On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> - Leo will ignore the -c option (and give a warning) if Leo is already >>> using the configFile for either leoSettings.leo or myLeoSettings.leo. >> >> Right, though my naive expectations of settings is that no harm comes >> from loading a settings file .. 10 times, each time it overrides the same >> keys with the same values. > > There is a design question here. Consider the second search order: > > leoSettings.leo -> myLeoSettings.leo -> -c configFile -> theFile.leo > > How are we to make sense of this if the configFile appears twice on > the list? My head wants to explode, so I think it best to avoid the > explosion and simply issue a warning ;-) I doubt that the print-settings command knows about config files. It probably should. If so, it will be useful to define the priority of config files exactly, which means, I think, that -c files should appear only once in the (second) search order. EKR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
