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[tutorial v1.1_003] Set a default value

Read the tutorial "Set a default value" in the documentation

Screenshot

Firefox Proxy setting

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_003

Structure

.
└── firefox
    └── 00-proxy.yml


Contents of the firefox/00-proxy.yml file

%YAML 1.2
---
version: 1.1

proxy_mode: No proxy  # Configure Proxy Access to the Internet
...


Let's generate the documentation```shell

rougail -m firefox/ -o doc

| Variable                                                                                                                                                   | Description                                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **<a id="proxy_mode" name="proxy_mode">proxy_mode</a>**<br/>[`string`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types) `mandatory` | Configure Proxy Access to the Internet.<br/>**Default**: No proxy |
***
### 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
string mandatory
Configure Proxy Access to the Internet.
Default: No proxy

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: foo

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">foo</span> ← loaded from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml" (:hourglass_flowing_sand: No proxy)

***


- [[tutorial v1.1_010] A variable with a list of possible values](https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials/src/commit/v1.1_010/README.md) ([diff](https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials/compare/v1.1_010~1..v1.1_010))