local pid_finder_pattern='s/ *\([0-9][0-9]*\) *.*$/\1/p'
else
- # flags which clean up the output on unixes, which apparently cygwin
- # doesn't count as. their crappy specialized ps doesn't support this.
+ # flags which clean up the process listing output on unixes.
+ # apparently cygwin doesn't count as a type of unix, because their
+ # crummy specialized ps command doesn't support normal ps flags.
local EXTRA_UNIX_FLAGS="-o pid,args"
# pattern to use for peeling off the process numbers.
local pid_finder_pattern='s/^[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*$/\1/p'
done
}
- function fix_alsa() {
- sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
+# function fix_alsa() {
+# sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
+# }
+
+ function screen() {
+ save_terminal_title
+#hmmm: ugly absolute path here.
+ /usr/bin/screen $*
+ restore_terminal_title
}
# switches from a /X/path form to an X:/ form. this also processes cygwin paths.
# information for su.
# get the x authority info for our current user.
- source $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/x_win/get_x_auth.sh
+ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/x_win/get_x_auth.sh"
if [ -z "$X_auth_info" ]; then
# if there's no authentication info to pass along, we just do a normal su.
# recreates all the generated files that the feisty meow scripts use.
function regenerate() {
# do the bootstrapping process again.
+ save_terminal_title
echo "regenerating feisty meow script environment."
bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh
echo
unalias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED &>/dev/null
unset -f function_sentinel
# reload feisty meow environment in current shell.
- source $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
# run nechung oracle to give user a new fortune.
nechung
+ restore_terminal_title
}
# copies a set of custom scripts into the proper location for feisty meow
# to merge their functions and aliases with the standard set.
function recustomize()
{
- user="$1"; shift
- if [ -z "$user" ]; then
+ local custom_user="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$custom_user" ]; then
# use our default example user if there was no name provided.
- user=fred
+ custom_user=fred
fi
- if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customize/$user" ]; then
- echo "The customization folder provided for $user should be:"
- echo " '$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customize/$user'"
+
+ save_terminal_title
+
+ if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" ]; then
+ echo "The customization folder provided for $custom_user should be:"
+ echo " '$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user'"
echo "but that folder does not exist. Skipping customization."
return 1
fi
regenerate >/dev/null
pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
- incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customize/$user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
+ incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
#echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
# disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
echo
fi
popd &>/dev/null
- echo "copying custom overrides for $user"
+ echo "copying custom overrides for $custom_user"
mkdir -p "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" 2>/dev/null
- perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customize/$user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom"
- if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customize/$user/scripts" ]; then
- echo "copying custom scripts for $user"
- \cp -R "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/customize/$user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/"
+ perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom"
+ if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" ]; then
+ echo "copying custom scripts for $custom_user"
+ \cp -R "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/"
fi
echo
regenerate
+
+ restore_terminal_title
}
# generates a random password where the first parameter is the number of characters
##############
+#hmmm: this points to an extended functions file being needed; not all of these are core.
+
+ # displays documentation in "md" formatted files.
+ function show_md()
+ {
+ local file="$1"; shift
+ pandoc "$file" | lynx -stdin
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
# just shows a separator line for an 80 column console, or uses the first
# parameter as the number of columns to expect.
function separator()