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pdp10 / astrojournal

LaTeX generator for astronomy reports
https://pdp10.github.io/astrojournal/
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configuration files are properties files instead of xml files? #84

Closed pdp10 closed 8 years ago

pdp10 commented 8 years ago

Not sure whether it is worth having the configuration files in XML format, rather than a simpler variable:value format as for .properties files.

pdp10 commented 8 years ago

Keep the configuration files in xml format. XML declares its encoding inside the file and this prevents tools using different encoding to read / change / save the configuration file in their own encoding. This is the case if the configuration files are translated or edited by users using a non-English platform.

Java properties file do not contain this encoding inside.