Re: comments in a key file

[Mikael Hallendal <micke imendio com>]

Ben Combee wrote:

Hi,

> On 8/14/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang gmail com> wrote:
> > Looking here:
> > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Key-value-file-parser.html
> >
> > under the section describing differences between .ini files and key
> > files I find this:
> > * Key files allow only comments before the first group.
> >
> > I saw a typical key file and found comments could be put anywhere. Am
> > I missing anything?
>
> This means that you can't have a key that's outside of a group.
> Windows .ini files allow keys that are ungrouped and appear before the
> first group of the file.  It probably would be better phrased as
>
> "No keys are allowed before the first group name, only comments."

Agreed, the string is a bit confusing, added a bug with proposed update:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466768

Cheers,
  Mikael Hallendal

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