Re: XWin design suggestion

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> Wouldnt this be better if it accepts at least 2 ways to configure this
> ?
> (registry/Windows file/Cygwin file)
>
> After all XWin can check if its running on Cygwin or not.

Better?  Sure.

Doable?  Absolutely.

Unfortunately, this sort of bloat is what prevents people from ever 
getting started on these tasks.  Such a design is so daunting that no 
one dares start it for fear of getting swallowed alive.

So, the progression will go something like this:

1) Use the registry for some initial preference settings.

2) When people bitch, tell them to submit a patch :)


I think we have figured out some nice options, but it is time to get 
coding and Alexander is right: the registry is damn simple for such 
trivial stuff.  I am starting there, but I think this will eventually be 
extended to support config files of multiple types.

Harold

> > If XWin.exe is a Cygwin port then config and state should stay as
> > /etc
> > and $HOME files, preferably text files.
> >
> > If however, XWin.exe is to become a "native" Windows application then
> > it should indeed use the registry. (And any discussion of persistent
> > state stored under /etc or $HOME becomes moot, since they don't exist
> > outside of the Cygwin/POSIX layer.)
>
>
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