Re: XML config files

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Wilfredo Sanchez wrote:

> The advantage of XML is that XML tools are then useable, specifically
> that a software tool to edit the config file would be straightforward to
> write using existing parsers, etc.

Well, I can very well see the reversed case as well. What if I wanna make a
very quick script that generates a config file or just wants to extract
certain values off a svn config file. XML makes things like that harder.

> But those things are orthogonal to a user editing the file directly.
> Now that's a problem, particularly if there isn't some
> simple-yet-complete config tool available right away.

I am guy of the old school in that sense. I like fiddling with config files
in emacs. I don't like having particular custom tools for it.

> the config file shouldn't be so hairy as to make administration of SVN
> suck.

I think we all can agree with that! ;-)

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