RFC: KConfig XT (KDE 3.2)

[Ralf Nolden]

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On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:36, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 04:38:48PM +0100, Waldo Bastian scrawled:
> > Goals
> > =====
> >
> > * Have the default value for config entries defined in 1 place. Currently
> > it is not uncommon to have them defined in three places:
> >   1) In the application that reads the setting in order to use it
> >   2) In the settings dialog when reading the setting
> >   3) In the settings dialog when selecting "Use defaults".
> >
> > * Provide type-information about config entries to facilate "KConfEdit"
> > like tools. Ideally type-information also includes range-information.
>
> Bob the Angry flower says: "WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WHERE DID YOU LEARN
> THAT WRONG!!".
>
> Dudes, having a registry is *bad*. You know, we already have KConfEdit -
> KWrite, vim, KVim, whatever.
>
> I like the "defaults in one place" thing. The registry idea I don't
> like, and IMHO that entire path is wrong, bad, evil, fucked-up and bad.

Sometimes reading your emails remember me how human we all are :-))

Ralf
>
> :) d

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