On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 10:26:32PM +1000, Russell spake thusly: > Linux kind of has a scattering of registries already, eg, termcap/terminfo, > xf86config, /etc/X11/app-defaults, /etc/X11/xkb, various other files in /etc... > I'd think a standardized unix registry system would be quite doable. It's just > like the fhs, but for app. settings. However, if the registry is system-wide, > then i guess a root process needs to run it, which means there might be > security problems if users wan't to save personal preferences. Maybe > users should have local copies of registry parts that they need.
This is how gconf works almost exactly. It seems quite good. I still don't *like* the idea of a registry... but I think that's mainly the sour taste left in my mouth after looking at windows registries for far too long. -- Jon-o Addleman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
