Re:The Joy of Linux Desktop Environments
by alphapapa on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:04PM
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> Getting/setting single values in a plain text config file is cumbersome and error-prone
What? The INI format is very simple and there are numerous libraries that handle it cleanly in any language.
> and even if there's a library which is able to read that particular format, it often clobbers comments and formatting.
What? These are primarily machine-readable configuration files. Why is formatting relevant? And how are comments relevant to dconf, since it uses a binary format anyway?
If a plain-text file isn't good enough, at least have the decency to use SQLite.
What? The INI format is very simple and there are numerous libraries that handle it cleanly in any language.
> and even if there's a library which is able to read that particular format, it often clobbers comments and formatting.
What? These are primarily machine-readable configuration files. Why is formatting relevant? And how are comments relevant to dconf, since it uses a binary format anyway?
If a plain-text file isn't good enough, at least have the decency to use SQLite.