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Re: Guile as a Settings Format
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: Guile as a Settings Format |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:20:49 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
Luiji Maryo <address@hidden> writes:
> Is it acceptable to use Guile as a settings file format or is another
> format, such as XML, preferred by the GNU community?
Many GNU packages use custom settings file formats. However, Guile is a
good tool for customization (of which “settings” is a subset), notably
because it then programs that use it to be “blended” together.
See
<http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/master/guile.html/The-Emacs-Thesis.html>
for more background info.
Thanks,
Ludo’.