On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:09:07PM +0100, D. Stolte wrote: > gconf is not much better than the m$ registry imho. gconf has several advantages in its design like the ability to use arbitary back ends (see the mbox demo for lunacy value) and good notifier handling for dynamic change. It too had the one file per key design bug but that has gone away > to improve the management of linux i would like to see a standard for > config files (FHS-like). a guide for programmers. Alan