Re: Linuxconf
- To: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
- Cc: Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il>, David Engel <david@ods.com>, John Goerzen Linux Expo Laptop <jgoerzen@cs.twsu.edu>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, "Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net>
- Subject: Re: Linuxconf
- From: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:03:38 -0400
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19980601210338.N3613@test.legislate.com>
- Mail-followup-to: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>, Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il>, David Engel <david@ods.com>, John Goerzen Linux Expo Laptop <jgoerzen@cs.twsu.edu>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, "Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net>
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980602102946.15565E-100000@siva.taz.net.au>; from Craig Sanders on Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 10:35:16AM +1000
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Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
> yes, it would fix the parser problems because it would completely
> avoid the need for a parser. if you don't need one, then it can't be a
> problem.
Ok, there's some truth to this..
> > The proper solution would be to fix the parser.
>
> unfortunately, this means placing arbitrary restrictions on the config
> files....anything which hasn't been programmed into the parser can not
> be handled by it, and will get blown away by the pretty GUI config
> tool next time it is run.
So support the full grammar of the file.
> an easy to use configuration thingy is necessary and a Good Thing, but
> not at the price of losing the ability to hand-edit whatever you like
> in the text files.
Are you saying that you've used linuxconf and this is a real problem?
--
Raul
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