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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Desktop Entry Standard / XML
From:       Alex Zepeda <garbanzo () hooked ! net>
Date:       1999-05-16 2:32:33
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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

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