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[tutorial v1.1_033] A variable with type "boolean"

Read the tutorial "A variable with type "boolean"" 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_033

Structure

.
└── firefox
    ├── 00-proxy.yml
    ├── 10-manual.yml
    └── 20-manual.yml


Contents of the firefox/20-manual.yml file

%YAML 1.2
---
version: 1.1

manual:

  use_for_https: true  # Also use this proxy for HTTPS
...


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 |

#### Manual proxy configuration

> [!NOTE]
> 
> **Path**: manual

##### HTTP Proxy

> [!NOTE]
> 
> **Path**: manual.http_proxy

| Variable                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **<a id="manual.http_proxy.address" name="manual.http_proxy.address">manual.http_proxy.address</a>**<br/>[`domainname`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types) `mandatory` | HTTP address.<br/>**Validators**: <br/>•&nbsp;type domainname<br/>•&nbsp;the domain name can be an IP                                                                                                                      |
| **<a id="manual.http_proxy.port" name="manual.http_proxy.port">manual.http_proxy.port</a>**<br/>[`port`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types) `mandatory`                | HTTP Port.<br/>**Validators**: <br/>•&nbsp;well-known ports (1 to 1023) are allowed<br/>•&nbsp;registred ports (1024 to 49151) are allowed<br/>•&nbsp;private ports (greater than 49152) are allowed<br/>**Default**: 8080 |

| Variable                                                                                                                                                                                  | Description                                          |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| **<a id="manual.use_for_https" name="manual.use_for_https">manual.use_for_https</a>**<br/>[`boolean`](https://rougail.readthedocs.io/en/latest/variable.html#variables-types) `mandatory` | Also use this proxy for HTTPS.<br/>**Default**: true |
***
### Let's generate the changelog```shell
rougail -m firefox/ -o doc --doc.contents changelog --doc.changelog.previous_json_file previous.yml

New variable

Variable Description
manual.use_for_https
boolean mandatory
Also use this proxy for HTTPS.
Default: true

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

---
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: example.net

Output```shell

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

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Caption:**
> - Variable
> - <span style="color: #B8860B">Default value</span>
> - <span style="color: #006400">Modified value</span>

Variables:
- :notebook: proxy_mode (Configure Proxy Access to the Internet): <span style="color: #B8860B">No proxy</span>
- :open_file_folder: manual (Manual proxy configuration)
  - :open_file_folder: http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
    - :notebook: address (HTTP address): <span style="color: #006400">example.net</span> ← loaded from the YAML file "config/01/config.yml"
    - :notebook: port (HTTP Port): <span style="color: #B8860B">8080</span>
  - :notebook: use_for_https (Also use this proxy for HTTPS): <span style="color: #B8860B">true</span>

***
### Example 2#### config/02/config.yml
```yml
---
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: example.net
  use_for_https: false

Output```shell

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

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Caption:**
> - Variable
> - <span style="color: #B8860B">Default value</span>
> - <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: #B8860B">No proxy</span>
- :open_file_folder: manual (Manual proxy configuration)
  - :open_file_folder: http_proxy (HTTP Proxy)
    - :notebook: address (HTTP address): <span style="color: #006400">example.net</span> ← loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml"
    - :notebook: port (HTTP Port): <span style="color: #B8860B">8080</span>
  - :notebook: use_for_https (Also use this proxy for HTTPS): <span style="color: #006400">false</span> ← loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml" (:hourglass_flowing_sand: true)

***


- [[tutorial v1.1_040] HTTPS family](https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials/src/commit/v1.1_040/README.md) ([diff](https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials/compare/v1.1_040~1..v1.1_040))