"Rene Rivera" <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> wrote in message news:444BEFD4.6030300@redshift-software.com...
Why would I want to do manual editing if there is a program that does that?
Because some times there aren't such programs (I said usually above).
This scenario does not apply. We are talking about files that are both human and application editable.
And more often you can't use those programs, for many reasons, like not having access to the UI system the run on.
So are you going to change application options and don't even run it to test that it works?
Why would I choose to subject myself to the possibility of making error, to the routine work of satisfying particular file format?
It has nothing to do with choice, it's the current situation in many cases. And if you are just starting on a *new* program would you write the configuration GUI before you write your program?
I would use human-editable only config at first. And switched to application-editable only once it's ready.
Not saying that it complicate my application development since now it's need to handle both proper format and anything I will manage to type in file.
But not if such a library as the Property Tree library which would do that for you.
I doubt it will be flexible enough. And also any such solution would be more complecated (eventually - error prone) in comparison with one that doesnt need to handle human input.
If I edit config file - that mean I don't have a tool to handle this for me. I am not saying this is completely impossible. But shouldn't be that wide spread need.
OK, I can only surmise that you don't visit the Unix world often.
These days I develop exclusively on *nix systems. I don't have any GUI though. So all my config files are human editable.
So I must ask; How can you think this domain is limited?
In a big picture of program runtime parameter handling - it's just a small friction IMO.
Perhaps, but vector is a *very* small fraction of the data structure doamin. Yet we still have such a utility.
I think vector should be insulted by your assesment ;) I may disagree also. Gennadiy