timer_starting_count

def performance_timer_show(text=None):
    if not PERFORMANCE_MEASURING_FLAG:
        return
    global performance_timer_last_point
    try:
        info_text = "PERFORMANCE-TIMER"
        if text:
            info_text = text
        current_point = time.perf_counter()
        end_count = current_point - performance_timer_starting_count
        diff_count = current_point - performance_timer_last_point
        performance_timer_last_point = current_point
        print("Time: {:.4f}s / diff: {:.4f} -> [{}]".format(end_count, diff_count, info_text))
    except:
        print("[{}] Error!".format(info_text))

def open_url(url):
    webbrowser.open_new_tab(url)

def open_item_in_explorer(path):
    '''
    Return False if the given file or folder cannot be opened in the system's
    file explorer (eg. it doesn't exist).

    '''
    if os.path.isfile(path) or \
            os.path.isdir(path):
        path = path.replace('/', os.sep)
        try:
            if data.platform.lower() == 'windows':
                subprocess.Popen(
                    'explorer /select,"{}"'.format(path),
                    shell = False,
                )
            else:
                if os.path.isfile(path):
                    subprocess.Popen(
                        ['xdg-open', os.path.dirname(path)]
                    )
                else:
                    subprocess.Popen(
                        ['xdg-open', path]
                    )
        except Exception as e:
            return False
        # No error
        return True
    return False

def get_edges_to_widget(widget, widget_window, size, offset=(0, 0)):
    rect = widget.geometry()
    window_position = widget_window.mapToGlobal(rect.topLeft())
    widget_position = widget.mapToGlobal(rect.topLeft())
    position = widget_position - window_position
    # Center the rectangle to the widget
    center = (
        position.x() + ((rect.width() - size[0]) / 2) + offset[0],
        position.y() + ((rect.height() - size[1]) / 2) + offset[1]
    )
    left = (
        center[0] - (rect.width() / 2) + (size[0] / 2),
        center[1]
    )
    right = (
        center[0] + (rect.width() / 2) - (size[0] / 2),
        center[1]
    )
    top = (
        center[0],
        center[1] - (rect.height() / 2) + (size[1] / 2)
    )
    bottom = (
        center[0],
        center[1] + (rect.height() / 2) - (size[1] / 2)
    )
    return (center, left, right, top, bottom)

def get_screen_size():
    if qt.PYQT_MODE < 6:
        size = data.application.desktop().screen().rect().size()
    else:
        size = data.application.primaryScreen().size()
    return size.width(), size.height()

def center_to_current_screen(widget):
    screens = data.application.screens()
    if widget.windowHandle() is None:
        return
    for i,s in enumerate(screens):
        if s is widget.windowHandle().screen():
            geometry = s.geometry()
            left = geometry.left()
            top = geometry.top()
            offset_width = (geometry.width() / 2) - (widget.width() / 2)
            offset_height = (geometry.height() / 2) - (widget.height() / 2)
            center = qt.QPoint(int(left + offset_width), int(top + offset_height))
            def move(*args):
                widget.move(
                    center -
                    qt.QPoint(0, 50) # Manual offset
                )
            qt.QTimer.singleShot(0, move)

"""
Docking system helpers
"""
def right_replace(s, old, new, occurrence):
    li = s.rsplit(old, occurrence)
    return new.join(li)

def remove_last_box(name):
    split = name.split('.')
    return ".".join(split[:-1])

def remove_tabs_from_name(name):
    return name[ : name.index(".Tabs")]

def remove_tab_number_from_name(name):
    tabs_string = ".Tabs"
    return name[ : (name.index(tabs_string)+len(tabs_string))]


"""
Output redirect
"""
OUTPUT_FILENAME = "output.txt"
def output_get_backup_directory() -> str:
    # Output backup directory check
    output_backup_directory: str = unixify_join(data.settings_directory, "output")
    if not os.path.isdir(output_backup_directory):
        os.makedirs(output_backup_directory)
    return output_backup_directory

def output_get_file() -> str:
    return unixify_join(
        output_get_backup_directory(),
        OUTPUT_FILENAME,
    )

def output_get_file_with_timestamp() -> str:
    sf = os.path.splitext(OUTPUT_FILENAME)
    return os.path.join(
        output_get_backup_directory(),
        OUTPUT_FILENAME.replace(
            sf[1],
            datetime.datetime.now().strftime(".%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.txt")
        )
    )

def output_redirect() -> None:
    # Store original values
    global original_output_stream
    original_output_stream = sys.stdout
    global original_error_stream
    original_error_stream = sys.stderr
    global original_except_hook
    original_except_hook = sys.excepthook

    # Output file
    output_file: str = output_get_file()

    # Open file and redirect output
    f = open(output_file, 'w+', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n', errors='replace')
    sys.stdout = f
    sys.stderr = f

    # Adapt exception hook for all threads
    def exception_hook(exctype, value, trace) -> None:
        print('-' * 80)
        print(
            ''.join(traceback.format_exception(exctype, value, trace)),
            end='',
        )
        print('-' * 80)
        qt.QApplication.quit()
        f.close()
        # Create backup with timestamp
        output_file_with_date: str = output_get_file_with_timestamp()
        shutil.copy(output_file, output_file_with_date)

    sys.excepthook = exception_hook
    init_original:Callable = threading.Thread.__init__

    def init(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
        init_original(self, *args, **kwargs)
        run_original = self.run
        def run_with_except_hook(*args2, **kwargs2):
            try:
                run_original(*args2, **kwargs2)
            except Exception:
                sys.excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
        self.run = run_with_except_hook

    threading.Thread.__init__ = init # type: ignore

def output_backup() -> None:
    # Output file
    output_file: str = output_get_file()
    # Create backup with timestamp
    output_file_with_date: str = output_get_file_with_timestamp()
    shutil.copy(output_file, output_file_with_date)

def reorganize_imports(import_code: str) -> str:
    # Split the code into individual lines
    lines = import_code.strip().split('\n')
    
    # Initialize lists to separate 'import' and 'from ... import' lines
    import_lines = []
    from_import_lines = []
    
    for line in lines:
        line = line.strip()
        
        # Process 'import x, y, z' lines
        if line.startswith('import'):
            imports = line.replace('import', '').split(',')
            for imp in imports:
                import_lines.append(f'import {imp.strip()}')
        
        # Keep 'from x import y' lines intact
        elif line.startswith('from'):
            from_import_lines.append(line)
    
    # Sort import statements: first by length, then alphabetically
    import_lines.sort(key=lambda x: (len(x), x))
    
    # Combine import statements followed by from ... import statements
    return '\n'.join(import_lines + from_import_lines)