##############
- # umask sets a permission mask for all file creations.
- # this mask disallows writes by "group" and "others".
- umask 022
- # this mask disallows writes by the "group" and disallows "others" completely.
+ # umask sets a permission mask for all file creations. we don't set this for the users any
+ # more; they should set it themselves. this is just documentation.
+ #
+ # this mask disallows writes by the "group" and disallows all permissions for "others".
#umask 027
+ # this mask disallows writes by "group" and "others".
+ #umask 022
+ # this mask allows writes by "group" but not by "others".
+ #umask 002
# ulimit sets user limits. we set the maximum allowed core dump file size
# to zero, because it is obnoxious to see the core dumps from crashed
REPOSITORY_LIST+="$(find "$HOME/apps" -maxdepth 2 -mindepth 2 -iname "avenger5" -type d) "
fi
- # the archive collections list is a set of directories that are major
- # repositories of data which can be synched to backup drives.
- define_yeti_variable ARCHIVE_COLLECTIONS_LIST=
+ # the archive list is a set of directories that are major repositories of
+ # data which can be synched to backup drives.
+ define_yeti_variable MAJOR_ARCHIVE_SOURCES=
+ # the source collections list is a set of directories that indicate they
+ # harbor a lot of source code underneath.
+ define_yeti_variable SOURCECODE_HIERARCHY_LIST=
# initializes the feisty meow build variables, if possible.
function initialize_build_variables()
##############
-# pull in the custom overrides for feisty_meow scripts. this is done last,
-# because we want to set everything up as expected, then let the user
+# pull in the custom overrides for feisty_meow scripts. this is done almost
+# last, because we want to set everything up as expected, then let the user
# override individual variables and definitions. we also don't guard this
# to avoid running it again, because we don't know what mix of functions and
# aliases they want to define in there.
source "$i"
done
+##############
+
+# a late breaking action is to set the editor, if we can.
+# we will fallback to whatever we can find on the host.
+export EDITOR
+if [ ! -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+ # only try to add bluefish, a gui editor, if there is an X display for it.
+ if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+ EDITOR="$(which bluefish)"
+ fi
+fi
+if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+ EDITOR="$(which gvim)"
+ if [ ! -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+ # if we found gvim, then add in the no forking flag.
+ EDITOR+=" --nofork"
+ fi
+fi
+if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+ EDITOR="$(which vim)"
+fi
+if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+ EDITOR="$(which vi)"
+fi
+##
+# out of ideas about editors at this point.
+##
+# set the VISUAL variable from EDITOR if we found an editor to use.
+if [ ! -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+ VISUAL="$EDITOR"
+fi
+
+##############
+