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1 ;;; config.el --- access configuration parameters
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4
5 ;; Author: Martin Buchholz
6 ;; Keywords: configure
7
8 ;; This file is part of XEmacs.
9
10 ;; XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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14
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19
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24
25 ;;; Synched up with: not in FSF.
26
27 ;;; Commentary:
28
29 ;;; Code:
30
31
32 (defvar config-value-file (expand-file-name "config.values" exec-directory)
33 "File containing configuration parameters and their values.")
34
35 (defvar config-value-hash-table nil
36 "Hashtable to store configuration parameters and their values.")
37
38 ;;;###autoload
39 (defun config-value-hash-table ()
40 "Returns hashtable of configuration parameters and their values."
41 (when (null config-value-hash-table)
42 (setq config-value-hash-table (make-hashtable 300))
43 (save-excursion
44 (let ((buf (get-buffer-create " *Config*")))
45 (set-buffer buf)
46 (erase-buffer)
47 (insert-file-contents config-value-file)
48 (goto-char (point-min))
49 (condition-case nil
50 (while t
51 (let* ((key (read buf))
52 (value (read buf))
53 (prev (gethash key config-value-hash-table)))
54 (cond ((null prev)
55 (puthash key value config-value-hash-table))
56 ((atom prev)
57 (puthash key (list prev value) config-value-hash-table))
58 (t
59 (nconc prev (list value))))))
60 (end-of-file nil)))
61 (kill-buffer " *Config*")))
62 config-value-hash-table)
63
64 ;;;###autoload
65 (defun config-value (config-symbol)
66 "Return the value of the configuration parameter CONFIG_SYMBOL."
67 (gethash config-symbol (config-value-hash-table)))
68
69 (provide 'config)
70 ;;; config.el ends here