+ strip comments in config file

MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ import Foundation
 import AppKit
 
 extension Data {
-
     func barItemDefinitions() -> [BarItemDefinition]? {
-        return try? JSONDecoder().decode([BarItemDefinition].self, from: self)
+        return try? JSONDecoder().decode([BarItemDefinition].self, from: self.utf8string!.stripComments().data(using: .utf8)!)
     }
-
 }
 
 struct BarItemDefinition: Decodable {

MTMR/SupportHelpers.swift

@@ -12,6 +12,67 @@ extension String {
     func trim() -> String {
         return self.trimmingCharacters(in: NSCharacterSet.whitespaces)
     }
+
+    func substring(from: Int, to: Int) -> String {
+        let start = index(startIndex, offsetBy: from)
+        let end = index(start, offsetBy: to - from)
+        return String(self[start ..< end])
+    }
+    
+    func substring(range: NSRange) -> String {
+        return substring(from: range.lowerBound, to: range.upperBound)
+    }
+    
+    func stripComments() -> String {
+        let str = self
+        let singleComment = 1;
+        let multiComment = 2;
+        var insideString = false
+        var insideComment = 0
+        var offset = 0
+        var ret = ""
+        
+        for var i in 0..<str.count - 1 {
+            let currentChar = Array(str)[i]
+            let nextChar = Array(str)[i+1]
+            
+            if (insideComment == 0 && currentChar == "\"") {
+                let escaped = Array(str)[i - 1] == "\\" && Array(str)[i - 2] != "\\"
+                if (!escaped) {
+                    insideString = !insideString
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (insideString) {
+                continue
+            }
+            
+            if (insideComment == 0 && String(currentChar) + String(nextChar) == "//") {
+                ret += str.substring(from: offset, to: i)
+                offset = i
+                insideComment = singleComment
+                i += 1
+            } else if (insideComment == singleComment && String(currentChar) + String(nextChar) == "\r\n") {
+                i += 1
+                insideComment = 0
+                offset = i
+            } else if (insideComment == singleComment && currentChar == "\n") {
+                insideComment = 0
+                offset = i
+            } else if (insideComment == 0 && String(currentChar) + String(nextChar) == "/*") {
+                ret += str.substring(from: offset, to: i)
+                offset = i
+                insideComment = multiComment
+                i += 1
+            } else if (insideComment == multiComment && String(currentChar) + String(nextChar) == "*/") {
+                i += 1
+                insideComment = 0
+                offset = i + 1
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return ret + str.substring(from: offset, to: str.count)
+    }
 }
 
 extension NSImage {