On 04/07/2009 02:19 PM, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > On 2009-04-07, Daniel Stone<[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 12:01:42PM +0000, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: >>> that need root access to modify. >> That or an ability to read documentation. > > A 1000 page developer document for a simple setting. YUP. > That is indeed the typical approach to everything in Linux > these days. fontconfig, udev, Xft, HAL, everything. Even gtk > itself has all the simplest configuration documentation hidden > within API documentation. > > No thanks. The best configuration files are the self-documenting > ones. In Linux/FOSS these days, it's essentially complicated _program > source code_ in a fancy non-programming language (XML) syntax that > is supposed to be used for configuration as well. It screams out > loud: POWER USERS: VANISH! THIS OS IS FOR DEVELOPERS AND > UNDEMANDING IDIOT USERS ONLY!
Why are you still wasting your time here then? Srsly, dude, get away from your keyboard. Go out for a walk, enjoy the weather, have a good time. behdad _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
