feat(config)!: add batch mode choice to config file

BREAKING CHANGES: Add a new "other_settings" folder to the
"config_files" to keep other configuration files there.

main.py

@@ -8,24 +8,23 @@
 from babel.support import Translations
 
 _ = gettext.gettext
+file_handler = FileHandler()
 
 
 def get_locale_config(file_path):
     """Load the locale configuration from the config file."""
-    config_path = os.path.join(file_path, "locale.json")
-    if os.path.exists(config_path):
-        with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+    if os.path.exists(file_handler.config_path):
+        with open(file_handler.config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
             config = json.load(file)
             return config.get("locale")  # Return None if no locale is set
     return None  # Return None if no config file exists
 
 
 def save_locale_config(file_path, locale):
     """Save the selected locale to the config file."""
-    config_path = os.path.join(file_path, "locale.json")
-    print(f"Saving locale config to {config_path}")  # Debug statement
-    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(config_path), exist_ok=True)
-    with open(config_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+    print(f"Saving locale config to {file_handler.config_path}")  # Debug statement
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(file_handler.config_path), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(file_handler.config_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
         json.dump({"locale": locale}, file, indent=4)
     print(f"Locale saved as: {locale}")  # Debug statement
 
@@ -78,10 +77,11 @@ def update_locale(file_handler):
         choice = int(input("Enter your choice: "))
         if choice in languages:
             language = languages[choice]
-            config_path = os.path.join(file_handler.file_path, "locale.json")
-            print(f"Updating locale config to {config_path}")  # Debug statement
-            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(config_path), exist_ok=True)
-            with open(config_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+            print(
+                f"Updating locale config to {file_handler.config_path}"
+            )  # Debug statement
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(file_handler.config_path), exist_ok=True)
+            with open(file_handler.config_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
                 json.dump({"locale": language}, file, indent=4)
             print(f"Locale updated to: {language}")  # Debug statement
         else:
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ def main():
     9. Make executable, delete version from appimage_name and move to directory
     """
     configure_logging()
-    file_handler = FileHandler()
 
     if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(file_handler.file_path, "locale.json")):
         select_language(file_handler.file_path)

src/app_image_downloader.py

@@ -31,9 +31,16 @@ class AppImageDownloader:
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         self.appimage_folder = os.path.expanduser(self.appimage_folder)
+
         self.file_path = os.path.join(self.appimage_folder, "config_files/")
         os.makedirs(self.file_path, exist_ok=True)
 
+        other_settings_folder = os.path.join(self.file_path, "other_settings")
+        os.makedirs(other_settings_folder, exist_ok=True)
+
+        self.config_batch_path = os.path.join(other_settings_folder, "batch_mode.json")
+        self.config_path = os.path.join(other_settings_folder, "locale.json")
+
     @handle_common_errors
     def ask_user(self):
         """New appimage installation options"""

src/file_handler.py

@@ -407,9 +407,7 @@ def update_version(self):
     def check_updates_json_all(self):
         """Check for updates for all JSON files"""
         json_files = [
-            file
-            for file in os.listdir(self.file_path)
-            if file.endswith(".json") and file != "locale.json"
+            file for file in os.listdir(self.file_path) if file.endswith(".json")
         ]
 
         # Output the list of JSON files found
@@ -499,15 +497,22 @@ def check_updates_json_all(self):
     @handle_common_errors
     def update_selected_appimages(self, appimages_to_update):
         """Update all appimages"""
-        if (
-            input(
-                _("Enable batch mode to continue without asking for approval? (y/n): ")
-            ).lower()
-            != "y"
-        ):
-            batch_mode = False
-        else:
-            batch_mode = True
+        batch_mode = self.load_batch_mode()
+
+        if batch_mode is None:  # If no saved value is found, prompt for it
+            if (
+                input(
+                    _(
+                        "Enable batch mode to continue without asking for approval? (y/n): "
+                    )
+                ).lower()
+                != "y"
+            ):
+                batch_mode = False
+            else:
+                batch_mode = True
+            # Save the batch_mode value to a file
+            self.save_batch_mode(batch_mode)
 
         if batch_mode:
             print(
@@ -540,3 +545,19 @@ def update_selected_appimages(self, appimages_to_update):
             self.handle_file_operations(batch_mode=batch_mode)
 
         print(_("Update process completed for all selected appimages."))
+
+    def save_batch_mode(self, batch_mode):
+        """Save batch_mode to a JSON file"""
+
+        data = {"batch_mode": batch_mode}
+        with open(self.config_batch_path, "w") as json_file:
+            json.dump(data, json_file)
+
+    def load_batch_mode(self):
+        """Load batch_mode from a JSON file"""
+        try:
+            with open(self.config_batch_path, "r") as json_file:
+                data = json.load(json_file)
+                return data.get("batch_mode", None)  # Return None if not found
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return None  # Return None if the file doesn't exist