Package: fluxbox Version: 1.3.1~dfsg1-2 I can tell fluxbox to use a different configuration file:
$ fluxbox -help [...] -rc <string> use alternate resource file. [...] This works to the extent that if I specify a different path, it will actually use it. However, and that is inacceptable, inside the file which is autogenerated if it doesn't exist, there are still references to my other configuration: session.styleOverlay: ~/.fluxbox/overlay session.keyFile: /home/uli/.fluxbox/keys session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps session.slitlistFile: /home/uli/.fluxbox/slitlist session.styleFile: /home/uli/.fluxbox/styles/Sn33z-mod If I save anything in e.g. the apps file, which happens during normal WM interaction, the configuration there is lost, although I specified a different path exactly in order to avoid overwriting it. Some more notes: 1. It looks weird that some paths above are absolute, while some are relative to the homedir. 2. Fluxbox doesn't have a configuration file, but a configuration dir. The commandline should honour that, i.e. not expect just a single init file but a directory. 3. If I specify a path to a file that doesn't exist, I'd expect to either get an error or that the file is created. This works to some extent, but if I specify a file where the parent dir doesn't exist, I get errors on stdout (most users won't see that) and fluxbox uses the default configuration from my home dir, which again can lead to data loss. Cheers! Uli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
