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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: KConfig changes for 3.0
From:       Andre Alexander Bell <andre.bell () gmx ! de>
Date:       2001-07-25 21:10:49
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On Wednesday 25 July 2001 14:48, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> Hm hm. There's one disadvantage with
> always writing out configuration values: They get written into the local
> config and if you do that for each and every entry you
>
>  a) get full blown config files in the user directory, containing redundant
>     information
>
>  b) loose the ability for a system administrator to change global values,
>     because the global changes never get applied to the apps as for each
>     field there is an entry in the local file.

What about having xml-config files with all options in it for the 
$KDEDIR/share/config so that the admin can see and change everything and 
furthermore to stare the xml-diffs winthin ~/.kde/share/config

Andre

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