RFC: KConfig XT (KDE 3.2)

[Waldo Bastian]

On Saturday 15 March 2003 17:39, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> Waldo Bastian <bastian at kde.org> wrote:
> > Drawbacks:
> > * We rely on default configuration files being properly installed.
>
> What happens when configuration files are not properly installed?
> Crash?

Hard to tell. E.g. the application reads the config entry and it expects to
get a reasonable default if the user hasn't configured anything. If the 
configuration file isn't installed it will get something like 0, Qt::black or 
an empty string. Of course the same already happens if you edit the config 
file in you home-directory and add empty Key= statements.

An application should never crash on it, but having e.g. black text on a black 
background doesn't make an application very usable.

It's not the only file that is required though. If your application uses 
XMLGUI and it can't find the XML file describing its menus, you will end up 
with a pretty messed up application as well.

Cheers,
Waldo
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