RE: config library, was GNOME registry

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

Does enyone know how LDAP handles this?
Maby the API should be moddled after LDAP.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	bratsche@dfw.net [SMTP:bratsche@dfw.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 12:21 PM
> To:	Fox, Kevin M
> Cc:	'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> Subject:	Re: config library, was GNOME registry
> 
> 
> If you're going to work on this, then I'd like to request that you make
> data types available for storing. Ex:
> 
> #filecfg.o
> somedata {
>   setting1=1
>   setting2=Cody
> }
> 
> Obviously setting2 would be read as a string, but setting1 appears to have
> no way of type identification. I think you should provide a way of
> identifying it as an integer or string or whatever. It should also be easy
> to store arrays of data in a single entry field.
> 
> Cody
> 
> On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Fox, Kevin M wrote:
> 
> > Just some ideas. Tell me what you think
> > 
> > The functions could be like the file/dir functions.
> > 
> > You start by opening the main config location
> > somthing like
> > config=cfgOpen("sendmail");
> > 
> > to get a list out of settings in the root of the settings 
> > 
> > setting_name=cfgList(config, NUMBER);
> > 
> > to get the property for the setting
> > 
> > prop=cfgSetting(config, setting_name);
> > 
> > There should be also directories in the library
> > 
> > config=cfgOpen("sendmail/directory1");
> > 
> > maby the outputed file for the file module would look somthing like
> this:
> > 
> > #filecfg.o
> > dirname {
> >   setting=whatever
> >   setting=whatever
> >   dirname {
> >     setting=whatever
> >   }
> > }
> > setting=whatever
> >   
> > maby the config file for the ldap module could look like
> > 
> > #ldapcfg.o
> > #server="localhost"
> > #searchbase="ou=settings, o=someserver, c=whatever
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Fox, Kevin M [SMTP:kmfox@bhi010.bhi-erc.com]
> > > Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:36 AM
> > > To:	'bratsche@dfw.net'; Fox, Kevin M
> > > Subject:	RE: GNOME registry
> > > 
> > > Well, the library would be like PAM. Since most programs use PAM now,
> > > someone convinced them it would be a better way of doing it. A
> universal
> > > config abstraction library, If implemented well, would actually save
> > > programmers time. They wouldn't have to program config file
> loading/saving
> > > code. Having such a library doesn't relate to GNOME. It would be a
> > > universal
> > > registry, not just a GNOME registry.
> > > 
> > > There could be a caplet for the library written allowing for easily
> > > changing
> > > settings, kinda like an LDAP tool where you can surf through the
> settings.
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From:	bratsche@dfw.net [SMTP:bratsche@dfw.net]
> > > > Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 11:30 AM
> > > > To:	Fox, Kevin M
> > > > Cc:	Rowan van der Molen; 'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> > > > Subject:	RE: GNOME registry
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > It would be handy to be able to configure everything from one
> location.
> > > > To this end, I would love to have something like a control-center
> > > capplet
> > > > to configure them someday. But Apache, sendmail, and all the other
> > > > programs we're used to using already have standard locations for
> storing
> > > > their data and your chances of persuading the authors or maintainers
> of
> > > > those to optionally store their data in the GNOME registry is 0% or
> very
> > > > close. =)
> > > > I think making requests such as these from GNOME is asking too much.
> > > > However, making a GNOMEified configuration program or capplet or
> > > something
> > > > would be cool. I don't know enough about either sendmail or Apache
> > > > configuration to even be useful in helping something like that, but
> if
> > > you
> > > > do I'm sure it would be appreciated by many.
> > > > 
> > > > Cody
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Fox, Kevin M 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.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From:	bratsche@dfw.net [SMTP:bratsche@dfw.net]
> > > > > > Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 12:24 AM
> > > > > > To:	Rowan van der Molen
> > > > > > Subject:	RE: GNOME registry
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > You've got to be kidding. They obviously can't PREVENT non-GNOME
> > > > > > applications from reading the registry. But wtf would another
> > > > application
> > > > > > WANT to mess with the registry? I think this 'this feature
> should be
> > > > in
> > > > > > the operating system rather than GNOME' line of thinking is sort
> of
> > > > > > impractical. Furthermore, I believe GNOME shouldn't be going
> around
> > > > the
> > > > > > system creating things that aren't obviously GNOME-related;
> > > otherwise
> > > > > > you're going to end up with a lot of apparent garbage and I
> think
> > > > that's
> > > > > > something that we'd all like to do without.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Rowan van der Molen wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >I think somthing like this needs to be a system wide thing,
> not
> > > > just
> > > > > > GNOME.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Yes, I will kill all the GNOME developers pesonally if they
> are
> > > > going to
> > > > > > > implement something
> > > > > > > usable for GNOME only.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
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