On Thursday 03 October 2002 5:33 pm, Michael Michael wrote: > --- Keith Packard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My hope is that the configuration file becomes > > entirely optional. There's > > essentially nothing there which can't be > > autodetected on a reasonable > > system. > > > > At that point, the format of the file is moot. > > Actually long term I was hoping for this sort of thing > there is still need for the file but if it was XML it > should load easily int a personal preference... > > The big picture is I'd like to move towards a XML > format for flat file view and database for ui > managers. Moving to XML helps a lot in moving on to a > system wide config data base. A zillion config file > formats makes it difficult to contemplate. If everyone > would move to and XML format then supporting config > databases becomes possible. > I would like to see happen in the unix world. It does > require each major subsystem developer to look beyond > there needs. > Considering most of the responses so far I'm not sure > thats going to be easy.
As an intermediate solution, can you write a tool that would generate XML from a normal config file, and then convert the XML back into the config file? You'd probably have to do something specialy to handle comments so that users don't lose their comments in the process. I realize that this isn't ideal, but it gives you a chance to prove your point (that the ui tools would be simpler, easier to manage, etc.) without requiring anything from the project. If enough people start using the ui tools, then the project would probably switch to XML. Just my $0.02, Tom Panning [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
