On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:13:08 +0100 Massimiliano Calamelli
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> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > mind you - i am still a little bemused by the use of xml. since both client
> > and server are written by the same "team" and are tightly tied together -
> > is there any reason for needing a complex/heavy "standard"? a simple
> > newline delimited text file would work just as well with less effort for
> > example, or as below - eet would too. i am not saying to change it - i am
> > just curious "why xml?"
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>       
> - From the server, I do not know the original reason for this choice, I
> assume the fact that XML is, for better or for worse, a standard for
> exchanging information. From the client, of course, I had to adapt,
> because development has not been parallel to the server.
> 
> Anyway, the SAX parser looks fast, well done and easy to use, and
> libxml already exists as dependency for E, so I think it is a good
> choiche, playing with XML.

a dep? it is? where? it may be from fontconfig or maybe librsvg - but it's an
indirect dep - not direct...

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The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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