On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 03:13:52PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Every program that fetches user-modifiable files to control its behavior > (on a Debian system and according to the FHS, these should all be in /etc > or as dotfiles/dirs in $HOME) should have a kind an associated interface > file. Call it /usr/lib/<package>/gconfig or something.
> Most configration files are reducible to key/value pairs (sometimes a key > word may take multiple values simultaneously, as in a list of pathnames), > or a list of grouped key/value pairs (/etc/passwd). > Pipe dream, or can we make it real? Or does this suffer from some horrible > conceptual flaw that I haven't thought of? I hope we can make it real. This is no.1 thing Linux needs to gain popularity. It really sucks that every app has a diffrent configuration system. > I must also say that I am sure I do not have the coding expertise to > implement much of this at all. If I did, I'd be on it. If I had more time, i'd try to implement it, even if i'm no expert. the only way to learn is to practise. Riku Voipio -- Joh 3:16 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
