On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 11:10:52 +0100
Didier Kryn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Le 06/02/2018 à 00:17, Steve Litt a écrit :
> > Oh Oh. Here's what my Chromium browser says the last paragraph of
> > the document says:

[snip my description]
> >
> > On what browser did you observe the lack of the tilde?  
> 
>      My remark was about "secura.conf" instead of "sakura.conf"

Ah-Ha! Fixed (be sure to refresh cache)

[snip stuff about shift+ctrl+t]


> >>       <personal-opinion>Sakura rewriting its config file on exit is
> >> definitely a bad feature.</personal-opinion>  
> > I'd rather have two files: One for config, the other for persistent
> > state. I'd prefer the former not be overwritten, and the latter
> > overwritten and headed by a comment not to edit it directly.  
> 
>      This could be done by wrapping the invocation into a script. Yet 
> it's not satisfactory. Actually I don't see the need for recording
> the state of a terminal emulator (which state, btw?).

I assume you mean a script to preserve and restore the original .conf.
Yeah, that could be done, but I just have the feeling it would have
corner case problems. The states I'm discussing are which colorset
and font size. I can sort of see the use of saving this state, but like
you, I don't see it as especially essential, and given the problems it
causes with config file rewrite, yeah, I agree with you.


> 
>      In general I like applications (and desktop session) to start
> from fresh instead of restoring the dirt accumulated in the previous 
> invocations. In some cases, restoring the state can lead you to 
> restarting always in a broken state you cannot go out of.


There are some situations I like saving state. One is the situation
where file-pickers default to the last directory from which you picked
last time. That can save a lot of time. But that's not what we're
talking about here.

Thanks,
 
SteveT

Steve Litt
January 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting: Why Bother?
http://www.troubleshooters.com/twb
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