Like A Duck to Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoWhat is the best file format for configuration file?message-square45fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best file format for configuration file?Like A Duck to Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square45fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThe Doctorlinkfedilink4•2 years agoNot XML. Not binary-only (looking at you, Solaris). Personally, I like .ini-style config files, but I’m weird that way.
minus-square@GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•2 years agoCheck out the spec sometime. It’s basically ini with some stuff added on top. It’s quite nice when you need something that parses into some kind of map, while being human readable.
Not XML. Not binary-only (looking at you, Solaris).
Personally, I like .ini-style config files, but I’m weird that way.
Toml is kind of ini++, though, isn’t it.
I don’t know. Never really thought about TOML.
Check out the spec sometime. It’s basically ini with some stuff added on top.
It’s quite nice when you need something that parses into some kind of map, while being human readable.