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From: ncrr@turing.newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Ritson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Options
Keywords: bug
Message-ID: <1990Sep17.094335.3747@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Sep 90 09:43:35 GMT
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In article <15452@reed.UUCP>, chaffee@reed.bitnet (Not Max) writes:
>In article <1990Sep8.020207.913@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes:

>>(b) when writing an elmrc file, save only those options which are different
>>from the system default file.
>
>God, no!  Do you mean the elmrc file might be missing some options?  The
>best thing about elmrc is that everything *is* in there, so you can be sure
>you didn't miss something when you go through it all.  Every couple of
>months I go through the whole thing, line by line, and configure it just so.
>
>And how -do- you create a default elmrc?  By deleting the old one? If so, ...
>
>Also, I love the fact that comments are written out in every elmrc file now,
>instead of having the elmrc.info file.

Would if be worth recognising a DEFAULT keyword in the elmrc file (for all
configure options) like this:

# where to save my mail to, default directory is "Mail"
maildir = DEFAULT

Having done that, it is a simple matter to reset everything to DEFAULT,
or that could even be done from the options menu.  My feeling is that the
meaning of DEFAULT shoud be as defined by the released documentation. 
(Ok how many of you sysadmins have properly supplied and/or updated the
documentation when you modify or install public domain software. I know I'm
guilty for one). 

Chris Ritson.