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+#!/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import xml.dom.minidom
+from xml.dom.minidom import parse
+
+########
+# This application loops through installed applets and extracts the config XML file
+# Output is then presented in mediawiki format for copying and pasting to https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting#Configuration_Keys
+
+# app should be kept flexible enough to port to a different format in future
+
+
+#set plasmoid installation path manually if applicable
+xdg_data_dir = ""
+
+if not xdg_data_dir:
+    xdg_data_dirs = os.getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS").split(":")
+    xdg_data_dirs.append("/usr/share")
+    xdg_data_dir = xdg_data_dirs[0]
+
+
+
+root = xdg_data_dir + "/plasma/plasmoids"
+
+for plasmoid in os.listdir(root):
+    configPath = "/contents/config/main.xml"
+    path  = root + "/" + plasmoid + configPath
+    try:
+        dom = xml.dom.minidom.parse(path).documentElement
+
+        print ("===" + plasmoid + "===")
+        for group in dom.getElementsByTagName("group"):
+            groupName = group.getAttribute("name")
+            print ("======" + groupName + "======")
+            for entry in group.getElementsByTagName("entry"):
+                name = entry.getAttribute("name")
+                type = entry.getAttribute("type")
+                default = ""
+                description = ""
+                hidden = True
+
+                if entry.hasAttribute("hidden") and entry.getAttribute("hidden") == True:
+                    hidden = False
+
+                defaultTags = entry.getElementsByTagName("default")
+                if (defaultTags.length > 0 and defaultTags[0].childNodes.length > 0):
+                    default = defaultTags[0].childNodes[0].data
+
+                labelTags = entry.getElementsByTagName("label")
+                if (labelTags.length > 0 and labelTags[0].childNodes.length > 0):
+                    description = labelTags[0].childNodes[0].data
+
+
+                print ("* '''%s''' (''%s'') %s" % (name , type, description))
+    except IOError:
+        sys.stderr.write("No config in " + plasmoid +"\n")
+    #abort on other errors so we can find them