Apropos this XML config stuff...
I once thought of creating a rambased filesystem like devfs, but for XML configuration files. You would then mount the filesystem in let's say /xetc and when first mounted a daemon (like devfsd) transforms all (or those who have been choosen) configuration files in /etc into a corresponding XML configuration file in /xetc. Through FAM the daemon could always keep the XML files in /xetc up-2-date and because it always knows when updates are being made to /xetc it could update the appropriate configuration file in /etc. That way I promised myself, that everybody would be lucky and that a transition from a lot of different formats towards XML would be rather easy (for the program maintainers). The xetc-daemon should be easily extendable through plugins, that can bind themselves to different configuration files, for example "libxetc-xf86config-4" would inform the daemon that it can do transformations from XF86Config-4.xml to XF86Config-4 and vice versa. (please note that the name/path "xetc" was chosen freely in order to let me explain it better) Regards, Mikael Olenfalk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > As an intermediate solution, can you write a tool > > that would generate > > XML from a normal config file, and then convert the > > XML back into the > > config file? You'd probably have to do something > > specialy to handle > > comments so that users don't lose their comments in > > the process. > > > > I realize that this isn't ideal, but it gives you a > > chance to prove your > > point (that the ui tools would be simpler, easier to > > manage, etc.) > > without requiring anything from the project. If > > enough people start > > using the ui tools, then the project would probably > > switch to XML. > > > Actually being a bit of a Linux kernel hacker I though > t of creating and XML file system that did this inside > the via the file system api.. This file system would > have two mount points a standard view and and XML > view. Depending on the Inode used to open the file it > would be sent as XML or as the legacy format.. > > Maybe kinda wacko but I thought it was a cool idea. > A user space daemon would keep the kernel work > minimal. Remember I want to generically move all > config file for all apps to XML not just XFree ... > > > Mike > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
