Config file format

[crcrewso]

The INI file doesn't match any convention I recognise and is quite hard to read. There are better config handlers that do the parsing and loading for free. Here is an example TOML config file that I would be happy to do the work converting to, but I wanted to run the ideology by you first.

title = "VMAT TBI configuration file"
EAS = 2021-06-11 #date only 
Site = "Saskatoon Cancer Center" 
Organization = "Saskatchewan Cancer Agency" 
#Paths are single quote'
Document_Path = '\\enterprise.stanfordmed.org\depts\RadiationTherapy\Public\Users\ESimiele\Research\VMAT_TBI\documentation\'
Linacs = ["LA16", "LA17"]
Energies = ["06X", "10X"]

[Plug-in]
    flash.default_flash_type = "Global"
    flash.default_flash_margin = 0.5
    flash.default_target_margin = 0.3
    calc.calculation_model = "AAA_15605"
    calc.optimization_model = "PO_15605"
    default_isos = 5
    #Default beams per iso from sup to inf, must have same or more entries then default isos
    default_beams_per_iso = [4, 3, 2, 2, 2, 0, 0]
    contour.field_overlap = true
    contour.field_overlap_margin = 1.0

Default_Sparing_Structures = [ 
    ["Lungs", "Mean Dose < Rx Dose", 0.3] ,
    ["Kidneys", "Mean Dose < Rx Dose", 0.0],
    ["Bowel", "Dmax ~ RX Dose", 0]
    #format ["name", "type", margin]
]

[Cases]
[Cases.Scleroderma]
    dose_per_fraction = 200
    number_of_fractions = 4
    constraints = [ #format ["Name", "type", dose, volume, priority]
        ["TS_PTV_VMAT", "Lower", 800.0, 100.0, 100]
        #continued in same format
    ]

[Cases.Myeloablative]
    dose_per_fraction = 200
    number_of_fractions = 6
    constraints = [[]]

[Cases.Non_Myeloablative]
    dose_per_fraction = 200
    number_of_fractions = 6
    constraints = [[]]
    sparing_structures = [
        [ "Ovaries","Mean Dose < Rx Dose",1.5 ]
    ]

[esimiele]

Haha I made up the convention since I didn't know about TOML or the like. The only one I know of is XML, which I didn't want to spend the time implementing a XML parser in my last week of residency (I know now that it would be pretty simple to do, but I've been too lazy to change it haha).
I'm definitely on board with updating it as the config formatting gets messy and it's tough to keep adjusting the config parser every time I want to change something. If you could update it to TOML (since you are much more familiar with it) and open a PR, I would be totally open to implementing it. Let me know if you need me to do anything on my end.

[crcrewso]

One more feature to add to more human settings files.
Add user override to plan and field names for local consistancy