On 9 Apr 2000, Russ Allbery wrote:
> This is a good point to consider, but I've also found that when
> non-programmers try to use those configuration files, they get confused by
> the semicolons and keeping the newline is more intuitive for them. But I
> don't have a lot of experience here, so I could be drawing incorrect
> conclusions.
It just means with the semicolons:
group0 {
item1=x;
item2=y;
subgroup1{
item1=a;
item2=b;
};
item3=c;
};
group1 {
item1=z;
};
Is the same as:
group0{item1=x;item2=y;subgroup1{item1=a;item2=b};item3=c;};group1{item1=z;};
You can just ignore whitespace completely.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Apr 15 2000 - 21:00:12 EST