Compliments module external file

sdetweil

in the core compliments.js file is the default setting

defaults: {
		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!"]
		},

CheapDad

@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.

sdetweil

@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

CheapDad

@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.

sdetweil

@cheapdad right…

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

sdetweil

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