[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 03:32:52PM -0500, David Frascone wrote:
> > ...but why should there then be both "~/.ethereal/ethereal.conf" *and*
> > "~/.ethereal/preferences"?  Why not just put the settings in the
> > "preferences" file, as per my second suggestion?
> 
> You suggested two files.  I didn't like that.

Actually, the suggestion you liked:

> 	1) there be both a "${libdir}/ethereal/ethereal.conf" file *and*
> 	   a "~/.ethereal/ethereal.conf" file, with settings in the
> 	   latter overriding settings in the former

was the one that involves two personal configuration files,
"~/.ethereal/ethereal.conf" and "~/.ethereal/preferences"; the second
suggestion:

>	2) there be a "${libdir}/ethereal/preferences" file, read by
> 	   Ethereal, the settings in which would be overridden by       
> 	   "~/.ethereal/preferences", and with the settings in question
> 	   going into one of the preferences file.

was the one that involves only one personal configuration file - the one
we already have, "~/.ethereal/preferences".

As long as there's only one personal configuration file, there'd also be
only one global configuration file; I'd be inclined to call it
"${libdir}/ethereal/preferences", matching the name of the personal
preferences file, rather than "${libdir}/ethereal/ethereal.conf".