Hi, I couldn't find advice on the web for a question related to designing file usage of desktop applications (and gnome software in general):
Assume I have an app which allows the user create notes or tasks or messages or similar pieces of text, usually not more than a few paragraphs long. I can store them all in one file or store each one as a separate file. Clearly there are many advantages to storing them as separate files: Faster save-time (but probably slower loading...) when just a small update is made, separately signing and encrypting files, separate backup and restoration, easy copy-and-paste manually from Nautilus or manual text editing from Gedit, etc. But let's ignore the technical issues. Assume I can encrypt and sync the text even as a single big file. What are the pros/cons for having a big file VS using separate files? Example: Gnote uses a separate file for each note. GTG stores all tasks in a single XML file. - Anatoly Krasner _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list