Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
XML because it's easy to parse and modify via a GUI.
And also because I like XML :-)
I see :)
But an INI-like format could do too:
We should probably try to reduce the number of formats we use:
lyx-format-like (prefs, bindings), layout like (layouts, ui...), xml,
ini.
Agreed.
This is getting ridiculous. Personally, I prefer the layout-like as
structured and reasonably easy to edit. But I understand it is very
un-standard.
"standard" is the key word yes. INI-like or XML is easy to parse and is
understood by a lot of application. Designing an UI to change an XML or
an INI file is easy. XML offers much more possibilities of extension
though. the layout-like format may be nice but we should get rid of it
together with the rc-like format. This reasonning is based on the
assumption that, once a GUI is implemented to cope with the GUI
settings, nobody will care anymore about the format in use. At this
point, XML is the clear winner.
Abdel.
