oun@clbull.cl.bull.fr (07/04/90)
Hi everybody,
1) I tried to edit my preference file as shown in the file prefs.tutr
(preference tutorial)
>Changing your preferences is as simple as editing and saving your
>preferences. To do this, type
>
> ez preferences
>
>in your Typescript window and press Enter.
> .......
But my AMS environment has not been altered. May be I missed
something, so please tell me where is the directory in which I have
to store the "preferences" file. I assumed that it was in my home
directory, was I wrong?
2) what is the name of the file in which my own messages options are
stored, after I alter my own option by choosing the menu
"set options"
thanks in advance
-- Jean-Luc Oun, Bull ----------------------------------
Software Development Methodology email: oun@cl.bull.fr
Les-Clayes(Paris), France tel: (33) (1) 34 62 70 00 ext. 6374Craig_Everhart@TRANSARC.COM (07/11/90)
Messages looks for various options in your ~/preferences (or ~/.preferences or ~/.Xdefaults) file only when it starts up. If you start Messages and then edit your ~/preferences file, that incarnation of Messages won't see your changes. You should quit your first Messages and start another. Yes, the file ``preferences'' should be stored in your home directory, whatever the value of the environment variable HOME is. The options that Messages sets in ``Set Options'' are stored in special fields of your ~/preferences file. If you do Set Options, and then save over your ~/preferences file from a text editor that you had loaded an old copy of your ~/preferences file into, you've overwritten your Set Options values. Craig