Implement config dialog

rlx commented

2013-09-24 15:40:22 +00:00

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We may want a full-fledged "Configure pan.do/ra" dialog -- this would help find config bugs, and allow a proper implementation of changing UI settings via # URLs. We'd need an abstract description of the config though: names, descriptions, default and allowed values (types, but also ranges, one-or-more-of-many, including configurable many), requires restart, removable ("title" item key isn't), editable (user.ui.videoPoints wouldn't be), etc. for every key/value pair, and forms with tons of ? / ?. Doable, but a lot of work...

We may want a full-fledged "Configure pan.do/ra" dialog -- this would help find config bugs, and allow a proper implementation of changing UI settings via # URLs. We'd need an abstract description of the config though: names, descriptions, default and allowed values (types, but also ranges, one-or-more-of-many, including configurable many), requires restart, removable ("title" item key isn't), editable (user.ui.videoPoints wouldn't be), etc. for every key/value pair, and forms with tons of <ArrayInputs>? / <ObjectArrayInputs>?. Doable, but a lot of work...

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rlx added this to the 14.01 milestone 2014-02-09 18:59:35 +00:00

rlx commented

2014-08-20 12:42:42 +00:00

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The easy way:

Update patches current JSONC to include all top-level block comments. (Then, just like now, config.py hot-patches config.py on load, to ensure basic consistency. I.e. the JSONC file is not necessarily equal to pandora.site)

Config dialog is one textarea with the complete contents of the JSONC, with buttons to "Reset Config" and to "Restart Server". The latter returns a task ID to be used for polling (also see #2448).

The easy way: Update patches current JSONC to include all top-level block comments. (Then, just like now, config.py hot-patches config.py on load, to ensure basic consistency. I.e. the JSONC file is not necessarily equal to pandora.site) Config dialog is one textarea with the complete contents of the JSONC, with buttons to "Reset Config" and to "Restart Server". The latter returns a task ID to be used for polling (also see #2448).

Implement config dialog #1883