Re: [vile] local .vilerc handling

[Paul Fox]

thomas wrote:
 > On Fri, 15 May 2009, Paul Fox wrote:
 > 
 > > i haven't tried this in a long time, and maybe i'm just botching
 > > it, but tracing and stracing make me suspicious:
 > >
 > > i have a particular directory of code where i need c-tabstop set
 > > to '4'.  so i created a local .vilerc file:
 > >    source /home/pgf/.vilerc
 > >    set c-tabstop 4
 > >
 > > but this local file isn't being read.  strace shows me a call to
 > > access() which shows it exists, but it's never opened.  the only
 > > file read is $HOME/.vilerc (which happens with or without the
 > > local file).
 > >
 > > does this work for others?  am i misremembering how this
 > > should/could work?
 > 
 > if the file's writable by other users, vile won't use it - see the
 > is_our_dir/is_out_file checks in bind.c's cfg_locate function

bingo.  it was group-writeable.

not sure whether i think that check is too stringent, but i'm okay
with it.  a warning or trace message of some sort would be nice,
but also not a big deal.

thanks!

paul
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