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