Re: GConf design goals.

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:

> Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com> writes:
> > We have something like a plugin system for editors in bonobo-conf,
> > so that you can register editor widgets for specific types. This way
> > it is possible to write a "generic" configuration editor which can
> > edit registered types with highly specialized editors.
> >
>
> As has already been pointed out, that isn't a solution to the
> generic-editing problem, because it does not allow generic command
> line tools or scripts.

We have talked about type aliases, and I have pointed out how we can
use special editors to provide a nice UI.
I think this will never get a useful discussion if we arbitrarily
merge problems/solutions.

The generic editing problem is totally unrelated an was already
discussed.

- Dietmar