I agree completely.  This would be one less factor discouraging potential debuggers.

--Kyle Davis


On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:31:49 +0100
Christian Biesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> currently, Abiword is started with the help of a wrapper script, and the 
> actual binary is hidden inside $prefix/libexec.
> 
> The only thing this script really does is set ABISUITE_HOME.
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to hardcode the location into abiword (via a 
> #define set by the configure script) and eliminate the need for a 
> wrapper script? (possibly allow overriding the harcoded value with this 
> env. var)
> 
> That would also make debugging easier, because one could just use 
> $prefix/bin/abiword for the debugger, instead of looking for the binary 
> in $prefix/share/somewhere (yes, it's in libexec now... but still).
> 
> opinions?
> 

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