close to right for loading aliases

a new approach had rearranged the order of alias creation, leading one bank of them to think they had already been loaded.  now a finalizer file is used instead, and it is the last thing loaded in the alias creation sequence.

diff --git a/scripts/core/common.alias b/scripts/core/common.alias
index 7526c8a997781f503c084f740c48b8c45909b1c7..fae1b6c6e09032d4256e9c0b6cbf01cf7c1b7baa 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/common.alias
+++ b/scripts/core/common.alias
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ unalias feistyme &>/dev/null
 ##############
 
 # set the sentinel alias that says this file was handled.
-alias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED=true
+#alias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED=true
 
 ##############
 

diff --git a/scripts/core/generate_aliases.pl b/scripts/core/generate_aliases.pl
index ae7ea3e79db45eb9eb49743a5acfa7f299a9b9ad..a9b777473aac403f4889860781e19d1d5313bd89 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/generate_aliases.pl
+++ b/scripts/core/generate_aliases.pl
@@ -152,10 +152,14 @@ Please see http://feistymeow.org for more details.\n";
 #really need to use better exit codes.
 }
 
+##############
+
 $FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK =~ s/\\/\//g;
 $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS =~ s/\\/\//g;
 $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX =~ s/\\/\//g;
 
+##############
+
 # create our generated shells directory if it's not already there.
 if (! -d $FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK) {
   mkdir $FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK;
@@ -168,10 +172,14 @@ if (-d $FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES) {
   system("chmod -R u+x \"$FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES\"/*");
 }
 
+##############
+
 # generate the first set of alias files that are defined in the core
 # and custom scripts directories.
 &rebuild_script_aliases;
 
+##############
+
 # trash the old versions.
 unlink("$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh");
 
@@ -179,6 +187,8 @@ if (length($DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW)) {
   printf "writing $FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh...\n";
 }
 
+##############
+
 # open the alias files to be created.
 open(she, ">> $FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_aliases_for_scripts.sh");
 
@@ -217,4 +227,18 @@ foreach $file (@shell_files) {
 
 close(she);
 
+##############
+
+# prepare a finalizer chunk that is the last thing to load.
+
+open(she, ">> $FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_ending_sentinel.sh");
+
+# write in our sentinel alias that says alias loading was handled.
+print she "define_yeti_alias CORE_ALIASES_LOADED=true\n";
+
+close(she);
+
+##############
+
 1;
+

diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index 3c3cd6915f098be702ae41febb16e0daa65e5536..3a9344ef3c3b1b66f483f406cf4c2fc992acce3a 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -122,15 +122,20 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
     fi
   
     ##############
+
+echo POINT A
   
     if [ -z "$ERROR_OCCURRED" ]; then
-  
+
+echo POINT B
       # pull in our generated variables that are the minimal set we need to find
       # the rest of our resources.
       source "$FEISTY_MEOW_VARIABLES_LOADING_FILE"
   
+echo POINT C
       # Set up the temporary directory.
       source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/create_tempdir.sh"
+echo POINT D
     fi
   
   fi
@@ -139,11 +144,14 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
 
   if [ -z "$ERROR_OCCURRED" ]; then
 
+echo POINT E
+
     # load the larger body of standard feisty meow variables into the environment.
     # we actually want this to always run also; it will decide what variables need
     # to be set again.
     source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/variables.sh"
 
+echo POINT F
     ##############
 
     # include helpful functions.  we do this every time rather than making it part
@@ -151,11 +159,14 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
     # sub-shells in bash.
     source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/functions.sh"
 
+echo POINT G
     # load some helper methods for the terminal which we'll use below.
     source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/terminal_titler.sh"
 
+echo POINT H
     ##############
 
+#hmmm: abstract this to a twiddle shell options method.
     # check hash table before searching path.
     shopt -s checkhash
     # don't check path for sourced files.
@@ -168,6 +179,7 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
     shopt -s checkwinsize
 
     ##############
+echo POINT I
 
     # make history writes immediate to avoid losing history if bash is zapped.
     echo $PROMPT_COMMAND | grep -q history
@@ -182,6 +194,7 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
 
     if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo "heavyweight init begins..."; fi
 
+echo POINT J
     # set up the aliases for the shell, but only if they are not already set.
     type CORE_ALIASES_LOADED &>/dev/null
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -193,6 +206,7 @@ echo HEEE HAHAHAHAHA
 echo HOOOOEY
     fi
 
+echo POINT K
     #echo before the new labelling, terminal titles have:
     #show_terminal_titles
 
@@ -218,5 +232,8 @@ echo HOOOOEY
     unset FEISTY_MEOW_SHOW_LAUNCH_GREETING
   fi
 
+  # load the last bits we do here.
+  source "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/fmc_ending_sentinel.sh"
+
 fi # "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" was == "true"