I think you guys have to look at some recent history. Even in this day
and age ASCII like files are use extensively--even for new applications..
For example ADIF and Cabrillo files (LOTW and contest logging programs)
These are not necessarily small files. ADIF files do have the "tags"
people seem to thing are really important. I don't know about other
programs, but I have several whose initialization (.INI) files are also
ASCII.
.
They can be read and manipulated with any old text editor.
My butt has been saved many times by having the ability to directly read
and replace pieces of the above files simply. I can't say the same for
other magic file formats.
Going to something like XML is shooting many people in the foot.
The pencil and paper clip are still alive. Reason: they do the job
simply and cheaply.
For me, I guess it really won't matter. The maximum number of memories
that I'll ever be able to reliable associate with buttons is a few.
Scrolling through 99 choices to find what I want just doesn't seem very
appealing.
73 de Brian/K3KO
Tom Childers, N5GE wrote:
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:47:55 -0700, "Dick Dievendorff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
We can't introduce a dependency on a fee product like Microsoft Excel.
However there are a number of free XML editors. And comma-separated
variable files can be manipulated with other tools.
Dick, K6KR
[snip]
I agree that fee based products are not a good solution.
Delimited files like CSV files would be smaller, but harder to read and
understand by humans.
XML files require more storage, but the description of each field goes along
with the data. In the case where data layout changes rapidly XML would be the
better choice, because software that reads the data could be more flexible when
fields are added or taken away.
Tom, N5GE
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