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txoof / PaperPi

E-Paper display loop with plugins
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Split config files #115

Closed txoof closed 1 year ago

txoof commented 1 year ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. When updating paperpi, sometimes the configuration file changes. It's a huge hassle to update the config file because of all the user content. Updates either have to be done manually, or through some complex filtering of the config.

Describe the solution you'd like Separate PaperPi core config from plugin config.

Describe alternatives you've considered Keep all of the major configuration features from the [main] section into paperpi.ini and move all of the plugin configuration into paperpi_plugins.ini. This would apply to the config files in /etc/ and ~/.config.

The installer could easily check the paperpi.ini for version compatibility and and alert the user of potential issues or try to migrate in new changes (e.g. new config variables) in place.

txoof commented 1 year ago

moving to a JSON formatted config and a CLI/Web configuration tool should make this cleaner.