Looksyk

The global config.json

The configuration is done in the config.json file in the directory ~/.local/share/looksyk. This path can be changed with the environment variable LOOKSYK_CONFIG_PATH.

The default graph location is in ~/graph (or the configured location in the ~/.local/share/looksyk/config.json).

Graph specific configuration

Each graph can have its own configuration files in the config folder of the graph. All configuration options can be configured in the settings tab in the sidebar of the application.

The following options can be configured in the config/config.json file of the graph:

• title: The title of the graph, displayed in sidebar and window title
• favourites: An array of page IDs, which are displayed in the favourites section in the sidebar
• design: The design of the application. See design documentation for more information.
• update_check: Boolean, that enables / disables an automatic update-check on application startup.
• indentation_shortcut: Boolean, that enables / disables the keyboard-shortcut to increase and decrease the indentation of the current block.
• journal-configuration: Configuration for the journal feature, including:
  • journal_title_format: The format of the journal title. It supports the values world for the format DD.MM.YYYY, american for the format MM/DD/YYYY and iso for the format YYYY-MM-DD.
  • show_weekday_in_title: Value to show the weekday in the journal title. Accepts none, as_prefix and as_suffix.

CLI-Arguments

The command looksyk accepts the following command line arguments:

• --graph-location to specify the location of the graph (default: ~/graph)
• --port to specify the port of the backend (default: 11000)
• --window-width to specify the width of the window (default: 1200)
• --window-height to specify the height of the window (default: 800)
• --window-zoom to specify the zoom level of the window (default: 0.6)
• --overwrite-user to specify a custom username for local basic auth
• --overwrite-password to specfy a custom password for local basic auth
• --print-auth to print the local basic authentication into the console (for debugging only)

(Backend) Environment Arguments

• HTTPS_PROXY to specify a https proxy for the updater. This proxy is used for the update-check aswell as the download of the release binary. If the environment variable contains a illigal argument (e.g. no valid url), the application wont start.
• LOOKSYK_BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME to specify a Basic Auth Username
• LOOKSYK_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD to specify a Basic Auth Passwort (needs to be bcrypt hashed)