From 783d2710f7bca699d45e2e66601baedb77109698 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jprocter <Jim Procter>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:21:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ensured properties are loaded before loggers are
 initialised.

---
 src/jalview/bin/Cache.java   |    3 ++-
 src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
index c88c92a..9702a92 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Cache.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ public class Cache
         jalview.bin.Cache.log.setLevel(Level.toLevel(Cache.getDefault(
             "logs.Jalview.level",
             Level.INFO.toString())));
-
         ConsoleAppender ap = new ConsoleAppender(new SimpleLayout(),
                                                  "System.err");
         ap.setName("JalviewLogger");
@@ -80,6 +79,8 @@ public class Cache
         laxis.addAppender(ap);
         lcastor.addAppender(ap);
         jalview.bin.Cache.log.addAppender(ap);
+        // Tell the user that debug is enabled
+        jalview.bin.Cache.log.debug("Jalview Debugging Output Follows.");
       }
       catch (Exception ex)
       {
diff --git a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
index 1a67c05..0272751 100755
--- a/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
+++ b/src/jalview/bin/Jalview.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class Jalview
         System.exit(0);
           }
 
+          Cache.loadProperties(aparser.getValue("props")); // must do this before anything else!
 
           if (aparser.contains("nodisplay"))
           {
@@ -103,8 +104,6 @@ public class Jalview
             System.exit(0);
           }
 
-        Cache.loadProperties(aparser.getValue("props"));
-
         Desktop desktop = null;
         if( !headless )
         {
-- 
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