Yep.. and maybe one day we'll have it all in one config file. One file for everything, that can be moved from machine to machine. A Sysadmin's dream!
Rog On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 18:55, Jim Gettys wrote: > > The other argument for an XML based file is that it means that DTD's and/or > schema's can be used to validate correctness and reduce the incidence > of broken config files making your system unusable (while at least permitting > manual editing if needed). Building YACL without this properly (yet another > configuration language) at this date seems stupid (though I'll be the > first to admit I'm not fond of angle brackets myself). I'm tired > of mistakes in config files (like the XFree86 config file, one of my > personal "love to hate" files) making my machine unusable. > > But Keith's arguments are based on first hand real experience of the last > year. Some safely extensible format needs to exist, and this avoids > reinventing many wheels... We get validatability along the way.... > - Jim > > -- > Jim Gettys > Cambridge Research Laboratory > Compaq Computer Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Render mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render > _______________________________________________ Render mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render
