[TW5] A question about configuration and Bob

[Jed Carty]

I have switched to using TOML instead of json for the configuration in most of my projects. It is a simpler format. You don't have to worry about commas and matching braces and the like. It also allows comments.

Before I switch Bob to use TOML I wanted to make sure that there aren't any big objections to the change.

As an example, this is an example settings file for Bob in json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "NewWiki": "tiddlywiki #wikiName --init #editionName"
  },
  "wikis": {
    "AWiki": "/some/path",
    "WikiGroup": {
      "AnotherWiki": "/some/other/path"
    }
  },
  "ws-server": {
    "port": 8080,
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "autoIncrementPort": false
  },
  "heartbeat": {
    "interval": 1000
  }
}

This is the same file in TOML (indentation and blank lines are only for clarity, they aren't required) The specfication for TOML is here:

#this can also have comments!
[scripts]
 NewWiki: "tiddlywiki #wikiName --init #editionName"

[wikis]
 AWiki = "/some/path"

 [wikis.WikiGroup]
  AnotherWiki = "/some/other/path"

[ws-server]
 port: 8080
 host: "127.0.0.1"
 autoIncrementPort: false

[heartbeat]
 interval: 1000

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Jed the TOML looks fine. I also like it because its easy to add comments.

best, josiah