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From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] errors in git gschem
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On Fri, 28 May 2021, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> With the config file below I get the seg.fault.
> If I remove the "state=hidden" the seg.fault goes avay.
>
> $ cd ~/.config/gEDA
> $ cat geda-user.conf
> [gschem.dialog-geometry.text-edit]
> state=hidden
>
> Anyone knows why gschem fails so miserably with that ?

Ooooh I see what's going on here.  Thank you, that is really helpful!

I'll be right back when I'm done investigating this.


> Also, when debugging this, I find that gschem alters the geda-user.conf, 
> which is really annoying when trying to make small changes and then 
> retry. This also makes it hard to version-control the config.

~/.config/gEDA/geda-user.conf is the file where gschem stores things like 
dialog geometry and the arrangement and order of docks.

> if you want to save the latest state of whatever, do so in some other 
> file. I suggest gschem_latest_state.conf or something similar.

I agree that calling this file "geda-user.conf" is kind of a misnomer; 
"gschem_ui.conf" might be more appropriate.  Putting this under version 
control is not a useful thing to do.

> Please don't touch MY config file

IIRC, gEDA/gaf doesn't modify anything under ~/.gEDA/, which is where user 
configuration should go.  I think ~/.config/ is intended for the "options 
dialog" kind of configuration where direct user changes aren't expected.

Roland