Peter> However, programs /should/ however integrate nicely with their Peter> environment.
Environment variables are probably the most portable way to specify the config settings. And they are plain ASCII. And simple (KISS). An example from my prototype config file for the upload program: > export CAPTURE_WINDOW_START=-5500 Nick> Don't all Unix users hate Gnome though? People that understand Unix hate things that are big and bloated and/or non-portable especially is it isn't necessary. I'll leave it to each reader to decide if they think Gnome is big and bloated and/or non-portable and/or unnecessary. (Same for KDE.) But it is also good to allow each user to do things the way they want, as far as possible. There could easily be multiple programs for displaying the data. The same config file should work for all display programs. Then Bob can ask Carol to look at a dataset and config file, and Carol can use a different display program but see the same signals and markers. Carol can then say "yuck" and press a button that switches to her preferred colors, fonts, styles, and such without otherwise changing the data displayed. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
