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Re: [xml2rfc] sourcecode type for config files

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Wed, 26 July 2023 21:40 UTC

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On 2023-07-26, at 23:32, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@htt-consult.com> wrote:
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> So for now I am using type="conf" as it is like so many linux conf files.
> 
> Just was trying to see if there was some pre-defined type to use. "conf" is actually quite common out in linux world….

A twisty maze of little passages, all different?

But, yes, introducing “conf” as a general category of these .ini/toml-like but different/unspecified [section] key=value files sounds good.

Grüße, Carsten


[1]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man5/config.html

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