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

[Tobias <tob...@gm...>]

Am Do, den 26.02.2004 schrieb ri...@ae... um 14:16:
> Hey there,
> 
>  While implementing the button bar in the level editor, the following 
> problem appeard:

that's something I'm working on. :)
I'd like to prevent double work on a single TODO. ;)

>  Tiles are currently setuped in the code, instead of through a file. 
> This makes them hardly to be used in the level editor button bar and, 
> in the future, to implement stuff, just as the sliding.
>  A setup file for the tiles would need to have information, just as 
> number of tiles, filenames and the type of each tile (as specified in 
> the development page by Ingo).
> 
>  So, we should all agree with a file format for it, and that would, 
> maybe, be used also by the other files, just as the highscore, level 
> subset and the level themselves.
> 
>  Personally, I found XML to be a waste of space and a bit hard to 
> read. So, I would vote for an INI-like file format that are used by 
> windows and kde. I bet your health that it would be more than 
> enough ;)
> 
>  I have previously, mentioned this and even sended a function that 
> 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=3
> 
> [TILE 0]
> file=water.png
> type=full
> 
> [TILE 1]
> file=cloud.png
> type=empty
> 
> [TILE 2]
> file=slide.png
> type=50L
> 
> 
>  If you agree, I could implement dinamic tile.
> 
> Happy hacking :),
>  Ricardo Cruz

That's alright, let's discuss it after the 0.0.6 release.
I have a lack of time to commet your ideas, sorry.
You can expect a detailed comment about this issue tomorrow.

Greetz...

Tobias Gläßer