Re: runhugs args

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:58:15AM -0700, Jeffrey R Lewis wrote:
> Runhugs as of Oct 2002 handled command-line args supplied by #! 
> scripts.  HEAD however, doesn't.

That would be my fault.  I re-instated option processing for the server
after it had been accidentally deleted, but did it too simplistically.

> Here's the issue.  Given a script named `foogle-script' that starts 
> with...
> 
> #! /usr/bin/runhugs -98 -h20000
> 
> runhugs will be given the following arguments:
> 
> arg0: /usr/bin/runhugs
> arg1: -98 -h20000
> arg2: foogle-script
> 
> Note that the `-98' and `-h2000' have been collapsed to a single arg. 
> This is bizarre, but apparently it's what linux does.  The problem is 
> that loadHugs will treat the argv like a normal one, and will expect 
> the `-98' to be a single argument.

It's POSIX, I think.

> I've tweaked processOptions to eat spaces and continue after it has 
> processed each toggle group (not checked in).  Do people think this is 
> cool, or does anyone have an opinion about a better solution?

That will affect hugs too, which is probably not a good thing.  I've
put the old code back -- it affects runhugs run either way and also
ffihugs, which is too much, but at least not hugs.