Re: problem saving color options

[Steven Rubin]

> I have managed to get almost everything I want from Electric working 
> correctly now. Very nice tool! Now I have a small problem but annoying 
> nonetheless. I have configured my colors to my liking and saved all 
> options. Yet every time I reopen the file of interest, the colors are back 
> to default. I have tried changing the technology itself but I am only 
> allowed to pick overlappable1-5 and cannot choose to have, say, me1 as 
> overlappable in blue. (Am I just missing this?). I change all the colors 
> in the Windows->Color Options->Edit Colors...   menu. But after done 
> viewing etc, and I attempt to quit Electric, I am always presented with a 
> dialog offering to let me save my options. I do so every time but always 
> when I restart Electric I must reset all the colors again. Like I said, 
> not terrible but a little annoying.
>
> Thank you for your help. I will of course provide more detail if necessary.

This is a bug.  To fix it, edit "src/usr/usr.c" and find the module 
"us_do3init()".  In that module is the line:
        us_getcolormap(el_curtech, COLORSDEFAULT, FALSE);

This line of code must be moved UP in the module so that it comes before 
reading of the options library.  Therefore, place it BEFORE this line of code:
        libname = us_tempoptionslibraryname();

   -Steven Rubin