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DerekT-P7-Jul-20 23:49
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honey the codewitch8-Jul-20 3:32
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Richard MacCutchan8-Jul-20 3:45
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kalberts8-Jul-20 1:40
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I see the basic problem as caused by a "command line philosopy". There is a strong correlation between textual command line input and textual configuration files as input to a program system.

Configuration (and similar) info should be stored in some "binary" format. If you don't want to use a fullblown database, at least the configuration file should be built from Tag-Length-Value records, with an unrestricted Value field.

If, say, MS had promoted a basic TLV structure common to all system needing configuration info, a general reader/editor for this forma could be written, by MS or by anyone else. Such an editor could of course provide various export formats for use in Linux and other legacy systems, adding quoting as required by that format. But the authoritative file should be in the TLV format with no values - file names or others - being restricted by configuration file formats.
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honey the codewitch8-Jul-20 3:55
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GeneralThree missions to mars... Pin
Daniel Pfeffer7-Jul-20 19:28
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QuestionExtending Visual Studio, do you prefer VSIX extensions or scriptable/batchable CIL tools? Pin
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