don't read new des file

[Marbit]

I want to try testing global preludes.
Since the code will affect every other vault in the des file I don't want to use the des files that come by default (less I screw I bunch of vaults).
I've copied a des file, named it marbit.des, deleted every vault it contained and pasted a vault that previously worked when it was included in other des files. Crawl is not including the vault of interest and I suspect it never reads marbit.des.

Am I doing something wrong? How can I make crawl to read my des file?

[mumra]

It helps if you start Crawl from the command prompt; then you can see any output messages.

Usually if there's a new or changed des file, you'll see a message about recompiling it.

However if there are any syntax errors introduced in your changes you'll also see a message about that.

[Marbit]

It helps if you start Crawl from the command prompt; then you can see any output messages.
Usually if there's a new or changed des file, you'll see a message about recompiling it.
However if there are any syntax errors introduced in your changes you'll also see a message about that.

Mmm I'm using ubuntu and I always open crawl from the terminal. I never see mesages, not even when I make changes changes to vaults that are succesfully compiled.
I tried modifying marbit.des and the using this command:

  Code:

crawl-tiles -dump-maps -builddb 2>compiled-maps.lua

and all I got was a blank document.
The document marbit.des contains the following text:

  Code:

NAME:   marbit_check
DEPTH:  D:1
CHANCE: 100%

MAP
......
.nbnb.
.bnbn.
.nbnb.
......
ENDMAP


Should I add something?