> Which is easier? Re-running make, or having to write and induce another library to read configuration files? It's certainly easier for the programmer to just

> Which is easier? Re-running make, or having to write and induce another library to read configuration files? It's certainly easier for the programmer to just leave some of the work to the compiler, but it's at the cost of being a complete pain in the ass to packagers and users. Do you even have to do much work yourself? .Xresources is already parsed and loaded for you by xrdb if you can't afford the cost of an extra 100 microseconds doing it yourself. Is the API to interact with that mindblowing horrid or something? > All of this for values which change once every... how long? When I'm configuring software to taste, several times a minute. And considering this is likely to be my first exposure to the software, it better not suck completely.