Problems with configuration files

Problems with configuration files

[Julius Schwartzenberg]

Hi,
I'm trying to get Dosemu to use only my own configuration files.
I've have set config_script=/etc/dosemu/simple-dosemu-config in 
dosemu.users. When I run Dosemu, I still get the following output though:
CONF: config variable c_user set
CONF: Parsing built-in dosemu.conf file.
CONF: config variable version_3_style_used set
CONF: Parsing built-in global.conf file.
Shouldn't the config_script setting in my dosemu.users prevent Dosemu 
from using the built-in configuration?
Thanks in advance,
Julius

Re: Problems with configuration files

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:

> I'm trying to get Dosemu to use only my own configuration files.
> I've have set config_script=/etc/dosemu/simple-dosemu-config in
> dosemu.users. When I run Dosemu, I still get the following output though:
> CONF: config variable c_user set
> CONF: Parsing built-in dosemu.conf file.
> CONF: config variable version_3_style_used set
> CONF: Parsing built-in global.conf file.
> Shouldn't the config_script setting in my dosemu.users prevent Dosemu
> from using the built-in configuration?

No. The built-in configuration is necessary for initialization and parses
the built-in dosemu.conf; without it dosemu is in an inconsistent state.
This way we enforce that what is commented out in the default dosemu.conf
actually corresponds to the reald default settings (because the built-in
one is parsed without the #'s).

But you can completely overwrite the config afterwards in any way you
like. "config_script" provides a way to let your own "global.conf" do
things on top of the default configuration, perhaps ignoring any real
dosemu.conf -- without a "config_script" or -F setting the builtin
global.conf will:
1. parse builtin dosemu.conf
2. parse real dosemu.conf
3. parse ~/.dosemurc
With -F or "config_script" steps 2 and 3 are up to what you supply.
With -n step 2 is skipped for a /etc independent configuration.

Bart

Re: Problems with configuration files

[Julius Schwartzenberg]

Bart Oldeman schreef:
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm trying to get Dosemu to use only my own configuration files.
>>I've have set config_script=/etc/dosemu/simple-dosemu-config in
>>dosemu.users. When I run Dosemu, I still get the following output though:
>>CONF: config variable c_user set
>>CONF: Parsing built-in dosemu.conf file.
>>CONF: config variable version_3_style_used set
>>CONF: Parsing built-in global.conf file.
>>Shouldn't the config_script setting in my dosemu.users prevent Dosemu
>>from using the built-in configuration?
> 
> 
> No. The built-in configuration is necessary for initialization and parses
> the built-in dosemu.conf; without it dosemu is in an inconsistent state.
> This way we enforce that what is commented out in the default dosemu.conf
> actually corresponds to the reald default settings (because the built-in
> one is parsed without the #'s).
> 
> But you can completely overwrite the config afterwards in any way you
> like. "config_script" provides a way to let your own "global.conf" do
> things on top of the default configuration, perhaps ignoring any real
> dosemu.conf -- without a "config_script" or -F setting the builtin
> global.conf will:
> 1. parse builtin dosemu.conf
> 2. parse real dosemu.conf
> 3. parse ~/.dosemurc
> With -F or "config_script" steps 2 and 3 are up to what you supply.
> With -n step 2 is skipped for a /etc independent configuration.

Does the builtin dosemu.conf also contain $_hdimage = "drives/*"? The 
biggest problem I have, is that when I specify several disks, Dosemu 
always also adds those to it. When I specify two disks for example, they 
  both get c: and d:, but drives/c also gets e:.
If the builtin dosemu.conf indeed does contain drives/*, is there any 
way to fully override that?

Julius

Re: Problems with configuration files

[Bart Oldeman]

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:

> Does the builtin dosemu.conf also contain $_hdimage = "drives/*"? The
> biggest problem I have, is that when I specify several disks, Dosemu
> always also adds those to it. When I specify two disks for example, they
>   both get c: and d:, but drives/c also gets e:.
> If the builtin dosemu.conf indeed does contain drives/*, is there any
> way to fully override that?

Ok, your problem is multiple "disk" statements.

try
dosemu -n -f dosemurc
where "-f dosemurc" now tells the built-in global.conf to override
built-in dosemu.conf statements, and "-n" to ignore /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf.
The file dosemurc should then contain
$_hdimage = ""
This could also be in ~/.dosemurc (without -f) or dosemu.conf (without
-n)), but if you want to avoid those files you have to use "-f".

Or even
dosemu__hdimage="" dosemu -n

Bart

Re: Problems with configuration files

[Julius Schwartzenberg]

Bart Oldeman schreef:
> dosemu -n -f dosemurc
> where "-f dosemurc" now tells the built-in global.conf to override
> built-in dosemu.conf statements, and "-n" to ignore /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf.
> The file dosemurc should then contain
> $_hdimage = ""
> This could also be in ~/.dosemurc (without -f) or dosemu.conf (without
> -n)), but if you want to avoid those files you have to use "-f".
> 
> Or even
> dosemu__hdimage="" dosemu -n

Thanks a lot! The problem is fixed now.
I still have got one small problem though. When a user runs Dosemu for 
the first time, it tries to display a license agreement. This doesn't 
work when it is run from the menu though. Is there any way to get around 
this or let Dosemu display the agreement in a window?

Julius

Re: Problems with configuration files

[Ryan Underwood]

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On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:33:00PM +0200, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:
> 
> Thanks a lot! The problem is fixed now.
> I still have got one small problem though. When a user runs Dosemu for 
> the first time, it tries to display a license agreement. This doesn't 
> work when it is run from the menu though. Is there any way to get around 
> this or let Dosemu display the agreement in a window?

Just touch ~/.dosemu/disclaimer and the thing should not be displayed.

-- 
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis@icequake.net>

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