Re: [Adonthell-devel] Configuration file support

[Joel Vennin]

Alexandre Courbot wrote:

> > Moreover, I think we can also write an option dialog that dynamically 
> > presents the contents of the config file. For that, I have the 
> > following idea:
> >
> > * the config file is split into sections (Audio, Video, Gameplay, 
> > Controls ...). For each section, the option dialog generates a 
> > different page.
> >
> > * each option will have some meta-information attached, that tells 
> > the option dialog how to present it: as input field, as checkbox or 
> > as a slider to chose a value within a range.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
>
> Do I hear 'XML'? ;)
>
> Very good idea anyway. Perhaps the meta-information for displaying 
> could just be the various choices available. For instance, a boolean 
> value would instanciate into a checkbox, and so on...
>
> Alex.

XML why not, but if we want edit easily this file by hand, i think it 
can be more insteresting to use Yaml, you can find it at www.yaml.org.

Jol