Re: GNOME registry

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 05:51:34PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > You could implement it in a few minutes - just pick some file
> > (~/.gnome/gnome-registry or something), then #define the prefix for
> > that file in libgnome, and maybe #define some keys you want all apps to
> > use, like email, etc.
> 
> Does gnome_config_* do file locking?

no ... but IT NEEDS TO!

> > The hard part is changing apps to use it. :-)
> 
> Yeah. :)  There should probably be some helper logic, to notify apps in
> real-time if central data changes, that sort of thing.
> 
> Can this be done through CORBA?  Having a gnome-registry-server talk to
> gnome_config_() might ease sharing problems, and allow for more dynamic
> notification and sharing.

I think this kind of stuff should be saved for the rewrite of gnome_config

I thinkf or 1.0 ... we could just implement a simple registry ... and
say only one program can write to it (the registry editor proggie) ...
then we don't have problems with file sharing ... except that apps will
need to be restarted to get changes ... but that would be ok for now

George

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