Re: Guile as a Settings Format

[Ludovic Courtès]

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’.