| From: | Stephen Lee |
| Date: | 20 Sep 2000 at 23:44:36 |
| Subject: | Re: [Re: AMIOPEN: GUI Standardization] |
Humm. AIX replicates the unix (ascii) config files into a database for faster
lookup and parsing during run time. (Deamon updates the DB based on flat file
changes at regular intervals or as told). At boot time the database is updated
from the human readable flat files.
Just a thought...
Stephen/Initium7
Rafael Vicar�a Alloza <rafael.vicaria@ibm.net> wrote:
Hello Gustavo,
On Wednesday, 20-Sep-00, 15:29:48,
<open@amiga.com> wrote about:
Re: AMIOPEN: GUI Standardization:
> Hello,
>> That's great. IMHO, *all* configuration files should be ASCII,
>> so humans can read and understand it. No exceptions.
> Only, if the information have sense.
This is achieved by good design practice.
> For example:
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{86747AC0-42A0-1069-A2E6-08002B30309D}
That's not good design, as it shows. It's readable but not
understandable. And it needs a nicely written man page, of course,
so users can understand what they read. Simple, isn't it? <g>
> and of course, please don't put all configurations
> options inside only one file. (this is bad design).
I guess that that depends on the functionality of the tool itself, i.e.,
small tools will have small config files, and huge tools will have what
they deserve... ;-)
Best regards
---Rafa
Subscribe/Unsubscribe: open-request@amiga.com
Amiga FAQ: http://www.amiga.com/faq.html
____________________________________________________________________
Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail
Subscribe/Unsubscribe: open-request@amiga.com
Amiga FAQ: http://www.amiga.com/faq.html