Bug 472545 - KScreenDoctor - take JSON/YAML/etc. as input Format
Summary: KScreenDoctor - take JSON/YAML/etc. as input Format
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: KScreen
Classification: Plasma
Component: common (show other bugs)
Version: 5.25.5
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kscreen-bugs-null@kde.org
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Reported: 2023-07-23 19:36 UTC by stellarpower
Modified: 2023-07-23 20:33 UTC (History)
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Description stellarpower 2023-07-23 19:36:03 UTC
HI,

I see kscreendoctor can output in JSON. The default output also gives me colours, which helps with readability - nice job on that.

However, it would be nice to be able to provide commands to change the current configuration in JSON/YAML/ any other standard format as desired aswell. This helps to make it easier to interoperate with other tools in scripting pipelines, and also, whilst the format has already been fixed and so shouldn't be removed for compatibility reasons, overall it seems better to leverage an existing language for structured data rather than inventing a new one. The program has to have a custom parser written to operate with data given to it, and then I also have to figure things out for casual use, or do the same and operate over text if I want to script things for any reason.

I am thinking of something like this sort of syntax:
`kscreen-doctor '{"outputs": [ "1": {"primary": true}  ] }'`
for the equivalent of
`kscreen-doctor output.1.primary`

The existing form is already JSON-like and may mix well in some way - e.g. how `jq` and similar tool extend the syntax a bit to give ways to set values in an elegant way. There may be a way to blend the two.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Ubuntu 22.04 Plasma 5.25.5; taken from KUbuntu backports extra PPAs:
```shell
$ apt-cache policy kscreen
kscreen:
  Installed: 4:5.25.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu22.04~ppa1
  Version table:
 *** 4:5.25.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu22.04~ppa1 500
        500 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports-extra/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
...
```

KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0 (I think)
Qt Version: 5.15.3

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Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2023-07-23 20:33:51 UTC
Thank you for the bug report!

However Plasma 5.25.5 is no longer eligible for support or maintenance from KDE; supported versions are 5.27, and 5.27 or newer. Please upgrade to a supported version as soon as your distribution makes it available to you. Plasma is a fast-moving project, and bugs in one version are often fixed in the next one.

If you need support for Plasma 5.25.5, please contact your distribution, who bears the responsibility of providing support for older releases that are no longer supported by KDE.

If you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to a supported version, feel free to re-open this bug report.