On Thursday 04 December 2003 18:32, Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper wrote: > 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. >
gah, xml. The only thing that makes XML easier is the fact that there are libraries that do it for you. As vanR points out, we will be providing said library. Now, if someone out there wants to make a script which takes blackbox configs and converts them to XML, more power to you. Couple that with a similar XML to blackbox format and you have the best of both worlds. Adding XML *WILL* add a dependency somewhere, and right now we work with just X and C++ libs. But that is not a great reason. The only place I see this being of any benefit is the menu format (which vanR and others are using as a config format). Now, perhaps we need to re-evaluate that format. The .blackboxrc format is really, really simple for us to use. The Xlibs handle it for us. No muss, no fuss. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
