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. -D
