Re: umask in modules

[Robert M. <eg...@ce...>]

Istvan Marko wrote:
> 
> Tor Asle Foss <Tor...@er...> writes:
> 
> > Hi, can anyone tell me if it is possible to use the umask command in a startup
> > module to get this new umask available for all the shells I start up.
> 
> I don't think Modules supports this. Looking at the sources and the
> documentation, Modules can handle the following resources:
> 
> - Environment variables
> - aliases (where supported)
> - X resources
> 
> Adding the following could be useful:
> - umask
> - X font paths
> anything else?
> 
> --
>         Istvan

Since there is only one umask for a shell I do not think it is that useful
for modules to handle it.  If module "a" needs a umask of 002 and module "b"
needs a umask of 007 what is modules to do when both "a" and "b" are added.
It depends on what order they are added.  Not a good situation.  What is
the case where you need to set the umask?

The X font path seems to be useful.  There are a few things that make it a
bit hard to implement.  Checking to see if the directory is a valid font
directory for one.  Another thing what happens to running applications
when the font path is changed?  I guess one could look at the X server code
to find out.

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