Thread: Aergh... is Linux just for nerds?
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2008-06-24 , 06:49
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
Well, "mostly text" is a long way from "text". Kinda the difference between markup languages like RTF and HTML and the Word .doc format.
ok, it is entirely text apart from the things that it needs to store as binary.

Originally Posted by qole View Post
I don't think so. They had a few central text files in earlier versions, like win.ini and system.ini, but I think they really didn't like the whole "editable in a text editor" thing.
umm, no, there was no registry and every single config file was an ini file designed to be edited in notepad. It was the way it was done until 95
That is what notepad was originally for. The registry came in later.

Personally I would consider it a big flaw in linux, having a completely arbitary file format to control it. Ok, it is nice when you have the instructions in them, but you don't have to. It is the reason they got rid of it from the early versions of windows.
Some sort of structured format that would be better. The registry was a 'too much' answer. There is too much risk putting it all in one place/file.
Last edited by tabletrat; 2008-06-24 at 06:53.