Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module

sdetweil

@alyx no… all useless messages we cannot do anything about

wait… is this windows?

sdetweil

@alyx said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

sudo npm install

NEVER EVER use sudo on any MM command…

delete my module folder and git clone and then npm install

Alyx

@sdetweil So I did as you said and the npm run is stuck loading for a while and the text file is empty.

Now I’m running in server mode if that matters? I used npm run server >somefile.txt

sdetweil

@alyx but you used sudo, which messed things up… permissions as root when we need user level…

please delete my module folder, and reinstall without sudo…

you MAY have messed up the rest of the MM files too…

linux has very strict permissions

the postinstall failed which moves files to the right places…

Alyx

@sdetweil I used sudo because some package files reported back errors and that I dont have the required permissions?

sdetweil

@alyx probably cause you used sudo before…

so, I’d start over again… delete the MM folder

and run my install script, then add my module and npm install in its folder…

Alyx

@sdetweil ok I flash reinstalled MM (worryingly good at it now…) and it seems to be working :)

The config pops up on the webpage correctly and all.

Thanks Sam!

Dinschal

@sdetweil hi sam, i hope you haven’t much work from my issues :/ can you tell me if you have a solution? at this time i had to deinstall your module to finish my project for university but i want to use it again ;)

sdetweil

@dinschal I have 2 of the 3 fixed I think, but not finished testing… I would just skip using for now… sorry… you found some good ones…

Dinschal

@sdetweil oh its totally fine ;) just tell me when you finished ;)

sdetweil

@dinschal so, 3 problems (all issued opened on the module github page

timeFormat was changed to a string, easy, done
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config/issues/27
changed parm for clock was not saved… in progress,
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config/issues/29
weather lost parms on save. fixed I think. this takes a special schema file to expose the providers parameters. (this schema file is to make the UI correct, above what I can do to discover the variables)
https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config/issues/28

I save the generated on (little script provided to do that, upgraded cause of this problem to allow just ONE modules info to be saved) and then customize it to the module…
I can ship some (I will for this) , but if the module author ships that is good too (won’t happen for base)

Dinschal

@sdetweil
okay i have to admit that i had to google for a moment to understand what you mean
:D i think i got it … it would be better from the start if the developer would pack all optional options in the config so that your module loads them !? for my university project i will leave it out for now and configure it as standard. for the future i will use your tool again ;)

sdetweil

@dinschal said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

it would be better from the start if the developer would pack all optional options in the config

no… then config is a large mess… the design for config is JUST the changes you NEED, all the rest are defined already…

i want to keep that model. i just had a bug in my code… if the option wasn’t in config, then i don’t copy it from the form… oops… now I need to check if some option changed from the form data 1st… so I don’t copy all of the parms, just the needed one to match

BUT the form exposes the parms for every module… most users (and me!) are poor at reading the doc, BEFORE they use things… and get in trouble … the form is intended to help with that too …

Dinschal

@sdetweil haha in the past i was tired of reading the doc too ;) but too many failures made me to read it ;)

Alyx

So I’m experiencing a new issue where when I use the editor and trhen press save its not actually saving the new co’ve reinstallked the module and even chmod the folder to 777

Is this an issue others are experiencing?

I have the config for it on the defualt settings and the somefile.txt reports that everything is find and it opened successfully on port 8301 ( this seems to change actually) I’m thinking that the port is changing while I’m editing?

sdetweil

@alyx no. the code looks for a free port, and then starts the socket connection there.

send my the debug output from
debug;true
and npm start >somefile.txt
via email

sdetweil

@alyx said in Are you tired of editing config.js, or have trouble doing it, see my new module:

chmod the folder to 777

please don’t do crazy things. post and I will help

sdetweil

@alyx under the submit button two messages are written

Your Configuration has been submitted
and
config.js created successfully

Alyx

@sdetweil
Did the debug what folder does it go to? I have the somefile ready also

As for the messages I get the first part but not the second saying its created

sdetweil

@alyx debug is set in config.js for my module

the somefile is the debug output from save
also send the config.js and the defaulys.js from my module folder.

the .js files will have to be renamed to .txt
as .js files cannot be sent as attachments

my email is my same userid at gmail

lack of the second message means some content formatting issue