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    Making changes without stopping MM

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      jtmoore81
      last edited by

      I"m starting to get things up and running with MM. I do have a question. Is there a way you can develop or make changes to the config file without having to stop the MM, then make the changes, then restart the system?

      Thanks,

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        idoodler Module Developer @jtmoore81
        last edited by

        @jtmoore81 Not really. Do you use pm2?

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          sharmstr Project Sponsor
          last edited by

          If you have a keyboard attached you can Ctrl-R

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            idoodler Module Developer @sharmstr
            last edited by

            @sharmstr That’ll only apply the changes to the UI, not to the underlaying node modules.

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              jtmoore81 @idoodler
              last edited by

              @idoodler I haven’t installed it on this machine…I guess I should. Thanks.

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                sharmstr Project Sponsor
                last edited by

                Right. The OP specified the config file not modules so I assumed that’s all they wanted.

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                  idoodler Module Developer @jtmoore81
                  last edited by

                  @jtmoore81 Well, this mirror is running pm2 there should be a watcher task running. Try to execute pm2 list to see if your MagicMirror is handled by it.

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                    idoodler Module Developer @sharmstr
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                    @sharmstr Yeah, I always prefere to restart the whole MagicMirror using pm2 restart MagicMirror. Also pm2 is watching the config.json file for any changes and will execute the restart the MagicMirror automatically.

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                      sharmstr Project Sponsor @idoodler
                      last edited by

                      @idoodler Totally agree, but for css and location changes, ctrl r saves a ton of time.

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                        idoodler Module Developer @sharmstr
                        last edited by

                        @sharmstr Yep, thats true.

                        • Change *.css or Javascript file => Just reload the Webinterface (ctrl + r)
                        • Change config.json => Reload the Webinterface will do it 90%, else restart MagicMirror
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