From kde-devel  Sun May 16 02:32:33 1999
From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo () hooked ! net>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 02:32:33 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Desktop Entry Standard / XML
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On Sat, 15 May 1999, Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> XML disadvantages:
> - less human readable

You assume that the current format is considered really readable by
everyone.  Add enough tabs and/or spaces and XML can be made quite
readable.

> - incumbs a high transition price when switching from the current format .
> - backwards compatibility of apps would have huge costs

If a similar interface was provided, and a script to automagically convert
the old format to XML, would switching really be that much of a pain?

- alex