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<div>> I don't know.</div>
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<div>> I`m putting something on the table, in case a simple file format not feet our cross-platforms needs.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4323">> How do we know if a simple file format is all we need?</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4325"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4368"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4371">Because keys, values, and key/value pairs in the Pd preferences are themselves <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4467">simple:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4468"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4469">keys: ascii string containing no spaces</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4470"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4471">values: number, numbers separated by whitespace, ascii string with no <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4533">whitespace, and file paths.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4561"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4617">Finally, the key/value pairs in Pd preferences are simple enough that there isn't a <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4717">need to nest key/value pairs inside other key/value pairs.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4718"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4562">You would spend more time figuring out how to parse the XML tags in <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4573">C than you would parsing the actual data contained in them.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4723"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4724">-Jonathan<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4516"><br clear="none">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487518655961_4369">> If a simple one is enough, better, btw.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 19, 2017 3:01 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Lucas Cordiviola; pd-list@lists.iem.at<br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [PD] (wip) Preferences file.</font>
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<i>>> </i><span style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><i>XML is overkill for something as simple as a preferences file.</i></span>
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<div id="yiv2808832499yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487514130867_9207">> That is right.</div>
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<div id="yiv2808832499yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487514130867_9212">> But all characters, tabs, lf/cr or what ever con be hold inside <whatwewant> </whatwewant></div>
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<div id="yiv2808832499yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487514130867_9275">What problem does that solve which a simple format doesn't solve?</div>
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<div id="yiv2808832499yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487514130867_9216">> It could be a pseudo parser.</div>
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