tir, 30.11.2004 kl. 19.22 skrev Darrin Thompson: > On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 19:05 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > While i am all for the *idea*, what happens if your X11 server breaks > > down and you *have* to use VIM to "save" it? While i am not opposed to > > creating an easily learned api for config-file configuration, i am > > *strongly* opposed to not be able to hack into that xorg.conf file from > > a crude command line (hell, i have vim'ed config files with /bin/bash as > > my init process and a half borked kernel that would boot 1/5 times...). > > > > I don't want my config's to be put all in the hands of some program, to > > *have* to use a config program (with all the odds and ends it migth > > have...) in order to fix a broken config. Now imagine that program > > needed another program, which needed a service wich needed ... the thing > > you where just trying to fix. > > > > You don't *have* to use a config program, the keys are all vim hackable. > It might be a royal pain, however, to add a bunch of keys with an > editor. Tweaks would be easy enough though. > > http://elektra.sourceforge.net/#rgfacts (third bullet, also seventh) > > -- > Darrin > Sometimes you will have to do that. What about a plugin-based system, which used "regular" configs as back end, and exported them as an (consistent over different configs) API?
