Thomas Roell writes:\
> I'm pretty much relicutant to adopt any scheme as a standard. Why ? The
> render-string, along with the information in a config-file is for us
> key to customer support.
I don't see this mutually exclusive. What is needed is a
standard syntax, with free choice for the wording of
each standard element. Brian already has this in his
proposal: you can write <version> and <card-specific>
in any way you want, but their position is fixed, and
they are (I hope :) mandatory.
> The better we can figure out what a customer
> is running that better. If there needs to be a different string to
> make it easier for customer support, then we'd like to change the
> string.
It's easier to tokenize if the order is known, and if the
only optional tokens are at the end. The more you change
strings w/o sticking to a recognizable standard, the more
difficult for us to handle our end of support, especially
when trying to identify troublesome drivers or hardware.
When somebody has a problem with a game, they call us first,
and only then ask the driver supplier.
b.
