Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] X Configuration

[hanumizzle <han...@gm...>]

On 7/2/06, Oleg <ya...@gm...> wrote:
> h> On 6/29/06, hanumizzle <han...@gm...> wrote:
> h> - To what degree should the config tolerate user editing? This raises
> h> several issues:
>
> h>   * Should the config program support the user's style of indentation
> h> dynamically?
> No, just use some default style, e.g. the style which X.Org developers
> use in default xorg.conf, or something like that.
>
> h>   * What if a user deletes SubSections for certain depths? How should
> h> depth setting method handle this? Search for the ones that do exist?
> IMHO this situation is more like user's mistake.
> Can you generate missing sections automatically?

Yes, but working with xorg.conf files gets very nasty, very fast. I
*could* add the subsections if missing. I could also write a web
server in COBOL if I really tried. :(

To date, there is no Xorg module on CPAN. And they have nigh
everything: CSV, fstab, XML, YAML (which I would have used if I knew
about it earlier), MIME, etc., etc., etc. No Xorg config.

But why? Because the format sucks, and I hate it.

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