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On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:53:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Your post makes sense until you realise that the use of XML in a |
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> configuration designed to be changed by the user renders the package |
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> virtually unusable. Given a choice between me as a developer struggling |
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> with a config parser versus vast swathes of users dumping the package |
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> because of the same parser, I'd say it's me that has to work harder, |
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> not my users. |
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If we are truly trying to make Linux more accessible, with things like |
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the plug and play hal offers, should we even be contemplating editing |
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config files? |
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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 your |
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program uses XML configuration files, it should include a means of |
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editing those files that does not include the use of vim. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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A great many people mistake opinions for thoughts. -- Herbert V. Prochnow |
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