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From: "karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Unknown config key
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Vladimir:
> Karl:
> > Vladimir:
> > ...
> >>   Unlike in previous C code, processing of short options is dropped
> >>   as they were intended only for using as command line options and
> >>   other using is not documented.
> >> 
> >> So I'm not going to change it.  Moreover, the project rc files are
> >> subject to be replaced with standard lepton configuration files,
> >> lepton.conf and such.
> > ...
> >
> > Soo, what happened with:
> >>> Our approach is just doing reliable changes on each step
> >>> trying to avoid stressing our users :-) 
> 
> :-)  I think it's unreliable to rely on undocumented features.

 I think it was sufficiently documented in 2012 for me to use it:
$ git log gsch2pcb 
commit a523dad710de78a730c67f408eb8561194aadcd3
Author: Karl Hammar <karl AT aspodata DOT se>
Date:   Sun Nov 8 19:33:24 2015 +0100

    rm unused

commit a7349b92fc9159be84005a55baebd9a9a5df4d29
Author: Karl Hammar <karl AT aspodata DOT se>
Date:   Fri Aug 17 22:13:31 2012 +0200

    my ~/.gEDA files so you can reproduce my designs

> > I don't see the point of changing the rc file. It is more
> > reasonable to do the change when it is converted to standard
> > lepton conf. files.
> 
> We're towards it.  The sooner we (re)write/review related code the
> faster it happens.  (I, for one, don't like releases with intermediate
> results which confuse the users.)

Well, apply the patch then.

> > Nevermind, just change the "Unknown config key" to something
> > more user friendly.
> 
> What would you suggest?  Will "Unknown config key (short config keys are
> no longer supported)" do?

Don't know, it just seems an unnessesary change for no gain. It took me
a while to hunt it down. You'll get rid of it when you convert to your
config files, so what's the hurry, just let legacy be legacy.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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