Re: GNOME registry

[Michael Hall <mhall riverside org>]

On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 08:45:16PM +0100, Rowan van der Molen wrote:

> At 09:45 31-12-98 -0700, you wrote:
> >At 08:08 AM 12/31/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >>All I am saying, is if we want to implament something like the registry, it
> >>would be "a good thing" to be able to configure sendmail, ftp, apache, and
> >>other non gnome programs the same way. A standard "everything" config
> >>library would work well for this.
> >
> >How about we not worry about how the information is stored (all though
> provide
> >a generic method or two), and instead work on a CORBA interface that all 
> >applications give some unified way to switch settings. 
> >
> >The reason for that is two fold:
> >
> >-) Sendmail has vastly different configuration information (and needs) then 
> >say .xmodmap or gmc. 
> >
> >-) The power users will get ticked off if we remove text interfaces ;-)
> >
> Why can't we use some XML-like standard for the config files? I want 
> to be able editing everything with my old-school vi.

  Amen, I second that, its the unix way.

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Mike Hall <mhall@riverside.org>, (MH993)   -    http://www.riverside.org
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