[glideplan_swproj] Re: Settings file format
- From: Cestmir Houska <czestmyr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: glideplan_swproj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:58:43 +0100
Ok guys,
you persuaded me. I will use XML. It is true that by using built-in
XML support in Qt, everything will be much simpler than writing our
own parser. This is the main argument that made me change my mind.
Cestmir
2012/1/22 Tomáš Zámečník <pulcik@xxxxxxxx>:
> I am fox xml too.
> We will also have ini file. (But there is written only the path to data
> directory (where the settings file is stored))
> T.
>
>> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
>> Od: Bohdan Maslowski <bohdan.maslowski@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Předmět: [glideplan_swproj] Re: Settings file format
>> Datum: 21.1.2012 20:08:10
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Hi!
>>
>> I think xml is a better choice. Some arguments:
>>
>> - no need to write a parser
>> - everyone knows the syntax
>> - easy validation
>>
>> Users probably won't be editing the settings file directly anyway.
>>
>> Also, there is a third choice: ini files. But still, xml is better in case
>> we need to save structured or binary data sometime.
>>
>> Bohdan
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Cestmir Houska <czestmyr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi everyone!
>> >
>> > I am about to start working on saving and loading the settings from a
>> > file. The question on everyone is now:
>> >
>> > Which file format would you prefer for settings? XML or our own format?
>> >
>> > This problem might seem unimportant, but starts to gain significance
>> > as soon as one wants to edit the settings via a text editor, which
>> > might sometimes be useful. I personally am for our own format, because
>> > XML can be often cumbersome and ugly.
>> >
>> > Cestmir
>> >
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