From kde-core-devel Thu Oct 02 05:53:08 2003 From: Zack Rusin Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:53:08 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: KConfig XT: kconfig_compiler & friends X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=106507419112994 On Wednesday 01 October 2003 23:37, Ian Reinhart Geiser wrote: > > How does this system benifit them at all? It is all compiled in > > the binary. Nope, kcfg files are being installed. > > Currently the way of running x app, modifing the settings, exiting > > and distributing the config file to all of the machines is still > > the only way that I know of. Did I miss some feature of the new > > skeleton system? > > AFAIK this was all suppose to be connected by an application that > would generate these files the source cfg files and the end files > with default values. ideally even documentation (zack?) these files > could then be edited and distributed. Correct, the only way to get the type infomations and documentation for an option for tools like kconfedit is through kcfg files. This is good because it will let us hide many, many options without removing them, so still keeping power users happy (they'll still get a nice gui for editing those advanced options with documentation for them and type safety while editing them (an entry that's supposed contain a bool won't contain a string). Zack -- I come in peace to code Linux!