http://bugs.orocos.org/show_bug.cgi?id=946

Markus Klotzbuecher <markus [dot] klotzbuecher [..] ...> changed:

What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
CC| |markus [dot] klotzbuecher [..] ...
| |leuven.be
Resolution| |WONTFIX

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 04:38:10PM +0000, Peter Soetens wrote:
>
> http://bugs.orocos.org/show_bug.cgi?id=946
>
> Summary: .rttlua not loaded for exec_file scripts
> Product: Toolchain
> Version: master
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: All
> Status: NEW
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P3
> Component: Lua
> AssignedTo: orocos-dev [..] ...
> ReportedBy: peter [..] ...
> CC: orocos-dev [..] ...
> Estimated Hours: 0.0
>
>
> The .rttlua is only loaded for the 'main' .lua file loaded when running
> rttscript. Each other script loaded (in other components) does not get .rttlua
> parsed, while these scripts need setting up the environment up as well.
>
> Was this intentional that only interactive mode is reading this script ?

This is intentional. Already now there is a danger of shipping
unportable deployment script because you rely on some functionality
added in the dotfile. I would recommend to use the dotfile only for
loading completion and for adding functions relevant to testing and
debugging.

Markus