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List:       openbox
Subject:    [openbox] _OB_CONFIG_FILE property
From:       dana () orodu ! net (Dana Jansens)
Date:       2010-05-14 1:37:39
Message-ID: 9F93D391-1B50-4369-8D37-B9E4003945CA () orodu ! net
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On 2010-05-13, at 6:41 PM, Eric Bohlman wrote:

> Is there any reason why this property is set only if a config file is specified on \
> the command line? It would save a bunch of guesswork in utilities like OBApps or \
> OBMenu if it were set even if one of the default config files were used.

If _OB_CONFIG_FILE is set, it specifies a file that is tried before all the defaults. \
If it fails to load, then the file is looked for in the regular places, \
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME, and $XDG_CONFIG_PATH.  Setting it to whatever was read is not the \
same, this specifies the first location that will be read from when reconfiguring.  \
It seems pretty straightforward rather than guessing, and looking in multiple places \
will always be necessary, for instance when the user has no config and a global \
config has to be read.  Changes still need to be written in a different place \
(_OB_CONFIG_FILE, or in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME).

Dana


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