Re: gnome-config problems

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> How important is it to have the config files text based (as in editable
> with a text editor)?  If I offered a solution along the lines of a
> "database" (as referenced above) that could hold integer, string, and
> binary data, and arrays of those, along with command line utilities to
> query and modify them, would that be acceptable?

The problem with the config code right now is not in the backend, it
is on the path parsing routines that decide what is the last key and
what is not.  

The problem is that people want to use entries that are both a
middle-key and a terminal-key for that same purpose.

Miguel.