RE: Features inquiry/suggestions
Bruce Richardson (brichardson@lineone.net)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:17:37 -0000
Stephen Wilson wrote:
> SUGG 1a. Is it possible to chunk a good portion of the
> QUER settings files into one main file and then have
> some sort of "Settings" module that acts as a
> go-between between AfterStep and other modules
> for any settings? i.e..
> CONFIG <-> SETTING <-> AFTERSTEP/OTHER
> MODULE MODULES
> This might help with ascp development, themes,
> etc. If all changes could be made to the one
> config file or even "through" the "Settings"
> module.
Having one big file would make things more cumbersome, not less. It
certainly wouldn't help with something like ascp - different parts of AS
evolve at different rates and this would be harder to track with a
monolithic config file. Given the default behaviour of AS, where local
settings block global ones, it is a lot easier to decide which
features/functions should be common to all users and which configurable if
you have separate files (it's also easier for the developers).
Another approach would be to have a master list of _all_ settings listing
for _each_ whether it a) always took the global value b) could be blocked
by a local value or c) only took the local value if no global value is
defined. Don't think any developer is going to thank me for suggesting
that and I _don't_ mean it seriously.
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