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[PATCH 0/1] Support user's fontconfig.
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Message #230 received at 57963 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Andrew Tropin <andrew <at> trop.in> writes:
> On 2022-10-13 14:37, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Andrew Tropin <andrew <at> trop.in> skribis:
>>
>>> If serialization would support G-exps, we could write
>>>
>>> (list #~"RAW_XML_HERE")
>>
>> There’s a one-to-one lossless mapping between XML and SXML, so I don’t
>> think it makes sense to support XML-in-strings when we have SXML.
>>
>> The only thing it would give us, as I see it, is the ability to generate
>> syntactically-invalid XML. Maybe we can live without it? :-)
>
> Of course we can :), but we won't be able:
>
> 1. To take already existing xml config and use it without rewriting.
I find it surprisingly important to be able to simply copy and paste
settings without having to rewrite existing settings or those listed on
a web page somewhere. I know we can easily convert from XML to SXML,
but those unfamiliar with SXML may find it a bothering task.
> 2. Use full path to gnu store of file-like objects.
Thanks,
--
Taiju
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