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Runtime Options (TODO)

Runtime options are card options that are applied globally to all JPMN cards. This differs from binary fields, as binary fields are options that only affects the one card.

Accessing & Editing

Video demo (click here)

To access the runtime options, navigate to your profile's media folder, and open the _jpmn-options.js file with your favorite text editor.

The contents of the file should look something like the following: 

window.JPMNOptions = {
  // Add your runtime options here.

  // ...

}

Adding Options

You can add a runtime option anywhere between the two outer-most curly brackets. For example:

window.JPMNOptions = {
  // Add your runtime options here.

  "autoPitchAccent.coloredPitchAccent.enabled": true,
  // ...
}

Note

You should only add options that you want to override. This is to allow the default options to change, which usually only happens if the old option is no longer valid due to implementation details. In the rare occasion that default options do change, they will be recorded in the changelog (TODO link changelog).

Available options

All available options can be found in the runtime_opts.json5 file. (TODO not dev branch!)

You can safely copy/paste anything there into your runtime options file.

Warning

This json5 file is, strictly speaking, NOT an example configuration file. There are a few differences between the runtime_opts.json5 file and the actual _jpmn-opts.js configuration file:

  1. runtime_opts.json5 does not have the window.JPMNOptions variable set at the very top.

  2. runtime_opts.json5 has an additional overrides key at the very bottom. This overrides key is an implementation detail, and should NOT be used anywhere in the true configuration file.

    The overrides key contains a dictionary that overrides the true value of the original key/value pair defined. For example, 

    "kanjiHover.enabled": true,
"overrides": {
    "kanjiHover.enabled": false,
}

    renders in the built card as: 

    "kanjiHover.enabled": false,
    • TODO this info is outdated, refer to rto_overrides.json5

Override Options

TODO link to tooltipresults? or visa versa?

There are a few option groups that can be used to override other options:

  • tooltips.overrideOptions.sentenceParser
  • tooltips.overrideOptions.autoPitchAccent
  • kanjiHover.overrideOptions.tooltips
  • wordIndicators.overrideOptions.tooltips

The tooltips internally use an instance of the sentence parser and auto pitch accent modules to display the content. However, one may want to display content differently in tooltips than in the regular card. If that is desired, these override options can be used to exactly define what options are used by the internal sentence parser, auto pitch accent and/or tooltips modules.

Option Branch Values

New in version 0.11.0.0 (latest version: 0.12.0.0-prerelease-18)

All runtime options are formatted as a key/value pair. A simple example is the following:

"kanjiHover.enabled": true,

In the above example, the key is kanjiHover.enabled, whereas the value is true.

All runtime options can take special values (known as "option branch values"), which are always formatted as the following:

{
  "type": "IDENTIFIER_STRING",
  // potentially extra arguments in "args": { ... }
  "resultTrue": VALUE,
  "resultFalse": VALUE,
},

For example, we can change the above kanjiHover.enabled to use this branch value, with type type of isMobile:

This can be changed to: 

"kanjiHover.enabled": {
  "type": "isPC",
  "resultTrue": true, // kanji hover is enabled on PC
  "resultFalse": false, // kanji hover is not enabled on non-PC devices, i.e. mobile
},

A full list of option branch values is shown below. The source code for these can be found under src/ts/options.ts. (TODO not dev branch)

isMobile and isPC

New in version 0.12.0.0 (latest version: 0.12.0.0-prerelease-18)

The isMobile and isPC type allows you to specify different values depending if you are using Anki on a mobile device, or PC (non-mobile).

"key": {
  "type": "isMobile",
  "resultTrue": VALUE_IF_MOBILE,
  "resultFalse": VALUE_IF_PC,
},

isPC is the exact opposite of isMobile, and be used similarly.

"key": {
  "type": "isPC",
  "resultTrue": VALUE_IF_PC,
  "resultFalse": VALUE_IF_MOBILE,
},

isiPhoneiPad

TODO

viewportWidth

New in version 0.12.0.0 (latest version: 0.12.0.0-prerelease-18)

The viewportWidth type allows you to specify different values depending on the screen width. Note that the viewport width is read for each card flip. This means that viewport width changes after resizing a window will not be detected, and will only be updated when you flip the side or go to a new card.

This is formatted as the following:

"key": {
  "type": "viewportWidth",
  "args": {
    "op": MATH_OP,
    "value": WIDTH,
  },
  "resultTrue": ...,
  "resultFalse": ...,
},

TODO MATH_OP and WIDTH

viewportWidthBreakpoint

New in version 0.12.0.0 (latest version: 0.12.0.0-prerelease-18)

"key": {
  "type": "viewportWidthBreakpoint",
  "args": {
    "op": MATH_OP,
    "value": BREAKPOINT_VAR,
  },
  "resultTrue": ...,
  "resultFalse": ...,
},

BREAKPOINT_VAR can be one of:

  • displaySentenceShrink
  • displaySentenceRemoveNewlines
  • maxWidthBackside (tablet)
  • combinePicture (mobile)

cardType

TODO

cardSide

TODO

fieldsAllEmpty

TODO

fieldsAllFilled

TODO

fieldsAnyFilled

TODO

Troubleshooting

TODO record specific errors

If you have any error, or an option is simply not working, please check the following:

  1. If a runtime option is not working, or you get an error saying that an option doesn't exist, you may have an outdated option. Please check that your option is indeed recorded in the available options.
Last update: October 8, 2023