From 8d1f8f686d8b7f306d9f8ed36561f553c609acc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:07:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tweaks to startup

got the loadfm script to work without too many assumptions.
---
 infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root |  7 +++---
 scripts/core/common.alias             |  8 +++---
 scripts/core/loadfm.sh                | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/core/loadfm.sh

diff --git a/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root b/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root
index 944ed1ad..ddc131a8 100644
--- a/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root
+++ b/infobase/feisty_inits/dot.bashrc-root
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ export HISTFILESIZE=8000000
 # system-wide install (will be fixed by connect_feisty_meow script):
 export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="/opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow"
 
-# the "fredme" macro enables the feisty_meow environment.
-alias fredme='source "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"'
-# synonym for fredme which makes more sense to most people.
-alias feistyme='source "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"'
+# the "gofeisty" macro enables the feisty_meow environment.  this can be used
+# after logging in, and avoids loading the feisty meow environment automatically.
+alias gofeisty='source "$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"'
 
 # if not commented out, then feisty meow will run all the unit tests during builds.
 #export RUN_ALL_TESTS=true
diff --git a/scripts/core/common.alias b/scripts/core/common.alias
index f2c3b437..430b14ae 100644
--- a/scripts/core/common.alias
+++ b/scripts/core/common.alias
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ define_yeti_alias why='echo We all wonder what the point of the universe is at t
 
 ##############
 
-# remove the "fredization" or "feistymeowization" macros if they're defined,
-# which reduces the chance of loading the shell environment twice for users
-# like root that don't load feisty meow automatically.
-unalias fredme feistyme &>/dev/null
+# remove the "feistymeowization" macro if defined, which reduces the chance of
+# loading the shell environment twice for users like root who don't load
+# feisty meow automatically.
+unalias gofeisty &>/dev/null
 
 ##############
 
diff --git a/scripts/core/loadfm.sh b/scripts/core/loadfm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8911b461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/core/loadfm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# this is a simplified feisty meow environment loader that starts
+# a subshell within which the environment is available.  exiting
+# one time gets back to the shell that ran this script.  (this script
+# is designed to be executed, not sourced.)
+
+# Author: Chris Koeritz
+
+ORIGINATING_FOLDER="$( \cd "$(\dirname "$0")" && /bin/pwd )"
+export CORE_SCRIPTS_DIR="$(echo "$ORIGINATING_FOLDER" | tr '\\\\' '/' )"
+echo core scripts dir is $CORE_SCRIPTS_DIR
+
+THIS_TOOL_NAME="$(basename "$0")"
+
+pushd "$CORE_SCRIPTS_DIR/../.." &>/dev/null
+export FEISTY_MEOW_APEX="$(/bin/pwd)"
+echo feisty apex is now FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=$FEISTY_MEOW_APEX
+
+#hmmm: actually this should run the reconfigure script first!
+#      then we would be semi-bulletproof and wouldn't actually have
+#      to make users run that as first step?
+
+bash --init-file <(echo "\
+echo "subshell sees feisty meow apex as $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX"; \
+bash "$CORE_SCRIPTS_DIR/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh"; \
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "error--reconfiguring feisty meow environment failed."; fi; \
+source "$CORE_SCRIPTS_DIR/launch_feisty_meow.sh"; \
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "error--launching feisty meow environment failed."; fi; \
+")
+
+popd &> /dev/null
+
+####
+
-- 
2.34.1