OK, so I think the new setup if finally working.
config.flx is moved to
lib/std/felix/config.flx
and it supplies two variables:
FLX_SHARE_DIR
FLX_TARGET_DIR
to its client. Now, there is one more critical directory: the cache.
At present that's calculated by
lib/std/felix/flx/flx_profile.flx
from $HOME etc. In fact it calculates HOME. Actually the core directory
should be
FLX_HOME_DIR
which would be
$HOME/.felix
by default. So config should use this (instead of doing its own calculation).
The question is: why is config in std/felix,whilst HOME is in std/felix/flx?
Who needs to know FLX_SHARE/TARGET_DIR? Who needs FLX_HOME_DIR?
Obviously "flx" needs these things. However applications may need some stuff
too. For a start, LD_LIBRARY_PATH needs to be set to get plugins and shared
libs. If plugins live elsewhere, we need that. The webserver tracks teh
installation
too and so do the build tools.
The GUI needs a standard font. From where? From FLX_HOME_DIR/config?
Or from the TARGET database?
--
john skaller
skal...@users.sourceforge.net
http://felix-lang.org
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