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commit b7009ea2351ed620a5ce9afab6a58d302e23e68a
parent c9143f4af002ba2ff94b2ad45e30aaff1e170270
Author: Alex Balgavy <a.balgavy@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon,  4 Nov 2019 13:32:36 -0500

conf: modified documentation

Former-commit-id: 9fe66baba54a6cf787ee4b677e692b8afb63d65a
Diffstat:
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README.md
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10
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scripts/conf
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4
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2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
 2. `cd` into repository
 3. Run `install.sh`
 
-However, if you _do_ use this, I suggest that you use this more as inspiration than just installing everything for a full setup. Your configuration is *your* configuration. That's why I wrote `scripts/conf` to allow modular configuration. You choose which module you want to install, and it'll only install that specific one (and back up your old files too). Get more info by running `scripts/conf` without any arguments.
+
+Remember: your configuration is *your* configuration (and this is mine).
+
+However, if you _do_ decide to use this, I suggest that you do so more as inspiration, rather than installing everything for a full setup.
+That's why I wrote `scripts/conf` -- to allow modular configuration.
+You choose which configs you want to install, and it'll only install those (and back up your old files too).
+Get more info by running `scripts/conf -h`, and investigate the dotfile mappings in `./dot.map`.
 
 ## Scripts in `dotfiles/scripts`:
 Before you use a custom script, read what it does. Some may be a bit buggy, I haven't tested them on all systems.
@@ -16,7 +22,7 @@ If you read a script and see some improvements that could be made, let me know. 
 * `checklinks`: recursively check any website for broken links
 * `clonedisk`: clones one disk to another
 * `colgen.rb`: a Ruby script to generate Vim colorschemes from a much simpler syntax file.
-* `conf`: the script to manage dotfiles. run `conf` to show available commands.
+* `conf`: the script to manage dotfiles. run `conf -h` to show available commands.
 * `create_pocketbook_logo`: take an image and convert it into a logo for my PocketBook 603. Run with the `-h` flag for usage.
 * `dashedit.rb`: script to allow Dash submissions from the commandline. Largely useless to anyone except me.
 * `epr.py`: a [Python-based EPUB reader](https://github.com/wustho/epr)
diff --git a/scripts/conf b/scripts/conf
@@ -157,12 +157,14 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
   case "$1" in
     -l|--list)
       parse_mapfile "./${mapfile}"
-      echo "Mappings:"
+      echo "Mappings (from $(realpath ${mapfile})):"
       list_mappings
       exit 0
       ;;
 
     -h|--help)
+      echo "Loading configuration from: $(realpath ${mapfile})"
+      echo
       echo "Usage:"
       echo "conf [options] (link|unlink) [entry1 [entry2...]]"
       echo