Terry,

On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:57:25 -0600
> cd /home/tbrown/Package/leo/bzr/leo.repo/trunk
> python launchLeo.py ~/.leo/del.leo
>
> @settings in del.leo ignored, c.hash() = "/home/tbrown/.leo/del.leo"
>
> cd /home/tbrown/.leo
> python /home/tbrown/Package/leo/bzr/leo.repo/trunk/launchLeo.py del.leo
>
> @settings in del.leo honored, c.hash() = 
> "/mnt/usr1/usr1/home/tbrown/.leo/del.leo"
>
> So, I can see why Leo uses the path to the Leo file to identify its
> settings, but at the same time @setting in a particular file should be
> honored.
>
> The problem is that os.getcwd() and friends use the POSIX C getcwd()
> function (whatever it's called), and POSIX says return the absolute
> path.
> os.path.abspath(path) === os.path.normpath(join(os.getcwd(), path))
>
> Where to fix it?  I'd prefer it use /home/tbrown so settings follow me
> around more, at home /home/tbrown may be /mnt/usr1/usr1/home/tbrown,
> whereas at work /home/tbrown may be /media/raid2TB/home/tbrown.
>
> So, c.hash() could operate on os.path.abspath(path), simplest, and
> probably fixes the ignored @settings problem.
>
> Or c.hash() could be calculated from
> os.path.normpath(join(os.getenv('PWD'), path))
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1542803/is-there-a-version-of-os-getcwd-that-doesnt-dereference-symlinks
>
> At least it explains what's going on.

Thanks for sharing these details.  I encountered the same issue.  I
hadn't realized I was using a path with a symlink in it until your
email.  Now I know to use the workaround of specifying a non-symlinked
path on the leo command-line.  Before I had found I could just revert
the file and get the settings to take effect.  This new workaround
saves me a step of having to revert as soon as I open the file.

Brian

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