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Subject: Re: [geda-user] XML file format (what could be expected)
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> >> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 3:58 AM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via
> >> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> I do not think file format is important.
> >>> You are absolutely right about this, the data model is the challenge,
> >>> not how to store it, that's trivial.
> >>>
> >> But if you're going to go with a plain text format, you'd want a good
> >> reason to choose XML, as its the least readable option.
> > It would be very readable if good graphical viewers where avaialable for Linux but I searched for linux viewers and did not find in debian. If no good parsers are available I guess there is no good reason at all.
> 
> With good graphical viewer also compressed encrypted binary format is 
> very readable.
> 
> For readable plaintext format you need nothing more than text editor 
> with functionality of Notepad.

Yes XML look horrible, I would have preferred structures like "C" or something similar, only reason i brought it up is because it seems to be rather common.