RE: [Bug-gnubg] running commands at startup

[Ian Shaw]

From:  Christian Anthon Sent: 15 November 2006 11:08
> 
> this post is (I suppose) from Jon in the gammonline forum 
> about how to run a default command script at startup:
> 
> Re: Default gnubg settings
> 
> Posted By: Jon
> Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2006, at 1:10 a.m.
> 
> In Response To: Re: Default gnubg settings (Chase)
> 
> 2) Yes - put any commands you like in a file called .gnubgrc 
> in the same place as the .gnubgautorc settings file and it 
> should work...
> 
> However that doesn't quite work as the gtk interface is not 
> finished when the script is loaded. For example, put the 
> following in .gnubgrc
> 
> new session
> 
> and gnubg starts as expected when the user gets the first 
> roll, but segfaults after a bunch of warnings when gnubg wins 
> the initial roll.
> 
> Perhaps we could move the loading of the script til just 
> before gtk_main(), but I'm not sure if this has implications 
> for other things you could do with .gnubgrc.
> 

The no gui version supports piping in a filename as a command file to be
loaded. Why doesn't the gui version?

-- Ian