seg@smsdpg.uu.net (Scott Garfinkle) (07/03/89)
One problem I have with elm as it now stands is the lack of any mechanism
to set options dependent on some conditions external to elm. For example,
if I'm using an HP-compatible terminal (or emulator), I'd like very much
to be able to set softkeys=true; however, doing this in my elmrc file
messes me up when I'm not using such a terminal. The obvious ways of
doing this are either
1. To add conditionals to the elmrc file
2. To allow the user to set an environment variable specifying the
elmrc file to read in.
3. To allow the user to set an environment variable specifying options
that are read in after ~/.elm/elmrc is processed.
Probably doing both 2 and 3 is optimal; doing 3 alone would get the job done.
Option 1 seems like a lot more effort than it's worth.
Sincerely, Scott E. Garfinkle
seg@smsdpg.uu.net
SMS Data Products Group, Inc.