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[tutorial v1.1_010] A variable with a list of possible values

Read the tutorial "A variable with a list of possible values" in the documentation

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Clone and install

To test this tutorial, you need to download this repository and install Rougail:

git clone -b 1.1 https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials.git
cd rougail-tutorials
python -m venv venv_rougail
. venv_rougail/bin/activate
pip install rougail-cli rougail-output-exporter rougail-output-doc rougail-user-data-yaml

Then switch to the tutorial page:

git switch --detach v1.1_010

Structure

.
└── firefox
    └── 00-proxy.yml

Contents of the firefox/00-proxy.yml file

%YAML 1.2
---
version: 1.1

proxy_mode:
  description: Configure Proxy Access to the Internet
  choices:
    - No proxy
    - Auto-detect proxy settings for this network
    - Use system proxy settings
    - Manual proxy configuration
    - Automatic proxy configuration URL
  default: No proxy
...

---

Let's generate the documentation```shell

rougail -m firefox/ -o doc

| Variable                                                                                                                                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **<a id="proxy_mode" name="proxy_mode">proxy_mode</a>**<br/>[`choice`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types) `mandatory` | Configure Proxy Access to the Internet.<br/>**Choices**: <br/>•&nbsp;No proxy **← (default)**<br/>•&nbsp;Auto-detect proxy settings for this network<br/>•&nbsp;Use system proxy settings<br/>•&nbsp;Manual proxy configuration<br/>•&nbsp;Automatic proxy configuration URL |
***
### Let's generate the changelog```shell
rougail -m firefox/ -o doc --doc.contents changelog --doc.changelog.previous_json_file previous.yml

Modified variable

Variable	Description
proxy_mode choice mandatory	Configure Proxy Access to the Internet. Choices: • No proxy ← (default) • Auto-detect proxy settings for this network • Use system proxy settings • Manual proxy configuration • Automatic proxy configuration URL

---

User datas### Example 1#### config/01/config.yml

---

---

Output```shell

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/01/config.yml

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Caption:**
> - Variable
> - <span style="color: #B8860B">Default value</span>

Variables:
- :notebook: proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): <span style="color: #B8860B">No proxy</span>

***
### Example 2#### config/02/config.yml
```yml
---
proxy_mode: No proxy

---

Output```shell

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/02/config.yml

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Caption:**
> - Variable
> - <span style="color: #006400">Modified value</span>
> - (:hourglass_flowing_sand: Original default value)

Variables:
- :notebook: proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): <span style="color: #006400">No proxy</span> ← loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml" (:hourglass_flowing_sand: No proxy)

***
### Example 3#### config/03/config.yml
```yml
---
proxy_mode: Manual proxy configuration

---

Output```shell

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/03/config.yml

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Caption:**
> - Variable
> - <span style="color: #006400">Modified value</span>
> - (:hourglass_flowing_sand: Original default value)

Variables:
- :notebook: proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): <span style="color: #006400">Manual proxy configuration</span> ← loaded from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml" (:hourglass_flowing_sand: No proxy)

***
### Example 4#### config/04/config.yml
```yml
---
proxy_mode: foo

---

Output```shell

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/04/config.yml

> [!WARNING]
> 
> - proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): :bell: <span style="color: #EFBF04">the value "foo" is an invalid choice, only "Auto-detect proxy settings for this network", "Automatic proxy configuration URL", "Manual proxy configuration", "No proxy" and "Use system proxy settings" are allowed, it will be ignored when loading from the YAML file "config/04/config.yml"</span>

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Caption:**
> - Variable
> - <span style="color: #B8860B">Default value</span>

Variables:
- :notebook: proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): <span style="color: #B8860B">No proxy</span>

***
#### Output when invalid user data is an error```shell
rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/04/config.yml --cli.invalid_user_data_error

Caution

• proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): 🛑 the value "foo" is an invalid choice, only "Auto-detect proxy settings for this network", "Automatic proxy configuration URL", "Manual proxy configuration", "No proxy" and "Use system proxy settings" are allowed, it has been loading from the YAML file "config/04/config.yml"

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