On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 13:23, Matt Schalit wrote: > Greg Morgan wrote: > > o Would you use XML on a cross compile type system? Probably because > > the XML file could be viewed and edited by hand. The XML “database” > > would _not_ reside on the LEAF disk. You would miss the point of my > > posts if you did not understand that I proposed modifying a system like > > Red Hat's Anaconda installer to use XML. The saved state of a > > configured system would be stored in one resulting XML files. Other > > supporting XML files would provide direction to create the > > configuration. The modified Anaconda GUI installer would create usable > > diskettes. The usable diskettes could still be hand edited, if required. > > > Makes sense. It's a reasonable choice, xml, but isn't it > Microsoft's format, which I don't consider to be worthwhile > edit by hand?
Matt, I'll comment on this, as it's about the only thing I understand. :-( XML is not a MS standard. http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/References_and_Standards/ Example: untar any OpenOffice document, and you'll see a bunch of XML files. Lots of tools are available for manipulating XML documents. http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Data_Formats/Markup_Languages/XML/Tools/ -- Mike Noyes <mhnoyes @ users.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ http://sitedocs.sf.net/ http://ffl.sf.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
