On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 05:25:57PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > I actually started at one point on a graphical libvirt XML editor, > > although I fairly quickly realised it would be a Sisyphean task > > because the format isn't tremendously well defined[1] and it keeps > > changing. Also because there's a lot of overlap between virt-install > > and (potential) virt-config-editor. > > > > I do genuinely think that having 'virsh edit' is better than the > > current situation. Currently the advice that everyone gives is to do: > > > > virsh dumpxml foo > foo.xml > > vi foo.xml > > virsh define foo.xml > > > > which is of course precisely the same as what 'virsh edit' does :-) > > Yes, I think this command is worthwhile adding. We should also try to > address the problem that John raises too, but I see that as a parallel > task - and a far more involved piece of work to undertake :-) Right, and it'll probably never happen if we band-aid over the problem. Ah well. john -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list