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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:09:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > XML is a machine-readable file format that just happens to use ASCII |
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> > characters, it is not meant to be modified by a text editor, so if |
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> > your program uses XML configuration files, it should include a means |
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> > of editing those files that does not include the use of vim. |
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> which almost by definition means you need an xml-information parser on |
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> par with an xml-parser to figure out what the hell the fields mean, |
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> then design an intelligent viewer-editor thingy that lets the user |
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> add-delete-change the information in the xml file. All the while |
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> displaying to the user at least some information about the fields in |
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> view. |
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Or a pretty GUI with clicky boxes to change the settings while never |
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letting the user see the contents of the XML. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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We are phasing in a "paperless office," starting with the restrooms. |
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