use yml data structures with python parser

all_base_includes.ly

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #(define noStandaloneOutput (if (defined? 'noStandaloneOutput) noStandaloneOutput #f))
 
-#(if (defined? 'LAYOUT) #f (load (string-append (dirname (current-filename)) file-name-separator-string "json_parser.scm")))
+#(if (defined? 'LAYOUT) #f
-#(use-modules (json parser))
+  (let ((scmdir (string-append (dirname (current-filename)) file-name-separator-string "scm" file-name-separator-string)))
-\include "resolve_inherits.ly"
+    (load (string-append scmdir "json_parser.scm"))
+    (load (string-append scmdir "resolve_inherits.scm"))
+    (load (string-append scmdir "yaml_parser.scm"))))
 \include "basic_format_and_style_settings.ly"
 \include "eps_file_from_song_dir.ly"
 \include "title_with_category_images.ly"

scm/resolve_inherits.scm

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#(define (resolve-inherit-entry-in-list alist entry)
+(define (resolve-inherit-entry-in-list alist entry)
   (let* ((key (car entry))
         (attributes (cdr entry))
         (inherits (assoc-ref attributes "inherits")))
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
       entry
     )))
 
-#(define (resolve-inherits alist)
+(define (resolve-inherits alist)
   (map (lambda (entry) (resolve-inherit-entry-in-list alist entry)) alist)
 )

scm/yaml_parser.scm

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+(use-modules (ice-9 popen) (ice-9 textual-ports) (json parser))
+
+(define (yml-file->scm filename)
+  (let* ((python_cmd (string-append "import sys, yaml, json; print(json.dumps(yaml.safe_load(open('" filename "'))))"))
+          (pipe (open-pipe* OPEN_READ "python" "-c" python_cmd))
+          (json (get-string-all pipe)))
+    (close-pipe pipe)
+    (json-string->scm json)))
+
+(define (parse-yml-file filename) (resolve-inherits (yml-file->scm filename)))