[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Testing the lou_getTablePaths function
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Christian Egli <christian.egli@xxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:55:26 -0500
Hi Christian,
Thanks for the explanation. I was not told this at the beginning, so I
assumed that the environment variable just added additional places to
look. This can be changed. However, since it seems to be agreed that the
lou_getTablePaths functgion is not what is wanted, this should be
eliminated first. Since some commits have been made since it was added,
I don't think that a simple revert should be done. What do you suggest?
John
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 03:11:18PM +0200, Christian Egli wrote:
> "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > I always thought that if the user defines some special paths using
> > LOUIS_TABLEPATH he might still want to access other tables in the
> > current directory or in the tables subdirectory. What is the reason for
> > stopping the search with LOUIS_TABLEPATH ?
>
> If I override a table locally and I have an error in it I will never
> know, because liblouis silently keeps looking for a correct table, i.e.
> a table that it can load. So in the end it will take the global one
> without me noticing. If I explicitly put the global one on the path then
> I consent to looking further. Otherwise I just want the local one and no
> other.
>
> Thanks
> Christian
>
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