On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 10:58, Russ Burdick wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 08:40:23AM -0600, Jared Lyvers wrote:
> >
> > What would adding XML to blackbox help w/. Maybe I missed an earlier
> > thread. How would XML improve the BB experience?
> >
>
> i dont konw that it would add anything to blackbox itself, however the
> OP was suggesting that XML-based configuration files could make
> configuring blackbox easier to modify via existing (3rd party) tools. if
> configuration is "easier" for someone then i suppose it is an
> improvement to blackbox. i'm personally happy with the current method of
> configuration, but i'm certainly not going to complain about additional
> flexibility. however, i'd rather not force everyone to switch to xml if
> they like things as they are, hence my suggestion to have an extra tool
> to convert between xml and the bbconfig files.
>
just my $.02, but, the blackbox lib now has a re-usable config-file
parser that I plan on using in bbconf, and am already using in bbkeys.
I don't really think that adding the overhead of XML handling is worth
the effort.
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