From: Kevin Jackson <foamdino@...>
Date: 2007-06-14T10:50:09+09:00
Subject: Re: using ` and the bash source command

Hi,

> I don't particulary like that, (it seems too hackish) but that's just me.

I tend to try to write the simplest thing that can work and go from
there.  Right now it works, but constantly re-writing the .bashrc file
is suboptimal.

> If there aren't too many different configuration options consider
> creating a shell function that does all of the reconfiguration itself[1],
> if there are too many options and this really demands a gui then have
> your gui write to a separate configuration file, create a shell function
> or alias that reloads that file (alias rejdk="source ~/.jdk_config_file")
> and run that manually in your shell each time you update the config file.
>

Yes that's the next logical step to improve the code and when I have
time that's what I will do.

Thanks,
Kev