anchor.diff:          false -> systest_config:read(Key, settings())
       end.
   
  +%% @doc attempts to lookup the supplied key - see systest_config:get_config/1
  +%% @end
   config(Key) ->
       systest_config:get_config(Key).
   
  +%% @doc attempts to lookup the supplied environment variable -
  +%% see systest_config:get_env/1
  +%% @end
   env(Key) ->
       systest_config:get_env(Key).
   
  
positive.code: 
  %% config/settings
  
  settings() ->
      case systest_config:get_static(settings) of
          {settings, Settings} -> Settings;
          _                    -> []
      end.
  
  settings(Key) when is_atom(Key) ->
      systest_config:read(Key, settings());
  settings(Key) when is_list(Key) ->
  
negative.code: 
  %% interactions
  
  %% @doc Activates a <i>process</i> that has been configured to postpone
  %% startup (viz the process activate_on_start config key).
  %% @end
  activate_process(ProcRef) ->
      systest_proc:activate(ProcRef).
  
  