Re: [tlug] no, really: Die, .uim, die!

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Greets,

Dave M G wrote:
> Jim,
>   
> > Don't fight it. 
> > I would not try to keep this file from being created, 
> > _unless_ it was _overwriting_ my hand-tweaked version.
> >     
> Which is what it is doing. Was I not clear?
>   
   Actually, I didn't catch that it was overwriting the file either I'm 
afraid.  But now I'm clear.
> I've made all the settings as I want them. So far as I can understand, 
> my settings are all saved in a directory called .uim.d.
>
> This .uim file _is_ _overwriting_ my hand tweaked settings.
>   
   If this is happening on a reboot you can do the following lazy hack 
in your profile/.xinitrc/login file to get the last word in overwriting 
files.  Add in your .bash_profile/.bashrc/.profile something like this:
cp /home/dave/my-uim-file.uim /home/dave/.uim

   I'm not sure this is 100% foolproof and maybe it might introduce 
other problems but at least you'd end up working around this annoying 
behavior.
> I don't want it or need it. So how do I either stop it from constantly 
> putting my settings back to where I don't want them, or stop it from 
> being created altogether?
>   
   If' it's happening on reboot, I'd start snooping around the 
/etc/init.d scripts or wherever the boot stuff is lying around for some 
uim file that is being overwritten on your 'behalf'.   If I was in your 
shoes I'd find the behavior irritating enough to start grep'ing and 
find'ing all over the place until I tracked down just what the heck 
wrote to that file or use my lazy hack until I ran into some other 
problem that this ended up causing.

Cheers,
Alain