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    CheapDad @sdetweil
    last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 2:08 PM

    @sdetweil Thanks, that’s very helpful. I imagine I can simply edit that compliments.js file, since I can always download another one if I want to return to default.

    Alternatively, I could copy/paste a second set of those lines, edit them, and “no comment” the defaults. (I think that’s the correct term.) However, that would add/leave in unnecessary lines of code, which strikes me as inefficient.

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      sdetweil @CheapDad
      last edited by sdetweil Apr 20, 2021, 2:16 PM Apr 20, 2021, 2:11 PM

      @cheapdad i don’t understand

      in config.js

      { 
       module:"compliments",
      position:".....",
      config: { 
      
      		compliments: {
      			anytime: ["Hey there sexy!"],
      			morning: ["Good morning, handsome!", "Enjoy your day!", "How was your sleep?"],
      			afternoon: ["Hello, beauty!", "You look sexy!", "Looking good today!"],
      			evening: ["Wow, you look hot!", "You look nice!", "Hi, sexy!"],
      			"....-01-01": ["Happy new year!"]
      		},
      }
      }
      

      edit away

      never touch the source file…

      this is the MM model,
      what ever is in a modules defaults:{} section
      can be overridden in config.js
      usually that is all in the module README.md file as part of the instructions

      Sam

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        CheapDad @sdetweil
        last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 2:28 PM

        @sdetweil I’m not logged into my pi ATM so I can’t post code, but that’s not what’s in my config.js. My config.js has only two lines for “compliments” - that it exists and position.

        This is not my actual file, but it looks essentially like this:

        {
        		module: "compliments",
        		position: "lower_third",	
        		}
        

        In having this conversation, it looks like I have to add the config header and lines to do what I want and then edit that.

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          sdetweil @CheapDad
          last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 2:33 PM

          @cheapdad right…

          if you DON’T add things to config.js then the DEFAULTS apply
          (whatever is in the module)

          Sam

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            sdetweil @CheapDad
            last edited by Apr 20, 2021, 5:38 PM

            @cheapdad read the links in my signature below

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