[argyllcms] Re: DTP41 and Linux
- From: Ben Goren <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:37:17 -0700
On 2006 Jun 30, at 9:07 PM, Graeme Gill wrote:
> Alastair M. Robinson wrote:
>> Gerhard Fuernkranz wrote:
>>
>>> please notice, that obviously in the dev. snapshot the meaning
>>> of the -c and -d numbers has changed and that the former "-c3"
>>> is now called "-c4".
>>
>> I'd missed that completely - no wonder my prints were coming
>> out darker than I expected!
>
> Hmm. Probably a good reason to use
> GNU style --options-that-go-on-forever-and-you-cant't-
> remember-them-and-you-command-line-overflows, but I rather
> detest them, so I won't.
The OpenBSD approach, which I rather like, is to use a config file
for things that get that complex. I think this'd rather make a lot
of sense for Argyll, especially seeing how so much of the time
you'll be using the exact same options...and how the chances of
you remembering exactly what ``-c 4'' is supposed to mean three
weeks after you read the manual for the first time are virtually
nil....
Anyway, you could probably do worse than to have a default
(hierarchy of) location(s) for global settings, a command switch
to specify a particular config file, and the ability to override
everything with whatever flavor of command-line options you
prefer.
Done right, and 80% of the time you'd never have to type more than
the command name. When you need to change something from your
normal routine, you edit a self-documenting (commented) text file;
for a one-off, you do things exactly the same way you do now (but
probably still type far fewer options).
Cheers,
b&
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