On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 19:36:33 +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > * Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-07-31 17:16]: > > The default value of dotlock_program > > depends on the configuration options. > > ah, ok, good example!
which was in my first message of this thread. :) > but it still does not help issuing different versions of the manual as > getting the correct manual then both depends on $PATH and $MANPATH. > and these usually do not fit well together, do they? Issuing different versions of the manual would be a bad idea, in particular because the user may read the wrong version. The user may also read an only version, and this one must be clear too. > so the solution is: extend the manual with more information! > eg "Default: "/path/file" (unless specified by --some-option)" The user doesn't necessarily know what options have been used, so this is a bad idea to say that. > in the above case both "mutt -v|grep =" and > ":set ?dotlock_program" should show its value. Yes. > and I'd be happy to see some ordering in the version info: > > DOTLOCKPROG="/path/file" > EXECSHELL="/bin/sh" > ISPELL="/import/gnu/bin/ispell" > MAILPATH="/var/mail" > SENDMAIL="/var/qmail/bin/sendmail" > PKGDATADIR="/import/local/share/mutt" > SYSCONFDIR="/import/local/etc" Good idea. > whenever I see the options list > I think it *should* be sorted: > > Compile options: > -DOMAIN > -DEBUG > -HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK -DL_STANDALONE > +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK > +USE_POP +USE_IMAP -USE_GSS +USE_SSL -USE_SASL > +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_REGEX > +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_START_COLOR +HAVE_TYPEAHEAD +HAVE_BKGDSET > +HAVE_CURS_SET +HAVE_META +HAVE_RESIZETERM > +HAVE_PGP +BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS +SUN_ATTACHMENT > +ENABLE_NLS +LOCALES_HACK +HAVE_WC_FUNCS +HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET > +HAVE_LANGINFO_YESEXPR > +HAVE_ICONV -ICONV_NONTRANS +HAVE_GETSID +HAVE_GETADDRINFO > > having to search through this list > simply is unbearable. bah![tm] I completely agree! -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA
