On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 02:00:15PM -0400, Buddha Buck wrote: >At 06:55 PM 8/29/00 +0100, Roger Burton West wrote:
>>IMHO one of the biggest advantages of Unix is that configuration files >>are plain text <snip> >Is that a pro or a con for use of XML? Since XML is a way of structuring >plain text, and XML files can be edited with vi on a console attached to a >9600 serial line, and needs no flashy GUI, it seems almost a non-sequitor >-- or at the very least, a non-negative. I haven't yet seen anyone editing XML with anything except a graphical tool (text-editor plus fancy bits, usually). I certainly find it easier to write with spaces-and-line-breaks than to use XML. Others' opinions will differ, which is of course good. -- Burnt to cold ashes and buried at a crossroads is *forever*. -- Tom Holt
