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by formerly_proven 825 days ago
> 1. Don't have a dependency on hyprlang. Other projects will probably be averse to that. Use a more common configuration language, using a common library.

Use XDG ini.
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blueflow 825 days ago
What is XDG ini?
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reactordev 825 days ago
XDG is the freedesktop group I believe. https://specifications.freedesktop.org/
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blueflow 825 days ago
Yes, i knew that. What is XDG ini?
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nine_k 825 days ago
The format they use. Find and view a *.desktop file, for instance.
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blueflow 825 days ago
*.desktop files are at most ini-like, they have a different specification that does not mention "INI" at all. What did formerly_proven refer to when saying "XDG ini"?
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lpribis 825 days ago
"INI" is not a specification. All INI parsers are slightly different, such that people refer to any file with

    [Section]
    Key = Value
Format as "INI" or INI-like, including the xdg format.
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