[Opensim-dev] Autocreated OpenSim.ini

[dr scofield]

Stefan Andersson wrote:
> Uh. Another approach would be to actually use the 'merge' 
> functionality of nini so that we could have the .example as a fallback 
> defaults file.
i think that's what alan is proposing ;-)
>
> (It should then probably not be called '.example' but rather '.default')
>
> So, by just adding another line of code, we'd have opensim.ini as an 
> optional local override of entries in opensim.default - then we can 
> change and add to opensim.default, and peoples local changes are kept 
> untouched. The startup can create an empty opensim.ini (with just a 
> comment with an url to a wiki page or something) if there is none on 
> start.
>
> (All this provided the opensim.ini is actually parsed by nini, but if 
> it isn't, it should be)
>
> Best,
> /Stefan
>
>
>
>
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>     Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:57:24 +0100
>     From: DrScofield at xyzzyxyzzy.net
>     To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>     Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Autocreated OpenSim.ini
>
>     Alan M Webb wrote:
>
>
>         I think that's a great idea. I was pondering it myself; I
>         think the code generated file approach is absolutely the wrong
>         way to do it.
>
>         Given the merging capabilities of the config mechanisms
>         couldn't we set it up to merge startup.ini (if it exists)
>         after the example .ini? That way we would get overrides if
>         they exist, and defaults if they don't without doing any
>         conditional copying or munging of files. The startup.ini can
>         then be written out by the config mechanism if it didn't
>         already exist, or if the configuration has been changed.
>
>     that sounds like a rather good idea!
>
>         cheers,  
>         dirk
>
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>     dr dirk husemann, mathmatics and computer science, ibm zurich research lab
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