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