Anatomy of a Script

Scripts are the brain that control the comic-ngn. Note: JSON's don't have comments in them

Version: 4

{
    "parent": null,//if this is a child, parent will reference the path to JSON that this is a continuation(child) of
    //else it will be null
    "offset": 0,//if this is a child, its pages will begin at the offset rather than zero,
    //this allows a parent to have multiple children. Furthermore, if a child with lower offset fails to load
    //then subsequent children will not be affected. Granted the max size is 1000 pages, so a child loss is catastrophic,
    //but this ensures redundancy. Note: If the parent, fails to load, the children will never be refrenced.
    "pyr": {//settings that control pyoofreader, false if child(has a parent)
        "appendmismatch": false,//If there are more images in the directory than in the configuration file, attempt to automatically add them
        "appendorder": 0,//The order in which the images should be appended {Modified|Name|Size|Type}
        "appendorderdir": false//The direction that the append order follows {Ascending|Descending}
    },
    "loading": {//loading spinner configuration
        "lines":16,//lines in spinner
        "rate":1000 / 30,//spin rate
        "diameter": 250,//spinner diameter
        "xpos":1/2,//x position of spinner relative to canvas size(legacy)
        "ypos":1/2, //y position of spinner relative to canvas size(Legacy)
        "back":"#FFF",//background color of spinner
        "color":"#373737"//color of spinner
    },
    "config": {//system settings, false if child(has a parent)
        "dir": "assets/",//directory for page sources, all sources must be descendants of this directory
        "readdir": false,//#read direction, false for left to right
        "additive": false,//#additive support enabling
        "pagestartnum": false,//#page start number, false for 0
        "chapterstartnum": false,//#chapter start number, false for 0
        "imgprebuffer": 5,//# of images to preload before current page
        "imgpostbuffer": 5,//# of images to preload after current page
        "startpage": 0,//The page that the comic loads first, 0 loads first, >0 loads most recent
        "back":"#FFF",//background color of pages
        "orderby":0,//controls how the url of the page appears, 0 for by page, 1 for by chapter/page, 2 by year, chapter and page are affected by page/chapterstartnum
        "dateformat":"MMDDYY"//controls the format of dates displayed, MM-month,DD-second,YY-year,UU-minute,SS-second
    },
    "pages": [//Array of pages, comic stages will follow this order
        {
            "alt": "",//If image fails, this text is displayed instead
            "hover": "",//this text is displayed on mouse hover, (not implemented in touch yet)
            "title": "",//this gives the page a title
            "url": [""],/*this is the source of the page. If the image is layered, add multiple sources. Lowest number = Highest Layer Priority*/
            "release": 0,//release date
            "note": [],//additional notes to append to the page
            "perm": false,//is this page permanent? It will be preloaded first
            "anim8": false//is this page animated? Only works with gif and video(not implemented)
        }
    ],
    "chapters": [//Array of chapters, pages will be grouped into these chapters, false if child(has a parent)
        {
            "description": "",//chapter description
            "start": 0,//index of starting page of chapter
            "end": 0,//index of last page of chapter
            "title": "",//chapter title
            "thumb": ""//the thumbnail of the chapter
        }
    ]
}