[linux-dvb] Re: channels.conf syntax?

[Nico <nsabbi@tiscali.it>]

The problems (as I see them) are:

- a samba style file, as Gerd suggested, is much more easy to write, 
read, parse, fix by hand and understand

- c++ doesn't always fit well with existing projects, and especially it 
creates dependencies to gcc versions
(upgrading g++  is still a nightmare )

Personally I don't understand the passion for XML;
don't you believe that a structure like the one following  (intended as 
an example, not as a proposal) is easier?

[source]
name=hotbird
type=SAT
diseqc_protocol=1.0
lnb=1
card=1

[mux]
name=rai
source=hotbird
frequency=11766
polarization=v


[programs]
name=rai1
mux=rai
vpid=160
apid=80
.....

Nico

Niklas Peinecke wrote:

> Gerd Knorr wrote:
>
> > "Nico" <nsabbi@tiscali.it> writes:
> >
> >
> > > please, everything but NOT XML: it's uselessly complicated and
> > > implies dependencies to external libs, which are rejected by many
> > > projects (e.g. mplayer, as far as I'm concerned).
> >
> >
> > Agreed, every f*cking additional library dependency makes software
> > maintainance harder, and I absolutely don't see the point in using XML
> > for config data.
> >
> >   Gerd
> Well, if the library dependancy is a problem I could donate my own 
> lightweight (450 lines of code) XML parser. It's pure C++, one class 
> only, SAX like API (easy to use, no overhead), quite verbose on errors 
> and maybe pretty fast (finite automata based). If anybody is 
> interested, please contact me.
>
> Btw. XML is not complicated. You don't have to use all the mumbo jumbo 
> extensions (dtd, schema, namespace and what else) and can only use it 
> as simple as html.
>
> Niklas



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