Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Rick Jones wrote: >> Sorry, I was being cranky there. >>> >>> But, in my experience, XML config files are harder for sysadmins to >>> edit than simple text files. I guess if they are only / mostly going >>> to be edited by programs rather than people then they are OK. >> >> I do rather like their heirarchical nature though - is there a simple >> text file analogue? > > Apache uses a pseudo HTML style, like > > <Location /foo> > ... > </Location> > > 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.
Cranky or not, I appreciate the input. Your initial response did remind me of a rather ungainly XML configuration file for some IP phones I use. OTOH my configuration file isn't too large, around 12 elements minimum. Hopefully it isn't too hard to edit. However, it can indeed benefit from a heirarchial layout. Aside from that, the validation against a statically compiled DTD appealed to me, as opposed to cooking up my own parser(wheel reinvention). Thanks, Jason Valenzuela _______________________________________________ xml mailing list, project page http://xmlsoft.org/ [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/xml
