Extending hook_node_info () to configure comments, display and other things

I think many people face a similar problem : you create using a hook_node_info()new type of content, but you still have to go into the interface and manually configure parameters such as the display of comments, publication settings, date / author display and other things that are hook_node_info()not covered. And every time using crutches of type variable_set is inconvenient.

My patience did burst, and a couple of hours were spent for the benefit of humanity: the result was a small module nodetools .

All that he does is allows hook_node_info to specify additional properties of the generated content type.
Its use is as follows ( in detail with comments ):

function hook_node_info() {
  return array(
    'customtype' => array(
      'name' => t('Custom node type'),
      'base' => 'custom',
      ...
      // Extra properties
      'node-preview' => 0,
      'node-options' => array('status', 'promote', 'sticky', 'revision'),
      'node-submitted' => 0,
      'comment' => array(
        'status' => 2,
        'default-mode' => 1,
        'anonymous' => 1,
        'default-per-page' => 50,
        'form-location' => 1,
        'preview' => 0,
        'subject-field' => 0,
      ),
    ),
  );
}
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I am sure it will come in handy for many :)