[Super-tux-devel] File format (again!)

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Hey there,

 While implementing the button bar in the level editor, the following=20
problem appeard:

 Tiles are currently setuped in the code, instead of through a file.=20
This makes them hardly to be used in the level editor button bar and,=20
in the future, to implement stuff, just as the sliding.
 A setup file for the tiles would need to have information, just as=20
number of tiles, filenames and the type of each tile (as specified in=20
the development page by Ingo).

 So, we should all agree with a file format for it, and that would,=20
maybe, be used also by the other files, just as the highscore, level=20
subset and the level themselves.

 Personally, I found XML to be a waste of space and a bit hard to=20
read. So, I would vote for an INI-like file format that are used by=20
windows and kde. I bet your health that it would be more than=20
enough ;)

 I have previously, mentioned this and even sended a function that=20
would get a value, by being feed with a file, group and entry.
 Have a look at my suggestion for the look of the Tile's setup format:

[TILES]
number=3D3

[TILE 0]
file=3Dwater.png
type=3Dfull

[TILE 1]
file=3Dcloud.png
type=3Dempty

[TILE 2]
file=3Dslide.png
type=3D50L


 If you agree, I could implement dinamic tile.

Happy hacking :),
 Ricardo Cruz

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