On Thursday 17 April 2003 02:32, Colin Walters wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 20:21, Chris Hanson wrote: > > I'd rather fix this properly; what you suggest is a workaround. What > > I consider a proper fix is to redefine the configuration files so that > > they can be parsed. I have learned, the hard way, that using shell > > scripts for configuration files is a bad idea. > > That's true, it's definitely a workaround. The way I did it in > fontconfig is the way I think it should be done in packages which can't > (or can't easily) losslessly parse their configuration files.
OTOH, xml config files (like fontconfig's config) could be losslessly parsed through xslt processing... -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "This will go a long way towards the war on terror. Terrorists won't be able to install and use unauthorized OS's. This could potentially save thousands of lives." -- a slashdotter about "Trusted Computing"
