Hello All,
This is my 2nd attempt on this, but hear me out. I'm using for ~5 years
a configuration schema that is really different from KConfigXT XML
syntax because I sincerely don't like to hand code XML specially when
it's intermixed with C++ within the *same* file, and I feel that all the
different possible ways to configure KConfigXT is broken by design. What
I'm proposing here is *not* to replace KConfigXT xml schema, I conceive
that it's a lost cause on my side. I lost.
What I'm proposing is to add my chema as a *variant* for a smaller,
stricter, easier to write and to read, syntax. it will *not* cover all
the cases from KConfigXT (no way to define multiple configuration files,
no way to define static vs non static initialization). but it will cover
a smaller, to medium configuration complexity.
it already offers some things that KConfigXT Lacks. too. See this small
example:
-- file somesmallpreferences.conf
#include <QString>
#include <QFont>
namespace Prefs {
SomePreferences {
Gui{
QColor bgColor = QColor(233,233,233);
}
User {
QString name = QStringLiteral("Adamastor");
}
}
}
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This will generate two new files, `somesmallpreferences.h / cpp with the
following classes: SomePreferences, Gui, User.
this generates a property with signal and slots for everything that is
considered to be a variable, the constructor of SomePreferences loads
everything, the destructor of SomePreferences saves everything.
Things that KConfigXT XML lacks:
* Access to the default value of a setting (KConfigXT allows me to
define one, but I can't use it on a if in the codebase, there's no way
to query it back)
* Multi paradigm configuration targets (I can deploy for QSettings or
KConfig)
* Compartimentalized acessors: bgColor() exists inside of the Gui class,
not on SomePreferences, so it's easier to organize.
For a real example, check `invent.kde.org/sdk/codevis` as this is what
I'm using there.
I want to merge this on KConfigXT to be able to drop my github based
project, and to see if more projects could adopt such a scheme.
Best,
Tomaz
