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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2002-05-29 04:01:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed.vmunix.org!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A standard package for config files is needed Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3CF3B160.DF10E94F@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1022670083 8092 129.241.83.82 (29 May 2002 11:01:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:01:23 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24915 Date: 2002-05-29T11:01:23+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 28 May 2002 16:33:11 GMT, Darren New wrote: > Preben Randhol wrote: > > Be aware that using the registry has some benefits also, including > (for example) roaming profiles, where you get "your" registry > regardless of which computer you log into, notification of changes by > other processes, etc. > > Also, be aware that .ini files and the registry are in many senses > API-compatible. But we don't want to use any Windows API for reading .ini files. We don't need to. And if one wants to use the registry then one should put this in another pacakge as it would not be needed on Linux/Unix/Mac etc... -- "Jeg tror nordmenn har glemt hvordan de tilbreder fisk. De er mest opptatt av firkantet fisk." -- Kristian Kristiansen, yrkesfisker, aftenposten.no 19/04/02