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Re: [Bug-apl] Access to preferences


From: Juergen Sauermann
Subject: Re: [Bug-apl] Access to preferences
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:29:55 +0200
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Hi Blake,

I think it would not be good to have everything in one file.
The reason is that this makes updates of the preferences file more
difficult. For example I could not change the file format if I needed to
and updates of a file that contains a lot of other information would
become awkward for the user.

I suggest that such information is put in a separate, per library, file in the same directory as the preferences file. If the lib is shipped with GNU APL then
I can make sure that it will be installed with the lib

The tools for parsing such a file are already in place: sscanf() and fgets() in FILE_IO.

/// Jürgen


On 07/14/2014 01:26 PM, Blake McBride wrote:
Greetings,

The preferences file contains name/value pairs. It would be nice to be able to specify arbitrary name/value pairs that can be accessed from within APL somehow. For example, let's say you store your component files an a standard place, or you use a certain default SQL database. It would be nice to be able to specify those default/global values in the preferences file.

Thanks.

Blake





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