My very first example using icon1 as the ConfigSubList was incorrect as I had to many elements. I know you will be shaking your head at me right now but this is the first real attempt at anything decent for a plugin and was a school boy error.

Below is exactly what I am working with and I presume it will change any exmples you have given me for which I am sorry.

This is what I am working with in the settings file

config.plugins.test.icon1 = false
config.plugins.test.icon2 = false
config.plugins.test.icon3 = false
config.plugins.test.icon4 = false
config.plugins.test.icon5 = false

and the content of my list.txt is

icon1
icon2
icon3
icon4
icon5
icon6
icon7

I have re-arranged my code to make it tidier. Reading the txt file is now done before anything else which leaves me with a neat

config.plugins.test = ConfigSubsection()


myval = "help"


while a < aa:
	icon = lines[a]


	config.plugins.test.icon = ConfigText(default = "")
	config.plugins.test.icon.value = myval
	config.plugins.test.icon.save()
	config.plugins.test.save()
	a += 1


configfile.save()

At present I want to remove them all from settings by giving a value of "" to all of them. But using the lines[a] is my problem as I can't seem to do it. If you could help with using lines[a] in place of my icon name I think I will then be able to use it again for adding the icons back to the settings file before I save it.

I don't doubt what you are saying one little bit but don't really understand what ConfigSubList really is.
config.plugins.test = ConfigSubsection()

config.plugins.test. ?? ConfigSubList

On a loop I am expecting this to happen

config.plugins.test.icon1 = ConfigText(default = "")
	config.plugins.test.icon1.value = myval
	config.plugins.test.icon1.save()
	config.plugins.test.icon2 = ConfigText(default = "")
	config.plugins.test.icon2.value = myval
	config.plugins.test.icon2.save()
	config.plugins.test.icon3 = ConfigText(default = "")
	config.plugins.test.icon3.value = myval
	config.plugins.test.icon3.save()
	config.plugins.test.save()

Once this has been done I am going to read a second txt file which will could contain:

icon3
icon5
icon11
icon24

which I will then loop through and add to the settings file:

myval = "false"
while b < bb:
	icon = newlines[b]
	config.plugins.test.icon = ConfigText(default = "")
	config.plugins.test.icon.value = myval
	config.plugins.test.icon.save()
	config.plugins.test.save()
b += 1
configfile.save()

but won't using

icon = lines[a]

in a loop change the value of icon to the next one?

icon = icon1
icon = icon2

Or am I not explaining myself very well, have confused myself, or should give up lol

Right OK, so they are two separate things completely then and can't be done the way I thought it could.

So using your first example in the thread would let me use the value of lines[a] somehow?

100% correct I would say I couldn't have written it better myself but I failed to that that.


The only thing which is slightly wrong is the running index number. I used that just for example, the actual data is various icon names


so the actual line will look like
config.plugins.test.pear=false

config.plugins.test.salad=false

config.plugins.test.chair=false



but because they are icons it made more sense and was clearer to use the icon1, icon2, icon3 method. There is no index number on the icon name.


Apart from that you know exactly what I have and what I am looking to achieve.


Again, this is nothing illegal, I am purely trying to create plugin which a user can simply run and then close which saves them needed to go and enable or disable icons which can take time and introduces the risk of error. I would rather spend my time creating something that makes a users life easier.

Thanks Dre
Because I don't fully understand what it is I am actually writing. Not knowing what I am writing means I can't fix it when I break it.

I have no doubt that those steps above will work, but writing the code to do that without understanding makes it very difficult.

I will look closely at he above and see what I can do, but don't hold your breath.
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def initProfileConfig():
        s = ConfigSubsection()
        s.pixel =  ConfigText(default = "")
        s.name = ConfigText(default = "")
        s.picture = ConfigText(default = "")
        config.plugins.test.icon.append(s)
        return s

presumes I know the names - pixel, name, picture, but I don't. At this step they will only be in a list. Again, how would I loop the list to get get the above. Nowhere in any of this will I know the names of the icons without manually opening either the downloaded txt file or open the settings file.

I have explained the best I can and provided my current files and code.

OK

So

Config.plugins.test.icon[n].pixel
Config.plugins.test.icon[n].name
Config.plugins.test.icon[n].picture

are "pixel", "name" and "picture" predefined things within Engima 2? Please can you confirm this for me?

If so it was pure coincidence that I chose "pixel", "myicon" and "picture" in my example and this has confused me so much. I will also then start from the beginning asking questions. I know you are trying to make me work for my solution and appreciate that but when I am seeing "pixel" and "picture" in your code which I used as an example a long time ago it has confused the hell out of me.

Your patience is appreciated

again kenatonline spot on with what there is and what is required.

Dre is trying to help but with code snippets here and there with little explanation I am not getting very far but very confused.

Dre

I am not being funny or awkward towards you but you have provided examples which are out of date compared to the new explanations and examples, this is why I am getting confused. I have already that my presvious early posts we not correct.

create the CofigSubsection (as in the example I gave you in one of the first posts)

Config.plugins.test.icon[n].pixel
Config.plugins.test.icon[n].name
Config.plugins.test.icon[n].picture

is not relevant to where we are now at because I don't know the names

To change your example to reflect wouldn't we have this:

def initProfileConfig():
        s = ConfigSubsection()
        s.lines[a] =  ConfigText(default = "")
        s.lines[a] = ConfigText(default = "")
        s.lines[a]= ConfigText(default = "")
        config.plugins.test.append(s)
        return s

Would this work though because you said lines[a] is a variable ??

Zitat von kenatonline

"I would assume, that something like the creation of the variable name and the usage of "exec" is needed."

kenatonline was spot on. With this I looked into what you meant and found a plugin as an example which indeed does exactly what you thought.

exec('config.plugins.test.' + lines[a] + ' = ConfigText(default = "")')
exec('config.plugins.test.' + lines[a] + '.value = myval')
exec('config.plugins.test.' + lines[a] + '.save()')

So now on the face of it I can read and write to the settings file with just a few lines of text.