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Even pre-LLM this is how suckless tools work, I actually don’t much mind having to edit a variable in a header and recompile when you make a config change. htt
by wilsonnb3 2mo ago
Even pre-LLM this is how suckless tools work, I actually don’t much mind having to edit a variable in a header and recompile when you make a config change.
https://dwm.suckless.org/customisation/ https://dwm.suckless.org/customisation/
- nananana9 2mo agoOnly for trivial programs - I don't mind running make on a 2500 line C program, I would mind having to recompile LLVM or Firefox.
- ajsnigrutin 2mo agoFirefox is a nice example of a human-managable set of preferences in the 'settings', and "about:config" for everythig else 'those few users' might need (without the need to reompile)
- pjmlp 2mo agoWhich is why many of us happily ignore their existence.
- ironhaven 2mo agoSuckless software does have config files they just have a “.h” extension Having your config file be a c header and needing a recompile is different than not having any user accessible configuration