On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Ales Hvezda wrote: > >> Currently, running any gEDA suite program leaves behind a log file in >> the current working directory. I would like to change the default >> to not >> generating log files, so that I (and other users who use the default >> configuration) don't end up with gschem.log and gnetlist.log files >> scattered over their entire filesystem. Any objections? >> > > No objections, but the first user who posts a mysterious error > report with no information (where the clarifying info would be in the > disabled log file), you get the honor of playing 20 questions and > telling > them how to enable the log file and dealing with all the whining which > will result. > > -Ales > how about an option that turns them off?
but default them to on, so that a an experienced geda user can turn them off but the new users have the clutter/tmp dir. Steve _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

