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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ Gregory Shearman on Monday 30 Nov 2009 20:15 : \____
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>>> On 2009-11-30, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Registry? Registry??? What is this registry? My Linux machine
>>>>> doesn't have a registry...
>>>>
>>>> There was a talk about implementing something similar in KDE and maybe
>>>> GNOME (gconf) 1-2 years ago, but it was shot down.
>>>>
>>>> A set of XML (or similar) files that can be passed around are much
>>>> better and more robust. They are also portable. I can, for example,
>>>> just pass all my kdevelop settings from one machine to another by
>>>> copying a directory in ".kde".
>>>
>>> I just did it for all my wife's settings when I moved the big desktop
>>> from KDE3 to KDE4. There was nothing easier.
>>
>> Yes, it's a real time saver.
>>
>> I imagine that Windows registry can be imported and exported,
>> but not in small parts. Also, if you get something wrong, the
>> machine will not boot (I hear so).
>>
>
> Well, you can (theoretically) export/import small parts.
> The problem lies in knowing *what* exactly to export. Most entries in the
> registry have no human-recognizeable format. And if you want to export the
> settings of a larger app, you are completely hosed.
> The registry entries for (example) MS-Office are in the hundreds. Most of
> those say nothing about their purpose or that they actually have to do
> something with MSO.
>
> I'll take the XML approach of gconf every day instead. Readable by every
> XML-editor. Has the possibility to include descriptions. Is basically an
> extension of the current unix-style of plain-text config
>
> And by no means anything near a "windows registry"
Yes, I remember that in regedit.exe in Windows 98 there were many hexadecimal
values and without using search on the registry it's impossible to find
anything.
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