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Is it really though? And why are we just calling out GUI tools? Command line tools also must read in a config file, and they manage with text. json, ini, yaml,
by jimktrains2 11y ago
Is it really though? And why are we just calling out GUI tools? Command line tools also must read in a config file, and they manage with text. json, ini, yaml, xml parses and writers exist in every language. There really isn't an excuse to not use a text-based config.
- hasenj 11y agoI think command line tools (like say, git-config) manage one option at a time. GUI tools tend to manage everything at once. Imagine the giant options box from MS Word 2003.
- jimktrains2 11y agoIt still has to read in the current config, mutate it, and write it out.
- seanp2k2 11y agoIf the Windows registry + INI files + config files anyway is the alternative, I'll take the text files please.