If StepConfig added a warning comment line at the top of custom_postgui.hal along the lines of
# !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! # WARNING the contents of this file will be overwritten if StepConfig is run again # !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then I probably would have realised what would happen. The same could be added to the other files that StepConfig creates. Mike On 17 May 2012 11:51, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/5/17 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > > On 17 May 2012 02:26, Chris Morley <chrisinnana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Andy you should qualify that with the point that you wouldn't use > stepconf right > >> from the beginning ! :) > > > > Starting from scratch with a stepper machine I probably would, actually. > > But I doubt I will ever be doing that again. > > I think that major reason for providing sample configs is to use them > as a starting point. > That is what I have been doing past year - I do not start from empty > config folder, but use sample configs. Most often hm2-stepper or > hm2-servo. > I find it faster to adjust sample config than going through stepconf. > I guess that it is different for new users, who are not yet familiar > with HAL. > > -- > Viesturs > > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
