Re: Propossed Project: Odyssey
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 14:57:48 -0500, dman <dsh8290@rit.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 02:48:12PM -0500, Greg Lopp wrote:
> | On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 03:21:19PM -0300, Daniel Toffetti wrote:
> ...
> | > I meant a common metalanguage, so that it could be possible to write
> | > one single application as interface to handle any config file.
> ...
> | You should take a look at gconf and its derivatives. The idea is
> | a common configuration/registry-like interface for applications
> | and any number of different backends.
> |
> | Damn. I had a link to some good gconf developer stuff (including
> | rational), but I can't find it now...
>
> I'd like to see a rationale and an explanation of how this data is
> stored peristently. I'm not sure I like the gconf idea. Just recall
> the MS Windows' registry. One thing I _really_ like about *nix systems
> is the ability to use my text editor to configure everything. I also
> like including comments so that I can remember why I did a certain
> thing or some syntax or option stuff so I don't have to pour through
> the docs next time.
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gconf/index.html
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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