[enhancement, task] there was no routine to read obs pick files available; default values for autopicking should be the same for all parts of PyLoT, thus defaults should be defined only once

QtPyLoT.py

@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ from pylot.core.read.inputs import FilterOptions, AutoPickParameter
 from pylot.core.pick.autopick import autopickevent
 from pylot.core.read.io import picks_from_evt
 from pylot.core.loc.nll import locate as locateNll
-from pylot.core.util.defaults import FILTERDEFAULTS, COMPNAME_MAP
+from pylot.core.util.defaults import FILTERDEFAULTS, COMPNAME_MAP,\
+    AUTOMATIC_DEFAULTS
 from pylot.core.util.errors import FormatError, DatastructureError, \
     OverwriteError
 from pylot.core.util.connection import checkurl
@@ -689,8 +690,7 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.logDockWidget.setWidget(self.listWidget)
         self.addDockWidget(Qt.LeftDockWidgetArea, self.logDockWidget)
         self.addListItem('loading default values for local data ...')
-        home = os.path.expanduser("~")
+        autopick_parameter = AutoPickParameter(AUTOMATIC_DEFAULTS)
-        autopick_parameter = AutoPickParameter('%s/.pylot/autoPyLoT_local.in' % home)
         self.addListItem(str(autopick_parameter))
 
         # Create the worker thread and run it

pylot/core/read/io.py

@@ -135,6 +135,24 @@ def readPILOTEvent(phasfn=None, locfn=None, authority_id=None, **kwargs):
         raise AttributeError('{0} - Matlab LOC files {1} and {2} contains \
                               insufficient data!'.format(e, phasfn, locfn))
 
+def picks_from_obs(fn):
+    picks = dict()
+    station_name = str()
+    for line in open(fn, 'r'):
+        if line.startswith('#'):
+            continue
+        else:
+            phase_line = line.split()
+            if not station_name == phase_line[0]:
+                phase = dict()
+            station_name = phase_line[0]
+            phase_name = phase_line[4].upper()
+            pick = UTCDateTime(phase_line[6] + phase_line[7] + phase_line[8])
+            phase[phase_name] = dict(mpp=pick, fm=phase_line[5])
+            picks[station_name] = phase
+    return picks
+
+
 def picks_from_evt(evt):
     '''
     Takes an Event object and return the pick dictionary commonly used within
@@ -170,4 +188,4 @@ def picks_from_evt(evt):
 
         onsets[pick.phase_hint] = phase.copy()
         picks[station] = onsets.copy()
-    return picks
+    return picks

pylot/core/util/defaults.py

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ FILTERDEFAULTS = readFilterInformation(os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
                                                     '.pylot',
                                                     'filter.in'))
 
+AUTOMATIC_DEFAULTS = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'),
+                                  '.pylot',
+                                  'autoPyLoT.in')
+
 OUTPUTFORMATS = {'.xml': 'QUAKEML',
                  '.cnv': 'CNV',
                  '.obs': 'NLLOC_OBS'}