Try sorting dictionnary keys to keep order

src/config.py

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def before_token(token, line):
     if found:
         return(found.group(0)[:-len(token)])
     return("")
+def sorted_items(d):
+    return(sorted(d.items()))
 def no_comment(line):
     """
     Remove comment from a line.
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ def write_theme(tmp_config,theme):
             if len(beforeBrace)>0:
                 tmp.write(beforeBrace+"\n")
             tmp.write("  colors {\n")
-            for key,value in bar_theme.items():
+            for key,value in sorted_items(bar_theme):
                 if not(isinstance(value,dict)):
                     tmp.write("    "+key+" "+value+"\n")
                 else:
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ def write_theme(tmp_config,theme):
     ##### Apply client theme #####
     client_theme=theme["window_colors"]
     f=open(tmp_config,mode="a")
-    for key,value in client_theme.items():
+    for key,value in sorted_items(client_theme):
         f.write("client."+key+" "+value["border"]+" "+value["background"]+" "+value["text"]+" "+value["indicator"]+" "+value["child_border"]+"\n")
     f.close()
 

tests/run.sh

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ do
         then
             echo "========== Diff =========="
             echo -e "${diff_out}"
+            echo "========== Original =========="
+            cat "${expectations}"
+            echo "========== Test Output =========="
+            cat "${out}"
             clean
             exit 1            
         fi  

tests/test-apply-with-vars.out

@@ -289,12 +289,12 @@ bar {
   status_command i3status -c ~/.config/i3/i3status.conf
   separator_symbol "|"
   colors {
-    separator #AAAAAA
-    background #1f2326
-    statusline #FFFFFF
-    focused_workspace #9FCA56 #9FCA56 #151718
     active_workspace #DCCD69 #DCCD69 #151718
+    background #1f2326
+    focused_workspace #9FCA56 #9FCA56 #151718
     inactive_workspace #1f2326 #1f2326 #AAAAAA
+    separator #AAAAAA
+    statusline #FFFFFF
     urgent_workspace #CE4045 #CE4045 #FFFFFF
   }
 }