[XML-SIG] XML appropiate for config files of a xml processor?

[Greg Stein]

Blarg. Don't use XML for config files (that are intended to be read / edited
by a human). Take a look at the ConfigParser module in the standard library.

Cheers,
-g

On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:33:13PM +0100, Stephan Tolksdorf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this a design question not directly related to Python.
> 
> I'm writing a small homegrown xml processor which is mainly
> intended for transforming xml files to html.
> 
> At the moment it is configurable by config files written in xml.
> But these config files are not easy to manually read or edit as you
> have to escape <,>,".
> For example a mapping for a xml-tag could look like
> this:
> <tag xml="example">
>      <start>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;</start>
>      <end>&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</end>
> </tag>
> 
> The processor should now transform
> "<example>test</example>"
> into
> "<p><b>test</b></p>".
> 
> Obviously you have to use a special XML-Editor to edit these type of
> config files.
> 
> So, would you say this is an acceptable drawback in comparison to the
> flexibility and ease of use of xml as the config file format?
> Or would you say one should use a custom format for these config files?
> Maybe you could point me to a config file format actually in use with
> such type of processor?
> 
> I'd be thankful for your answers.
> 
> Best Regards,
>   Stephan Tolksdorf
> 
> 
> 
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