Re: [avrdude-dev] avrdude on Windows

[E. Weddington]

On 13 Feb 2003 at 11:40, Brian Dean wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:29:05PM +0100, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> 
> > Maybe it's a good idea to have a system-wide config file (defining
> > the possible parts and programmers in general), and a user config
> > file that overrides the installation settings.  It always bothered
> > me a bit that i have to copy & change the template file to match my
> > programmer...  Could be done via "include", but the current
> > mechanism that selects the default programmer doesn't allow this.
> 
> For a long while I've been thinking of doing exactly this.  The system
> wide config file would be read first, and then the user's config file
> in their home directory.  The results would be merged with user
> changes taking precidence where there is a conflict.  I just haven't
> been sufficiently motivated to do so.
> 

Ok, now I can see how this would work. The system config file can 
contain the programmers and avr parts info. There can be a default 
installed Unix user config file that contains default ports and there 
can be a default installed Windows user config file that contains 
default ports. Thoughts?

Eric