[Xastir] DBFAWK - Doin' it wrong?

[Chip Griffin]

This is a great suggestion. I’ll give this a shot today while I’m messing around.

> On Mar 24, 2020, at 11:37, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
> 
> If there is a per-file dbfawk that matches the file's name (e.g. if 
> you've got foo.dbf and foo.dbfawk exists, it is used).  Otherwise, the first
> one that matches the signature is used.
> 
> However, the "first one that matches" is the first one in a linked list of
> pre-scanned dbf signatures, which is constructed by repeatedly making
> "readdir" calls on the config directory and scanning the files it finds.  
> That probably means that the file that comes first lexicographically.
> 
> The surest way to check whether this is happening is to copy your dbfawk
> to have the same name as the dbf file you want it to match, and put it in
> the same directory as the dbf file.  If the rendering changes, this is the 
> problem and then you have to find the other file in the config directory
> that has the same dbfinfo line.
> 
> Alternatively, rename your dbfawk file with "AAAA" as a prefix so it comes
> first in the readdir loop.  Either way, if the rendering changes, Jason's
> issue is the one that's your problem.
> 
> -- 
> Tom Russo    KM5VY
> Tijeras, NM  
> 
> echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m]
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73,
--de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn