need help: (config.yml) adding line breaks or nodes?

Been working on creating a config.yml file
which works out just fine.

i use (snippits)

Code:

import org.bukkit.util.config.Configuration;

Configuration config;

//New config
config = new Configuration(new File(getDataFolder() , "config.yml"));

try{
config.load();
} catch(Exception ex) {
//ignore error for now, plan console msg + serverlog usefull message
}

// Read config settings
final String msg1 = config.getString("msg1", "Message 1");
final String msg2 = config.getString("msg2", "Message 2");
final String msg3 = config.getString("msg3", "Message 3 ");

config.save(); 

It creates the file, and everything is fine

when i look in the file everything is just put in a single line, not really that helpfull for a config
file, so wondering how to add line breaks ?

 

Where do you put something in the config file?

 

I dont understand your question, but let me try to elaborate

My config looks like this now

Code:

msg3: ' Message 3 ' msg1: ' Message 1' msg2: ' Message 2'

I have no idea why it puts them in that order, its generated by bukkit.
anyway i would prefer it to look like

Code:

msg1: ' Message 1'
msg2: ' Message 2'
msg3: ' Message 3 '

and later when i figure out how to use nodes, but still to rookie for that.

Code:

messages:
     msg1: ' Message 1'
     msg2: ' Message 2'
     msg3: ' Message 3 '

 

well, what i mean is you can generate a config (yaml) file 2 ways.
Set the values in code like this:

Code:

 config.setProperty("node", "value");

Or copy it from a location.
(example: https://github.com/Hretsam/Gills/blob/master/src/com/bukkit/hretsam/gills/GillsConfig.java)
Personally i do the last one.