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Re: changes on usim/trunk


From: Mete Balci
Subject: Re: changes on usim/trunk
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:21:07 +0100

I think there is a difference, a usim.ini file is more visible for sure, makes one aware of what is going on. I am also not happy with some other defaults (hosts.text in the current folder, assuming sys is one up, chaos names etc.). I dont know the use cases here, so it is only based on my personal experience, I prefer to know what comes from where. Having a usim ini in the repo might be problematic, but I am ok with providing a sample, possibly listing the defaults or a reasonable number of them.

Mete

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM Björn Victor <bjorn@victor.se> wrote:
On 2025-01-14 16:51, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>     > - usim.ini became compulsory. It doesnt mean -c option is compulsory
>     > (usim.ini is default), but if -c is not used, usim.ini has to be present.
>
>     What is the reason for this?
>
> The default is crufty, we all have our usim.ini anyway...  So might as
> well require one.
What would be the difference between including a default usim.ini, and
using those defaults in the code (and not requiring them to be in
usim.ini)? You *would* include a default usim.ini, right? And there
*would* be default values in the code, right?
>
>     > - When usim quits, even if -d or -D options are not given, a brief
>     > dump is displayed, state and screenshot is saved.
>     What is the reason for this? Can you invent a way to disable it?
>
> If usim crashes, or exits unnaturally ... the state file and
> "deathmask" screenshot give hints to what happened.  I.e., they can be
> sent to me (with disk image) and I can look at it.
>
> The "deathmask" is specially useful if something happens early in the
> Lisp world, sometimes useful things are printed.
>
> Not sure why you _wouldn't_ want this, can you elaborate?

I see the point in this, but I don't see the point in "all the casual
users" to get those files? But I won't argue too strongly about this.

-- Björn


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