Storing/Loading settings of an extension

[A Former User]

Hello Frederik, Hello Robofont users,

I am working on a robofont extension and I need someway to store settings.
Just to give an idea of what I want to do:

• when the extension is closed (clicking on the red cross), the last results from controls callbacks have to be stored in a file

• when the extension is launched these settings have to come back in interface/variables (if setting file is provided)

Basically I need to write and read this data somewhere.
A text or csv file could be a solution, but is it a best practice?

I found this interesting Python module
https://docs.python.org/2/library/shelve.html
but I noticed that is not bundled with Robofont.

What kind of format do you suggest?
Plist?

Thanks

[A Former User]

Ok, I will try!
Thanks

[frederik]

I would advice you to use getExtensionDefault(key, fallback) and setExtensionDefault(key, value)

see http://doc.robofont.com/api/mojo/mojo-extensions/