Changeset 8135737 for doc/barnowl.1


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Timestamp:
Jan 23, 2012, 5:12:56 PM (13 years ago)
Author:
David Benjamin <davidben@mit.edu>
Branches:
master, release-1.10, release-1.9
Children:
9a2dd0c, ab88b05, 533b3a4
Parents:
678f607
git-author:
Kevin Riggle <kevinr@free-dissociation.com> (12/26/11 17:35:51)
git-committer:
David Benjamin <davidben@mit.edu> (01/23/12 17:12:56)
Message:
rename default config file to .owl/init.pl

motivations: to make clear that the config file is a perl script, which
runs before and is neither shadowed nor superceded by .owl/startup.

fix doc wording per andersk

more doc fixes from andersk

clean up the else-case logic, per andersk
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    3535.TP
    3636\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-config\-file\fP=\fIFILE\fP
    37 Specify an alternate config file for \fBBarnOwl\fP to use.  By default,
    38 \fBBarnOwl\fP uses \fI~/.barnowlconf\fP if it exists, and \fI~/.owlconf\fP otherwise.
     37Specify an alternate config file for \fBBarnOwl\fP to use.  The config file is
     38an arbitrary Perl script evaluated in the \fImain\fP package, and if it
     39overrides the \fIBarnOwl::startup\fP method that is run when \fBBarnOwl\fP
     40starts.  (Compare \fI~/.owl/startup\fP, which contains \fBBarnOwl\fP commands
     41that are run at startup after the config file is loaded.)
     42
     43By default, \fBBarnOwl\fP uses the first of \fI~/.owl/init.pl\fP,
     44\fI~/.barnowlconf\fP, or \fI~/.owlconf\fP that exists.
    3945
    4046.TP
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