SRL Archive - Suggestions

Since we have INIs this maybe redundant, but XML documents are far superior to the current INI support.

I can work on implementing this if we believe this to be advantageous enough. I think that it would be more useful than INIs and yet another advantage to mufasa.

:D

How are they advantageous? Reading information is reading information right?

From: The Claw
How are they advantageous? Reading information is reading information right?

Yes, but in a much more structured and useful way.

Also just came to my attention that INI files can only be 64kb which is minimal.

From: The Claw
How are they advantageous? Reading information is reading information right?

Well, XML is a very good format, but I don't see it's use with SRL yet. (@Nava)

I would say JSON all the way!

From: Wizzup?
Well, XML is a very good format, but I don't see it's use with SRL yet. (@Nava)

I would think it would replace the use of INI's.

From: Nava2
I would think it would replace the use of INI's.

Where does SRL use INI's?

From: Nava2
I would think it would replace the use of INI's.

Well you know.. INI's have a different use than XML.
XML is more for storing a lot of 'repeated' information, while INI is more for storing small amounts of settings.

From: Wizzup?
Where does SRL use INI's?

http://villavu.com/repositories/srl-opendev/SRL/misc/Users.scar

I'm not sure if there are any other places.

XML sucks balls, I'd prefer we stay away from it.

http://www.dolda2000.com/~fredrik/doc/xmlds

There was also some other thing describing why it completely and utterly sucked, but that one above should at least point out we really don't have a use for it.

From: R0b0t1
XML sucks balls, I'd prefer we stay away from it.

http://www.dolda2000.com/~fredrik/doc/xmlds

There was also some other thing describing why it completely and utterly sucked, but that one above should at least point out we really don't have a use for it.

You suck balls. XML is a fine format, just not for very specific tasks, which aren't going to be done with Mufasa/PascalScript.

From: Wizzup?
You suck balls. XML is a fine format, just not for very specific tasks, which aren't going to be done with Mufasa/PascalScript.

You both suck balls, JSON is the way to go!

World list is pretty well suited to XML formatting silly guys :)

WorldSwitcher.scar and Users.scar uses .ini's only two things that utilizes it. As long as we have a system like ini/xml to use I could care less. We could use any.

If someone has a better idea of managing Chars/worlds.ini please share, then I wouldn't care if its in or not.

We could just use the openfile function and just create a function that would use it like an ini or any other way we would want to use it.

There have also been many talks of SmartColors using INIs, althought a finalized SmartColors include never came to existance.

~RM

From: Rasta Magician
There have also been many talks of SmartColors using INIs, althought a finalized SmartColors include never came to existance.

~RM

*whistles*