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Documentation refers to "off" setting; doesn't seem to work, "false" does

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Description

https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/settings.html#suggest-facets, among others, suggests using "off" to disable the setting; however, this doesn't appear to work in the JSON config files, where it apparently needs to be a "JSON boolean" and have the values "true" or "false". Perhaps the Python code is more flexible?...but either way, the documentation probably should mention it.

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Start with the linked settings.html#suggest-facets documentation section and compare its "off" wording with the JSON configuration behavior described in the issue. Update the documentation to explain the required JSON boolean values, true or false, and clarify whether "off" is supported elsewhere.

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Tech stack
python
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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1/5
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Under an hour
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