From 90e83971e52add3464e459f532df766247baaf93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Fred T. Hamster" <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:38:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] moved the recustomize alias into being a function, which
 allows it to support parameters. now using that fact to allow other users to
 have customizations besides fred; their base name just needs to be provided
 when calling the recustomize function, e.g.:   recustomize simba

---
 scripts/core/common.alias |  2 --
 scripts/core/functions.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/core/common.alias b/scripts/core/common.alias
index 44cf303c..77dee20a 100644
--- a/scripts/core/common.alias
+++ b/scripts/core/common.alias
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ alias play='bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/multimedia/sound_play.sh'
 # says goodbye when leaving a shell.
 alias bye='. $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/users/goodbye.sh'
 alias cputemp='acpi -t'
-# redoes fred's set of custom scripts.
-alias recustomize='regenerate >/dev/null; echo "copying custom overrides for fred..."; cpdiff $FEISTY_MEOW_DIR/customizing/fred $FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED/custom; regenerate'
 # makes root user's home directory's permissions right.
 alias reroot='chown -R root:root /root'
 # yes, these are really helpful...
diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index aa9c512a..ae3fd1c1 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -264,6 +264,27 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     echo
   }
 
+  # 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
+      # use our default example user if there was no name provided.
+      user=fred
+    fi
+    if [ ! -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_DIR/customizing/$user" ]; then
+      echo "The customization folder provided for $user should be:"
+      echo "  '$FEISTY_MEOW_DIR/customizing/$user'"
+      echo "but that folder does not exist.  Skipping customization."
+      return 1
+    fi
+    regenerate >/dev/null
+    echo "copying custom overrides for $user"
+    perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_DIR/customizing/$user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED/custom"
+    regenerate
+  }
+
   function function_sentinel() { return 0; }
   
   if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then echo function definitions end....; fi
-- 
2.34.1