Re: Configuration files

[mjaz <mjaz_the_mighty2 yahoo com>]

On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 at 19:52:09 -0500, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:24:33AM +0300, Syomin Pavel wrote:
> > Ok, we have GConf & gnome-config for parse config files. And now is
> > time to decide to use. I want to write small Gtk+ 2 (or GNOME 2 it
> > isn't so important) based application for UNIX only, and I can't
> > make my choise: "What to use: GConf or gnome-config?". Both of this
> > libraries are part of GNOME project, and will be interesting to know
> > opinion of GNOME developers.
>
> gnome_config_* is generally considered deprecated for storing
> preferences, in favor of gconf. gconf offers various features that are
> well-documented on its website or in the 2002 www.linuxsymposium.org
> proceedings. But gconf is somewhat more complex to use, there's no
> question. And gconf is not good for storing data (as opposed to
> prefs).
>
> Havoc

I don't Know If This Will Help But I Have Created A Configuration Library For
Linux Only That Allows You To Write Configuration Files That Look Like Windows
INI Files.  You Can Download It At http://www.geocities.com/mighty_the_mighty/

Hope That Helps.
Mjaz


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