On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 14:57:48 -0500, dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
