On 2/27/06, Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are right, completions should be configurable. But not by editiing
> the default completion files, since such changes will be overwritten
> on the next upgrade. But fish lets both the sysadmin and the user can
> configure completions by adding their own completion files to
> /etc/fish.d/completions and ~/.fish.d/completions respectively. Any
[...]

Yeah, you're tight.

> > (3) ultimately achieves the same, but you have to jump throught the
> > hoops before you can try your new Fish installation and re-customize
> > it.  (Presumably, "make uninstall" also prints a warning message and
> > renames the files.)
>
> True, the first two are a bit less of a bother. The reason I opted not
> to use (1) was partly that the computer might get things wrong. If a
> sysadmin who has never used any older fish version decides that he
> wants to add some additional configuration options to fish, and
> decides to call the file fish_functions.fish, his changes should not
> get silently deleted. Not very likely scenario, but not a very nice
> one either. With (2) and (3) things will work the way they should. But
> forcing user interactivity in make seems like an ugly hack to me, so I
> opted for (3).

That's funny, I thought interactivity was the bonus because it happens
in the context of the task.  But (2) does not force interactivity, it
still allows you to do things non-interactively by first canceling the
install, while (3) both interrupts the process and forces
non-interactivity.

[...]
> Yes, I moved on. I though most people had said their piece on this.
> Sorry, hopy you don't feel run over.

Nah,  All I can ever do is try to understand your reasoning and offer
my suggestions.


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