From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,47bc849aad30d586 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-03 15:13:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-han1.dfn.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!newsfeed.freenet.de!news-x2.support.nl!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:05:37 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0205310752.4f358518@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1023109538 29388 136.170.200.133 (3 Jun 2002 13:05:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Jun 2002 13:05:38 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25279 Date: 2002-06-03T13:05:38+00:00 List-Id: Works for me. Its the sorts of things that one would find in the Windows Registry - information about the installation of the program on a particular machine, directory paths & files that are normally involved in execution - or defaults or most recently used (think of how some apps remember that you were in a particular directory or working with a particular file as the last thing you were doing.) Or, as you observe, various user default parameters - colors, fonts, signatures, etc. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com wrote in message news:TYRJ8.14898$i47.203973743@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... > > I'm starting to wonder if everyone is thinking of the same thing when > they use the term "configuration data". Or are we all on different > wavelengths here. I myself am thinking of persistent information that > is specific to a particular user and installation, but not a particular > execution (eg, not an individual document in the case of a word > processing program). I also include information that is needed for > installation and un-installation on a machine, independent of the > particular user. That's a pretty broad definition, including file > lists and file paths and such text as, for instance, standard > signatures. My definition also includes settings of flags and > semi-constants, including structured constants like color palettes or > fonts. Those are typically not textual and understanding them requires > at least some understanding of the inner workings of the program. Does > that jibe with what the term is meaning to other folks?