At 06:55 PM 8/29/00 +0100, Roger Burton West wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 12:55:21AM -0400, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
> > I'm curious to find some differeing opinions pro/con use of XML for
> >configuration files...
>
>IMHO one of the biggest advantages of Unix is that configuration files
>are plain text and can be edited with vi on a console attached to a
>9600 serial line... no matter how flashy the GUI, there _will_ come
>a time when you have to get your hands dirty, and at that point the
>simpler the better.
Is that a pro or a con for use of XML? Since XML is a way of structuring
plain text, and XML files can be edited with vi on a console attached to a
9600 serial line, and needs no flashy GUI, it seems almost a non-sequitor
-- or at the very least, a non-negative.
>Not that I'm a maintainer yet, or even on the waiting list.
>
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