On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:49:13 -0500, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 10:25:09AM -0300, Avi Alkalay wrote: > > The xorg.conf file (as most Unix configuration files) was designed for > > human beings. > > It was designed for both humans and software and includes a bundled library > for working with the file itself. Yes, and I used this library, and I can say it is completely dependent on X source. It is a very complex lexical analyzer, that works with many complex C structures. A 7-button mouse vendor won't spend time to learn it to make a sort of driver installation program. In fact, I don't know anybody outside the X.org project that uses it. > > The Elektrifyied X server also works for the Red Hat Graphical Boot, > > where you still don't have mounted partitions, network, etc. > > But presumably breaks system-config-display and all the related tools ? Of course. This is a first step. Does system-config-display uses the X.org library? I think this tool's developer simply learned the xorg.conf format and wrote code to generate it. And system-config-display, as far as I know, is a monolitic tool that don't permit HW vendors, or X plugin writers, to independently extend it. Whit a key/value pair paradigm, these folks can write a 10-line Shell script to correctly integrate itself in X, without having to deal with a lexical parser, complex structs, and C. Regards, Avi
