fixed up file path, fixed up some gitignores, add version support, working on a better install and binary compilation

utils/mdtabletocsv.py

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+import pandas as pd
+import re
+import sys
+import os
+
+def extract_table_from_markdown(md_content):
+    # Adjust regex pattern to be more flexible for matching Markdown tables
+    table_pattern = re.compile(r"(\|[^\n]+\|\n?)+")
+    match = table_pattern.search(md_content)
+
+    if not match:
+        return None
+    
+    table_str = match.group(0).strip()
+    rows = table_str.splitlines()
+
+    # Extract headers
+    headers = [col.strip() for col in rows[0].split('|')[1:-1]]
+
+    # Extract the actual data rows, skipping the header separator line
+    data_rows = []
+    for row in rows[2:]:
+        values = [value.strip() for value in row.split('|')[1:-1]]
+        data_rows.append(values)
+
+    return pd.DataFrame(data_rows, columns=headers)
+
+def convert_md_table_to_csv(input_md_path, output_csv_path):
+    # Check if the input Markdown file exists
+    if not os.path.isfile(input_md_path):
+        print(f"Error: The file '{input_md_path}' does not exist.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    try:
+        # Read the Markdown file content
+        with open(input_md_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as md_file:
+            md_content = md_file.read()
+
+        # Extract the table and convert to DataFrame
+        df = extract_table_from_markdown(md_content)
+
+        if df is None:
+            print("Error: No table found in the Markdown file.")
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        # Write the DataFrame to CSV
+        df.to_csv(output_csv_path, index=False)
+        print(f"Conversion complete. Check the '{output_csv_path}' file.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error during Markdown table to CSV conversion: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("Usage: python mdtabletocsv.py <input_md_path> <output_csv_path>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    input_md_path = sys.argv[1]
+    output_csv_path = sys.argv[2]
+
+    convert_md_table_to_csv(input_md_path, output_csv_path)