* Added `from __future__ import unicode_literals` to every file so
now all strings in code are forced to be unicode strings unless
marked as byte string `b'str'` or encoded to byte string `'str'.encode('utf-8')`.
This is a large change but we have been working towards the goal of unicode
strings passed in the code so decoding external input and encoding
output as byte strings (where applicable).
Note that in Python 2 the `str` type still refers to byte strings.
* Replaced the use of `str` for `basestring` in isinstance comparison as
this was the original intention but breaks code when encoutering unicode strings.
* Marked byte strings in gtkui as the conversion to utf8 is not always handled, mostly
related to gobject signal names.
* A rather disruptive change but for a few reasons such as easier to read,
easier type, keep consistent and javascript code uses single quotes.
* There are a few exceptions for the automated process:
* Any double quotes in comments
* Triple double quotes for docstrings
* Strings containing single quotes are left e.g. "they're"
* To deal with merge conflicts from feature branches it is best to follow
these steps for each commit:
* Create a patch: `git format-patch -1 <sha1>`
* Edit the patch and replace double quotes with single except those in
comments or strings containing an unescaped apostrophe.
* Check the patch `git apply --check <patchfile>` and fix any remaining
issues if it outputs an error.
* Apply the patch `git am < <patchfile>`
To make the code more Python 3 compatible, I've made a few changes to how we handle keys() or iterkeys() calls on dictionaries. All functionality should remain the same.
* Remove the use of .keys() or .iterkeys() when iterating through a dictionary.
* Remove the use of .keys() when checking if key exists in dictionary.
* Replace dict.keys() with list(dict) to obtain a list of dictionary keys. In Python 3 dict.keys() returns a dict_keys object, not a list.
* Create a 'minified' gettext.js by removing comments from file and simplifying js code.
* Added creating the file to generate_pot.py, so it is not forgotten about.
Updated Sphinx conf and tested with Sphinx 1.2.1
Moved webui gen_gettext script
Fixed docstring warning in code
Renamed console update-tracker to update_tracker