Re: Read plugin config from a file



On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 10:31 +0100, Iago Toral Quiroga wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to work on fixing bug #636064, it is a feature request to add
> the possibility to load plugin configuration from a file.
> 
> Given that different apps may need different configurations for the
> plugins (example: each app has to use its own API keys), the way this
> would work is that each app ships the config files for the plugins.
> 
> One option for the file format is a key-file, which is standard, easy to
> use and fast to parse (GLib as you know supports this already). That
> would work good for almost all the use cases I can think of. 

For a matter of consistency, wouldn't it be better to XML files, like
the ones used for the plugins' information?

--
Joaquim Rocha

> 
> There are a few situations where this may not be enough though. One
> example would be a plugin which accepts configuration for its own
> content structure (this is something we discussed on IRC for a Tracker
> plugin for example).
> 
> I guess for cases like this an entry in the key-file which value is the
> path of another file with the content structure definition is a good way
> to go and would also help to separate straight forward plugin
> configuration from more complex stuff like the content definition.
> 
> Opinions?
> 
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