[En-Nut-Discussion] RE: Nutconf /s option

[Rob van Lieshout (PragmaLab)]

 Hi Lars,

I don't think you did something clumsy. I'm shure more Nut-users run into
this 'problem'. The idea should be (imo) that loading the config file
settles all information needed for the configurator. But, for some reason
one decided to put the information in 2 places: the configuration file AND
in the (Windows)register. Alhtough this makes some sense (all information
needed to build NutOS is put in the config-file, all meta-info that is
needed for the tool itself is put in the register), it confuses people and
(most important) it triggers errors beacause after upgrading to a different
(new) Nut-release, you are not aware of the fact that all meta-info still
points to the previously used build of NutOS (paths!).

OK, as Harald pointed out some days ago in this list, there is a solution
using the /S=somename option when starting 'nutconf' from the commandline.
As Harald only mentioned the solution and not HOW to use it, it took me some
time to figure it out. But it works very simple: 

STORE:
Storing the meta-info (eg the info you had to change in 7 places):
'nutconf /S=3.9.9' (the string after the '=' is up to you) -> opens the
configurator and you can enter all meta-info under the 'Edit' menu, like
paths, etc.

RECALL:
Then next time you want to use the configurator with the same meta-info, you
retype 'nutconf /S=3.9.9' and it wil start the configurator and recalling
the meta-info using the register entry that was created the first time.

This way you can handle several NutOS builds without entering all meta-info
over and over again. Very useful when you need to switch between NutOS
versions. 

Sad thing is that the meta-info does NOT store the name of the config-file
and so you will be asked which config-file you want to load each time you
start 'nutconf'. I'm shure this minor mistake will be fixed in the near
future, since the configurator is still 'a bit under construction' as I
understood

Hope this helps.....

regards

Rob van Lieshout