> Apache uses a pseudo HTML style, like > > <Location /foo> > ... > </Location>
*PLEASE* don't give the world any more pseudo-X format files, for any X. If the Apache developers had had a clue when they wrote that format, they'd have used SGML-compatible syntax (it predates XML) and would be parseable by machines in a reliable way. If you ever want your config files to be edited safely, you either need to write your own editing tools that then won't fit in with the gazillions of other administration tools, or to persuade other people to use your parser (better be MIT or LGPL or public domain and in every major language) or use a standard format so that other editors will work. > and DOS .ini files use [section] for two level hierarchies. But I guess > most config files don't have or need hierarchies, and if you do, then > XML would be the way to go. Yes. But a GNOME project should be considering gconf (which hides the XML from the programmer). And this is, after all, xml at gnome.org :) Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
