On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 06:04:19PM -0600, D. Hageman wrote: > > I think you misunderstand. We aren't replacing the XF86Config file here. > This is for DRI specific driver settings with capabilities extending to > having special options for individual programs if need be. > > Now if I am mistaken and you did understand ... > > Your argument is bogus. You can't claim that every XML file format leads > to unreadable files. Now, if you have a good *technical* reasons why we > shouldn't use XML - I would love to hear them. > > Couple of good reasons to use XML: > > *) Parser with validation capabilites already written. > *) More and more utilities are using it ... fontconfig for example. > *) bindings for all major languages. > *) A copy of libxml already exists in the tree if a person doesn't already > have it. > *) Extensible. > *) It can be edited with any text editor.
Another disadvantage is that parsing is so damn slow. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
