minicom 2.7.90/head in-app config changes not saved to .dfl ?

[Adam Lackorzynski]

Hi,

On Sat Feb 08, 2020 at 09:47:22 -0800, PGNet Dev wrote:
> i've built minicom/head
> 
> 	git log | head
> 		commit 993ff62761d3586dfc8bfcceee994834c5087f9e
> 		Author: Adam Lackorzynski <adam at l4re.org>
> 		Date:   Mon Feb 3 16:49:05 2020 +0100
> 
> 		    file: Right proper buffer size
> 
> 		    Do not use sizeof(pointer) to determine
> 		    how large a malloc'ed buffer is...
> 
> 		commit a6a507dcb8bd4cb5da7af9e2dc75b8e495fedbb6
> 
> config'd as
> 
> 	./configure \
> 	--prefix=/usr/local/minicom \
> 	--enable-dfl-port=/dev/ttyS0 \
> 	--enable-dfl-baud=115200 \
> 	--enable-cfg-dir=/usr/local/etc/minicom \
> 	--with-gnu-ld
> 
> it's installed & up
> 
> 	minicom --version
> 		minicom version 2.7.90 (compiled Feb  8 2020)
> 		Copyright (C) Miquel van Smoorenburg.
> 
> i'm trying to setup the default config.
> 
> 
> if I exec
> 
> 	minicom -s
> 
> , switch to "Terminal Settings", and, e.g., change
> 
> 	Terminal Emulation VT102 -> ANSI
> 
> exit, and "Save setup as dfl", only the following is written to the .dfl,
> 
> 	cat /usr/local/etc/minicom/minirc.dfl
> 		# Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters.
> 		pu backspace        BS
> 
> and, if I re-launch minicom, it opens with term == VT102, *not* ANSI
> 
> 
> am I missing something re: saving config to dfl?

This option is only saving the backspace handling, not VT102 or ANSI I'm
afraid. With the current code it has to be set again on every launch.



Adam