Re: MSX game format example

[Laurens Holst]

> > There's one drawback with this approach: XXX=YYY strings
> > must fit on one line. I think that's ok, all multi-line information,
> > such as the Comment field, was thrown to the .msx database server.
> > We can even remove the quotation marks, Machine="MSX" can
> > safely be replaced by Machine=MSX in this new syntax. Strings
> > now begin at the "=" and end at CR or LF.
>
> I think that's the reason why the .desktop format doesn't have quotes
around
> strings.

Ofcourse those strings exclude any leading spaces after the = and trailing
spaces before the <CRLF>. This definition is imperative, otherwise Name =
Penguin Adventure would not be recognized as a "Penguin Adventure"
cartridge, but as a " Penguin Adventure" cartridge, which is something
entirely different.


~Grauw




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