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List:       sylpheed
Subject:    [sylpheed:19466] Re: N and n
From:       Tom Pittman <pittman () ptialaska ! net>
Date:       2003-03-27 8:01:30
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:36:39 +0900
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp> wrote:

> > > You must exit Sylpheed before editing the file, because Sylpheed
> > > overwrites it on exit.
> > 
> > It would be helpful if comments to that effect were embedded in the
> > file. That would serve the Principle of Least Astonishment, because
> > *rc files aren't typically overwritten by the application.  
> > 
> > I've been reading this list for a year and don't remember seeing this
> > documented anywhere before.  
> 
> It's mentioned in README, and ~/.sylpheed/*rc is not meant to be edited
> by hand anyway.
I've seen it mentioned several times.  I thought it was the usual behavior for programs to overwrite \
                their *rc files on exit in order to make the changes that had been selected in the GUI.
-- 
Tom


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