schwar3kat

@Tearran I changed the function name in my example to menu_init (because that would be a more accurate description). I have opened an issue on https://github.com/armbian/configng/issues/26 where the discussion could continue. Also feel free to pm me. Regards Kat

@Tearran Bear in mind I'm not experienced with bash, so expect some ignorance 😄 Perhaps some kind of standard initialization function if it exists, could be triggered first as each script is parsed, setting initialization variables could be included as a standard part of any function script. And a similar menu folder initialization script could be included in any folder. One of those variables could set visibility. Another could set menu text, allowing dynamic menu text based on runtime requirements and possibly other options could be added if required. Any logic could be used to set those variables. To illustrate with an example of what I am imagining. Maybe something like this: (excuse my bash if it is bad or not feasible) # @description Do something useless. # # @exitcode 0 If successful. # # @options none # menu_init function triggered first by menu creation routines if it exists function menu_init(){ # # Only display menu option if internet connection is available # wget -q -t 1 --timeout=5 --spider http://github.com if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then menu_item=false else menu_item=true fi menu_text='Do something useful' # this could override the description as the menu text if it exists } function group::string() {s echo "Doing something" return 0 }

I watched this week's video, and have a question about Joey's configng presentation. If my understanding is correct then the directory/folder that contains the script function determines the menu group, and the script header description determines the menu item wording. How can we include/exclude a script in the menu based on a runtime condition, like it is possible in armbian config? E.g. depending on a file or executable existing. How can we include/exclude a script group in the menu based on a runtime condition like it is possible in armbian config?