No problem per se, but we already have a format that's compact, backward and frontward compatible, and that already has a fast parser and generator.
It's just the easiest solution at first, other formats can come later. Martin --- On Wed, 5/19/10, malefico <[email protected]> wrote: > From: malefico <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Settings and preferences out of blend format > To: "bf-blender developers" <[email protected]> > Received: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 9:42 PM > I use to work with Cinelerra which > uses XML file to dump all data. As > David pointed out, it is very handy to debug-clean > corrupted data. Is > there a problem with text files ? > > Cheers > > malefico. > > > David Silverman wrote: > > Working in a production environment, it was always > nice to be able to drop a > > text file into a prefs folder for custom hotkeys, > settings etc. when moving > > to a different work station, especially when a > computer went down or was > > working on a simulation. > > > > A step up would be to allow more than one preference > file and let the user > > choose which to load, i think this is in the works > already? > > > > Going a little further, it would be nice to be able to > export any data > > structure to text. Corrupt files were a major problem > with large scenes, but > > because often forgot to save enough versions of our > progress, we saved out > > to an ascii format, we could scroll through the data > and delete weird stuff > > and get it working or copy important pieces into a new > file, especially if > > there was something broken about the file that never > let you open it in the > > program like. Files were a little bigger, but big hard > drives are cheaper > > than lost time in general. Procedural objects just > saved their settings, and > > non procedural items like meshes looked something like > this: > > > > mesh object and name > > mesh data > > vertex 1 x y z > > vertex 2 x y z > > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
